{"id":140,"date":"2007-09-28T20:44:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watt-media.com\/b\/?p=140"},"modified":"2025-01-24T05:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:12:16","slug":"dont-fear-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wattmedia.com\/blog\/dont-fear-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Fear Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On my entrepreneurial journey, while building a successful business, I have come to learn something which is critical to success that I\u2019d like to share here. I believe that most of us are afraid of change \u2013 not just negative change, but even positive, life-altering, earning lots of money type of change. It is that fear which results in self-sabotage, complacency, and resistance to growth, both personally and professionally.<\/p>\n<p>I have gone through it myself recently, and had to confront my fears and face them head-on. What exactly was I afraid of? Changing the way I do things, growing my business too much and what that would mean, but most of all, if I am to be honest, my biggest fear was that my beliefs are were all wrong, and that everything in my business \u2013 the way it was designed, the way we operate, the way we market ourselves, might need to change. That is very scary!<\/p>\n<p>I sincerely believe that for true success, you must be willing to question everything. Every belief should stand the test of scrutiny. Things that worked yesterday may not work today, and you must be willing to evolve.<\/p>\n<p>Develop a business system based on proven sales methods in your industry, implement it, carry it out, but always come back, analyze its effectiveness, and don&#8217;t get emotionally attached to any methodolgy &#8211; be willing to change when you need to. 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