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The Fear of Change

MartyStewart

Published on September 21, 2016

Published on Wealthy Affiliate — a platform for building real online businesses with modern training and AI.

Just watched a short interview with some elderly folks. They were asked if they had any regrets about things that they did in their lives and, almost every one of them replied that they really only had regrets about things they didn't do!

Many people fear change, especially if they feel comfortable and secure, their 'comfort zone' Other people may feel stuck in a rut and are suspicious or scared of opportunities which may come along or, maybe they don't even identify them as opportunities. Sad.

Of course when, (like me) an online opportunity arises which looks really genuine and tempting, working from home, just buy some dvd stock, buy some licences and an expensive instruction manual, pay for ongoing support (which is rubbish) and Bingo you're in business! First expensive lesson learned.

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I'm not even going to tell you about my ventures into the forex business, but suffice to say it was an expensive disaster.

All in all I've spent a lot of hard earned cash on stuff that turned out to be rubbish. However as I have a 'dream' and I have not been deterred by my failures and disappointments, I've simply learned from them,

If you are like me, and as you are reading this blog as a WA member, you don't fear change, then provided you are prepared to put the time and effort into this business, you can embrace change in a positive way. You will never regret something you did not do!

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