“Everything will be alright” is not the same as “Everything will stay the same.” Seth Godin
For me, this translates quite succinctly into “you can’t stay the same if you want to be alright.”
The world we live in is moving fast. The tools (call them whatever you like) we’re using are also changing fast. None of it is actually that overwhelming when you keep in mind that one doesn’t necessarily have to be as fast or adopt every single new tool in order to thrive, but honestly – you can’t just stay the same and expect everything around you to also stay the same.
‘Everything will be alright’ is an attitude, and it’s a confidence in yourself.
The only things that remain the same in life anyway are your relationship to your self-awareness and your awareness of others. Everything else always changes anyway.
‘Everything will stay the same’ is a living in the past. It’s something people who live in fear try to hold on to. Many of us equate “sameness” with “security.” And who doesn’t want some of that? Right? But consistency is different than ‘everything will stay the same’ when you have the attitude that everything will be alright.
Knowing everything will be alright is having a connection to clear faith. It’s knowing that this life we’re here to live is going to work out just the way it’s going to work out – whether the road is slick, bumpy, non existent or perfectly paved and down a sweet slope. Our lizard brains think that everything staying the same is some sort of protection against scarey stuff happening. Our lizard brains subscribe heavily in the belief that the big unknown is potentially negative and must be avoided.
How many times in life do we think “if I could just do this one thing this one way, then everything else would be great.” Ha! By the time I get to that plateau – or “one way” – and have accomplished that special “one thing,” then some other issue pops up. Forget it. Life doesn’t happen that way. If you truly want to thrive, the long term cost of lizard brain avoidance tactics may be much more expensive and detrimental than embracing the energy of everything is ALWAYS going to be alright and it’s a wonderful challenge.
This is a great concept to apply when qualifying your customers. Which attitude do they have? Are they living in that space where they want to keep things the same? Are they afraid to make shifts? Do they recognize that the world is changing and therefore, so should we all? Are they settling for “just good enough for now” rather than confident evolution? How do you help your clients adopt the ‘everything will be alright’ way of being?
