When The Idea Of Change Is Painful Pt. 1

Garth Beyer

There is a moment, right before you change, that feels like sticking your hand into a toaster just to see if it is on.

You know the one.

You look at your business, your relationship, your half written novel, your creaky processes at work, and you think, “If I change this, it will hurt.”

So you stay the same.

But here is the cosmic punchline: The same pain that keeps you from changing is also the fuel that could make you invest more in what you already started.

Think of a bar owner who has already sunk years of savings and sleep into the place. The bar is limping along. Sales are flat. The stools wobble like guilty consciences. The thought of changing everything sounds unbearable. New menu, new layout, new marketing, new staff meetings, new awkward failures on display in public.

So they do something sneakier.

They do not pivot.

They deepen.

They finally train the staff instead of just complaining. They invest in lighting and sound so the room feels like intention instead of accident. They pick one kind of guest and obsess over serving that person so well that anyone else feels lucky to get in the way.

It still hurts. It just hurts in a way that moves.

Pain is not only the cost of changing course…It is also the fee you pay to go all in on the course you chose years ago when you were more naive and less scared.

So before you light the match that burns it all down and gives you acid reflux, ask one rude little question.

Is this pain telling me to quit?

…or is it telling me to finally give what I started the investment it deserved from the very beginning?

Stay Positive & Nothing Heals If Nothing Hurts

Garth Beyer
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