{"id":2078,"date":"2021-08-22T18:36:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T18:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/?p=2078"},"modified":"2021-08-22T18:36:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T18:36:10","slug":"acknowledgement-the-first-step-to-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cogentmotivation.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/22\/acknowledgement-the-first-step-to-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Acknowledgement: The first step to change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Acknowledgement is not just a section meant to be in a speech, presentation or report. It has far-reaching consequences even in our lives. Almost all the scholars and philosophers over time have stressed the significance of the change. Changes over millions of years are the reason we are today. And even in the shorter time, change in habits, thinking and way of living is what makes an individual different from another, even if they start their lives almost similarly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since we already know that change is so vital for us in literally all aspects of our lives, it makes sense to dive into the origins of change, cogently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To begin with, why do we even feel the need for change? Be it the need to change the speed of the car, the need to change a business strategy or the urge to change a personal habit; they all point to one reason: \u2018lack of something.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the car, one pushes the accelerator only when the lack of speed is noticed. The realization that there is a possibility to increase the pace and reach the destination faster initiates the process of change. The lack of response or financial growth and the acknowledgement of it initiates the change in a business approach. Similarly, lack of desired results or low control leads to acknowledging the need for change in various habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These examples seem very obvious. But the process of acknowledgement is highly underrated. Does it seem logical to change something if everything is working as desired? No. Of course, you don\u2019t change the winning combination. But an even more important question to ask is, if we have the wisdom of making changes when we encounter a lack of something, then why do we still struggle in so many aspects of life? Isn\u2019t this an indication of something missing in the analysis?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Indeed, it is. We can make changes only when the problems are visible in plain sight. But some problems are present but invisible to us. And although, this may seem like a repetition of the previous statement; there is a difference in problems neither visible nor available and the problems that are not visible \u2018to us\u2019 but are very much right there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And how does this difference make its mark? The consequences they never discriminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unfortunately, we feel the consequences only after we\u2019ve lost some time and some of ourselves. But generally snap and shut cases in life are few. Nobody went to gallows for failing an exam (at least by an external entity). But what one learned after that failure can make a good case for locating these invisible problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take an example of a generic math exam. Say you have all the qualifications to pass this exam but you have learnt the multiplication process wrongly. However, you are unaware of this. You study a few topics out of many. The exam shows up and so does your failure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One can say that the topics you studied didn\u2019t turn up. You can brush this failure as a one-off and continue without acknowledging the real problem. The next time you study more topics but the results don\u2019t variably change. Now, what do you do? You change the study material, the approach and even the pen you use! Doesn\u2019t help. It all begins to look futile, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While this example was deliberately made to look simple, so many problems in our lives are laying right there and we haven\u2019t traced them. We have often struggled with the consequences, not knowing why they hit us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am an inherently good person with good general habits, but I could not find a relationship going.\u201d But what do your good habits bring value to the other person?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI work hard but they pay me for less than XYZ, the world doesn\u2019t care about me.\u201d But what do you work hard about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now I don\u2019t deny the role of chance and one-offs. There are times when you\u2019ve done everything one possibly could do and still don\u2019t make it. But there\u2019s a reason why they are called one-offs. Most of the struggles you face, especially for long times are clear indications of seemingly invisible problems waiting to be acknowledged!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it comfortable facing these facts? Not a tiny bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One can very well be shattered knowing the limitations or beliefs they carried about themselves. But hey, there is movement, there is a strike on the thought process that can begin the process of change! This self-induced strike of acknowledgement is only going to save you in the long run, because consequences will be indiscriminately delivering their blows!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take this opportunity to acknowledge the areas of your lives you are currently struggling with. It is okay to not have any answers to them immediately. But you\u2019ll begin searching for them only when you know you need to find them, won\u2019t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey, you\u2019d want to hear the rattle of the snake than being bitten suddenly, blanking you out of consciousness, won\u2019t you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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