Don't get too comfortable to make a meaningful change!

Why do we do what we do?  More often than not, I would wager, is because, "it's what we have always done."  This is a comment I have heard, ad nauseam, over the past five years.  I get it.  Change is different and different is the unknown and the unknown can be just plain scary!  Sometime, however, venturing into the unknown can be quite rewarding.  Sometimes, one must bodly go where no one has gone before!  http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gAKiWvjfCiQ&feature=fvwrel  
(okay, so I am a bit of a Trekkie)

In all seriousness, we are creatures of comfort and comfort is good...but why settle for good 

when great is out there (or at the very least, better).  Too often in life, I think we settle in and 

become "comfortably complacent" because it is low risk.  Unfortunately, low risk is also low 

reward and the lack of payoff eventually gets old.  Soon, there is a void in our life and we are

left feeling unfulfilled.  If, like me, you thrive in Daniel Pink's "Conceptual Age", then, like air,

you year for a greater sense of purpose!  

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=wdzHgN7_Hs8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DwdzHgN7

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Recently, I made the decision to make a meaningful change.  I had a good job, in a good school,

working with good people, and for all intents and purposes I was successful.  I was respected, 

dare I say even liked, by students and staff alike...and I was...content.  But as much as I 

enjoyed my work, I was ready for the next challenge, and I knew that "upping" my professional 

ante would motivate me to further learn and grow as a professional.  So, will things be a little uncomfortable this fall as I take the helm as an elementary school

principal?  Maybe, but the excitement I feel as I venture into my professional 

unknown will be second only to my excitement once I attain mastery!  Wish me luck!
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