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Are you ready for your Next Level?

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The end of the year is a very valueable time. It’s the time when many purpose driven people sit back to take stock and plan for the coming year. Like all times, time passes when we refuse to assign it to a purpose. The time we have is the one that we assign, aging does not require activity, growing does.

There are some concepts in change management theory that applies to everybody, individuals and corporations alike, by asking yourself a few critical questions, you would be able to identify where you are, and how to plan for the immediate future you desire. You have a next level, in your relationship, career, financial status, social status, e.t.c. When you are ready for your next level, a process begins to evolve, if you are concious of this process, you are better at managing yourself into your next level. Are you ready for your next level?

First of all, what necessitates change, why change? There is a change formular I have come to love.

Change = f (AxBxC or MxVxP) > Cost

Where:

A (M) is dissatisfaction with the status quo  (motivation)
B (V) is a concept of the ideal (vision)
C (P) is a logical first step (process)

Cost is the cost of the change to the person(s) who have the power to
1) authorize the change, and
2) make the change happen
In case you are not very mathematical, what this equation simply states is that, change happens when you are motivated (usually by dissatisfaction with current happenings), have a compelling vision of what you want your future to be, are willing to take the first step, and all these put together weigh more for you than the cost of embarking on the change.

In order to change, the picture of the future must be compelling. You must also be sufficiently motivated. You need to understand your logical next step and finally you need to be willing to pay the price of change.

In my own personal experience, one of the major cost of change for me, is a change in relationships. I don’t throw away my old friends, but somehow I gravitate towards people who are comfortable with the future that I see. I also see a greater need to flood my mind with information about my desired future. For change to take place, the lure from the future must surpass the hold from the present.

Transitions could be turbulent if started unconciously. Change requires ending, and starting. Old habits die hard, hence change could be difficult. In order to make your journey and experience as painless as possible, you can use this checklist to manage your personal transition, your relationship, career, or even departmental or organizational transition. You are not fully ready for your next level, until you have answered all the questions in this checklist. Remember, growth requires concious activity.

ENDING
•    Have you decided what, for you, is over, and what isn’t?
•    What is it time for you to let go of, and what can you hold on to?
•    What symbolic actions have you used to mark your clean break with the past?
•    Have you sorted your losses into those that:
you can retain?
you better try to replace?
you can rebuild?
you must relinquish?
•    Have you proactively sought all information you need to deal effectively with your changes? (Where do you stand?)
•    Have you found symbolic pieces of the past to take along with you into the future?
•    Have you identified the continuity in your life and taken pains to strengthen them?
•    Have you accepted the need to go through mourning?
•    Have you taken the opportunity to step back and look at the “message” in this change?

NEUTRAL ZONE

•    To recover a sense of control
Have you established short range goals and checkpoints?
Are you avoiding undertaking necessary responsibilities?
•    To build a new level of understanding
Have you learned all you can about the transition process?
Have you sought out others who share your situation?
Have you fully leveraged resources available to you?
•    To build support
Have you joined others in planning group events and experiences?
Have you created temporary arrangements to get you through the wilderness?
•    To create purpose
Have you revisited your personal mission and vision?
Have you taken some time alone?
Have you brainstormed and experimented with different possibilities?

BEGINNING
•    Have you converted your personal vision into specific objectives and a game plan for getting there?
•    Have you studied your “route” and determined the new skills and knowledge you will need to acquire?
•    Have you found some low risk settings in which to practice what you are learning?
•    Have you regularly reviewed your progress and made “course corrections” as necessary?
•    Have you celebrated your personal success?

Adeolu Akinyemi

Adeolu Akinyemi

10 thoughts on “Are you ready for your Next Level?”

  1. Angela
    December 20, 2006 at 10:36 am

    Thanks Deolu,

    This is going to part of my check list to count down my New Year… 🙂

    I have started a couple, but there are still some I find I am shying away from…”ending”

    I guess this is more ammunition to aid my steps into my year of NO LIMITS! and EXPANDING BOUNDARIES!

    Death must happen before a rebirth ( as in seed must fall to the ground and die) that holds new life( new visions).

    Hmm…

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  2. NIYI AJAYI
    December 20, 2006 at 1:03 pm

    Thank you for this.
    It couldnt have come at a better time than this.Personally,it helps a lot as I am just doing some personal review.

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  3. Stephen Ojji
    December 20, 2006 at 2:48 pm

    Impeccable timing!

    This checklist have to go with me to the closet for answers as I conclude determining what the next level is for me and prepare towards getting there.

    So many people never truly determine what the next level is for them. If you do not know what the next level is for you, how can you know if you are prepared for it?

    Thanks Deolu for this eye opening post.

    Reply
  4. Gbubemi
    December 20, 2006 at 5:27 pm

    Quite appropriate for the now…. It’s too deep, can’t read it on the net alone, need to meditate on it, I’m printing it out so I can digest it! Don’t worry about copyright anyway, lol

    Reply
  5. Bayuze
    December 20, 2006 at 6:31 pm

    Change is the most constant thing in life. One year is ending and another is about to begin, every minute smoeone dies another is born. Change is difficult but must be endured and must happen (whether one likes it or not).
    This is a very incisive article, thanks for contributing to my upliftment.

    Reply
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  7. francis enebeli
    December 3, 2007 at 3:54 pm

    I came accross this sie by divine instinct. I’m amazed that the article is thought provoking. I want to print it out for preparation to my next level. Ade Akin send more of this to my mail box, please.
    Jah bless ya!

    Reply
  8. francis enebeli
    December 3, 2007 at 3:56 pm

    thanks Ade. for this interesting motivational

    Reply
  9. Olajide Michael
    November 21, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    What wisdom is this? This is simply a wonder. Deolu, i need to know more about you. How do I?

    Reply
  10. abubakar umoru
    December 15, 2011 at 5:33 pm

    I want to be reposition from my level to the next level,insight ,determined ,vision,excellence to humanity,self independence and intergrity and acceptability ………………….

    Reply

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