“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

Why Not Be in Control of Your Life?

There are so many obvious and easy answers as to why you’re not in control and or don’t think you can take control.

A prime one is that we have inadvertently allowed society, parents, peers, marketers and other forces to tell or influence control over us.

We receive messages and images “telling” us the way it is…based on their agenda, not yours.

Realizing this is the first step.

Realizing that what you believe about yourself, life and the world may be a false belief…for you.

Now the door is open

It all starts with awareness and leads to answers and solutions that enable you to take control of your life and make it ideal for you.

It’s being aware that you likely are not aware of the solutions and possibilities that are out there.

It’s making the effort to take a breath and open your mind and do some homework to become aware of new possibilities that are ideal for you.

Possibilities and opportunities that can provide you with the income, purpose, passion and lifestyle you want and need.

All too often, we try to change our lives or overcome challenges with the limited awareness we have at that time.

I have been told by people who came to New Way Forward that they were stuck, scared and feeling like they had no options. Often, after they had lost a job, and they’re over 50 and doubtful about their income-producing prospects.

They said that after randomly reading, watching and listening to content on the site or here on Substack, their minds blew open. They suddenly realized there are amazing opportunities out there for them.

They gained basic awareness (by realizing there are a multitude of ways people are earning a living now…especially in their olderhood).

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They took control (because this awareness offered them a way forward that, in most cases, was more appealing, profitable and life-enhancing than just another job).

They got excited (not just because there is now hope, but likely they would be saying that getting let go was the best thing that ever happened to them).

In Control at 50+: How to Succeed in the New World of Work by Kerry Hannon is a perfect example of what awareness can do to give you control and earn an income.

In my interview with her and in the book, she lays out the stunning array of income-earning options that are out there and how to go after them.

It’s not just income, it’s everything about our life that we can take control of and achieve a New Way Forward that's ideal for each of us.

Control enables you to overcome

Yes, there are existential threats and situations that can overwhelm us.

But even then, how many stories have you heard of people who were faced with something catastrophic and yet the way they responded transformed their lives for the better?

How did they do it? Awareness.

They did it by being in control.

It is said that things have never changed as fast as they are changing now…and they will never change this slowly again.

Here’s what that reality should tell you:

· Because things are changing so fast, you’re probably not aware of how things are now.

· Therefore, you’re likely not to be aware of the opportunities and possibilities that are there for the taking (and how to do it).

· Since many people aren’t aware of these options, your awareness gives you an advantage.

My own New Way Forward has come about by increasing my awareness of how things are and where they’re going.

Awareness has, therefore, been foundational in changing my life for the better.

Awareness will change yours, too, and give you the control you need, want and can attain.

“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” - Wayne Gretzky

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