A few months ago I heard two people talking about motivational speakers and the fact that these motivational speakers changed their lives for the better. I walked behind them for about half a mile and listened to them give praise to these wonderful speakers who i also listen to very often. After a few minutes of listening to these two young men I turned back and went home wondering if someone can really change a person? I thought of a friend of who listens to every motivational speaker he finds on the internet, reads every motivational book he lays his hands on but his life has never really changed. Can you really change people?
The answer to the question above is a big fat NO! Why? The answer is that people can only change themselves. As an author and motivational speaker I write and speak at how people can change their lives but I know very well that my words are not magic and people can only see the results of what I talk and write about once they make their own decision to take action. Do you know someone who always complains about something not getting done and when you do it to stop them from complaining they complain that it is not done properly or they find something else to complain about? Or have you ever had a core worker who complains they want to learn more and do more on their job and when they are given more responsibility they complain because they have not been able to get home on time for a month. No matter what you do to stop them from complaining they just find something else. They will never change until they make a decision to stop complaining.
At the end of the day we can have the right people in our life but if we do not make a decision to change we will not change. No person in the world has ever changed anyone, people have taught people how to change themselves and they have gone out there and changed lives by taking action.