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One Small Alteration

Ready for a year of improving yourself? Excited to assist and guide others on their journeys? January is the month to kick improvements into full gear, but for many on their quest the tough part is getting started. It doesn’t matter what improvement you are seeking. The first step is the smallest and can make a big difference in achievement.

Starting the journey is never easy. The first step is to make one small alteration. Change is scary, but an alteration implies improvement. Alterations make good better. Alterations take clothes created for everyone and make them for you personally. Thinking about your first step as an alteration can make it less scary. It may help a hesitant person move forward.

Living in the land of workforce, we are constantly asking people to make changes. We ask people to change their strategy for job search. We ask business to change their recruitment strategies to include our services. We ask people afraid of doing things differently to do different. Like many things, change has a scary tone. It has a public relations problem.

The solutions is an alteration. In the land of clothing, you may take the hem up on your pants, take the waist in a little, or even add a detail. The result makes us happier. Fixing the length on the pants that are too long, make them look perfect and gives us self confidence in our appearance.  The same is true in anything we are asking someone to change.

Next time, ask for a small alteration. Something that can make a big difference, but does not look or feel like a big change. This will help people take that first step. Personally and professionally showing someone what a small alteration can do will make a difference. One small alteration can make a big change. #Improve2019

~Karen Cirincione
Email: kcirincione@gmail.com
Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/karenjcirincione
Twitter:@kcirincione

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