We all strive towards outcomes at work, at home and in our communities because we believe they will make us (or those we love) happy.

It might be a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions. It might be better health or spiritual peace of mind.

And it can feel wonderful when we eventually get them. Those things become cornerstones in our best-laid plans for the future.

Yet life is constantly changing and sometimes it blocks (or even undoes) things we expect, feel we deserve or have worked so long and so hard to accomplish.

But because we fear starting again, looking foolish or that we might end up somewhere worse, we often don’t want to change when things begin changing around us.

We deny change has arrived or was coming. We get frustrated and start to blame others. We cling to what was, instead of what simply now is.

And the more important whatever’s-at-risk feels, the more desperately we try to hold on.

We seethe with impotent stress and vexation. We think more about what could go wrong than go right. We let our fears grow out of control then control us.

But the fact is, like it or otherwise, that the world is constantly changing. And while not all change is good or necessary it always creates new opportunities, whether we recognise them immediately or not.

That’s why it’s important to learn how to deal with change. That’s why it pays to learn how to adapt to new circumstances.

That’s why you need to listen to this podcast and subscribe to it