Perspective

Change is good. A change in one's perspective is even better.

It's scary to take that leap into the unknown - to cast aside the warmth of the comfortable and predictable and wear the shackles of doubt and uncertainty. It's hard for people to change. It's certainly possible, but it's just hard to do. It's hard to change yourself. However, you can change your surroundings. You can change your environment a little easier than you can change yourself.

When you change your surroundings and your environment, you open up to new things. You see things from a different perspective. Your past experiences are now an alloy made in combination with your present and future experiences. It solidifies character - and in my experience, makes the overall sum of your experiences a much more valuable asset.

Original ideas are hard to come by. Ripping off observed successful ones from a myriad of perspectives and experiences and being able to modify them to fit into whatever environment you enter, on the other hand, is a true talent.