New anything always appears exciting, at first. Exploration, optimism, opportunity. We are inclined to wanting better, more exciting, more straightforward, interesting, or even just new. We work at it to establish a favorable early viewpoint for the new. Consider employees, partnerships, and initiatives, and even personal relationships or belongings.
Why does new have such appeal? Is it a simple way to overcome a problem or challenge? Less effort? Possibly it is a way to fulfill hopes, wishes, and wants. Yet with time, the new becomes ordinary, less exciting, dynamic, or favorable. Similar issues unfold. Why is that? Nothing worthwhile happens by chance. Taking the time to cultivate, nurture, and grow employees, partners, relationships, and initiatives is essential to sustain positive outcomes. It’s not easy to stay put, yet, when we do, it is typically worthwhile. Only with time do we develop trust, and create symbiotic dynamics, that the new cannot provide. It requires ongoing effort. Redirect the energy that you would put into new endeavors and invest in what you already have. Not only will you reap more significant returns, but the satisfaction gained from building on is self-fulfilling. Then again, if it feels like deja vu each time you start afresh and get to a familiar unfavorable junction, the grass may never be greener for you, and good reason. You may be adding too much manure.
