The Growth of Being the New Guy...

The older and more established we get, the more entitled we become to not have to be "the new guy".

However, this sort of aversion to being "the new guy" is paralyzing at best.

The process of periodically being "the new guy" causes the comfort zones of our being to re-fire and awaken from a slumber of not needing to think, feel, and adjust to changing stimuli.  The reality is, that although we may be established and not feel like "the new guy" there are areas of our being that need to be awakened and tapped into.

Reverting for a period to being "the new guy"...whether through beginning a new job, joining a new club, moving to a new neighborhood, working out at a new gym, or many other possible scenarios...may be uncomfortable, unknown and challenging but with the right valuation and intentionality it can be a source of great re-invigoration.

Sometimes, as a result of nothing we have done, we find ourselves being "the new guy", at other times we need to go out of the way to create situations where we are "the new guy", and regardless of how the scenario comes about it deserves to be embraced and entered into fully and well.