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If you ready to challenge your own thinking, behaviors/actions, and emotions, this book is for you, right now.
Chapter 1—forecasting the future—is about assessing your current situation right before making this lifelong commitment to change. Chapter 2—seeking and finding necessary human, social, and financial capital for success—is about situating yourself among others who are more experienced, resourceful, and genuinely interested in opening a door for you to walk into or a window for you to climb into. Chapter 3—making a lifelong commitment to change—is about envisioning the future you see for yourself and digging your heels in, knowing you may have to adapt, rethink, or change course along the way to achieve what success looks like for you. Chapter 4—moving the goal post with purpose—is about satisfying the whole you, physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally, as you grow through your accomplishments and setbacks; you are not the same you five or ten years down the road, and goals change. Last, Chapter 5—legacy building and torch passing—is about leading by example and paying forward the blessings of a steady paced race; the blessings that keep on giving include sharing knowledge, resources, and access, modeling an example of how to soar upward and onward, and planting seeds that eventually lead to a garden full of the next generation of beautiful, bright, and unapologetically bold leaders.

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Commitment to Change

Self-help

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Publié par	Archway Publishing
Date de parution	04 août 2023
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781665745710
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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A LIFE-LONG COMMITMENT TO CHANGE: BEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND

DR. VICTORIA C. TAYLOR

Copyright © 2023 Dr. Victoria C. Taylor.

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This book is a work of non-fiction. Unless otherwise noted, the author and the publisher make no explicit guarantees as to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and in some cases, names of people and places have been altered to protect their privacy.

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ISBN: 978-1-6657-4570-3 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6657-4571-0 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023911273

Archway Publishing rev. date: 06/16/2023
CONTENTS
Dedication
Foreword

Chapter 1 Forecasting the Future
Chapter 2 Seeking and Finding Necessary Human, Social, and Financial Capital for Success
Chapter 3 Making a Lifelong Commitment to Change
Chapter 4 Moving the Goal Posts on Purpose with Purpose
Chapter 5 Legacy Building and Torch Passing

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DEDICATION
This short, five-chapter book, “A Lifelong Commitment to Change: Beginning with the End in Mind”, was written for my parents (Denise Johnson and Ronald Whiting, Sr.), my husband (i.e., my KING), Lionel F. Taylor, II, and my siblings, Ronald, Jr., Veronica, Joseph, Daniel, Ronnese, Kiarra, Debra, Karen, Ophelia, and Aaron. Your deserved affirmations hold a special place in my mind and heart. It is time to fly! Share your passions and talents with the world! Our children will observe us and then create their own journeys.
Also, I dedicate this book to every learner who enrolls in any psychology course I teach at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC); it is my full intention to do the following: challenge you intellectually, motivate you extrinsically, encourage you to develop intrinsic motivation to excel in my course, share knowledge, facilitate skills development and practice, extend a networking opportunity that involves communicating with academic librarians, provide help and support, and hold you accountable. Why? Two reasons. First, I am a proud PGCC alum, and it is one of my goals to give back to the place where it all began for me, academically. Second, challenges can bring out the best in us!
FOREWORD
After intense moments of reflection, it was decided that even if this book only helps one person see their fullest potential can only be unlocked by them, I have at least paid forward a small slither of what was shared with me over the years. Let me begin by unpacking the title and sharing the meaning behind it. A life-long commitment to change requires an openness to new experiences and a deep-rooted belief in oneself to be able to shine, despite the challenges, obstacles, and even threats that may come your way. Change can be perceived as good, bad, or indifferent but perception is fleeting. We change and adapt every day, ebbing and flowing with what life throws our way. Yet, it is chiefly not until one has been asked or told to change course that change becomes the enemy. I get it. Change can be extremely uncomfortable, even scary, but it can also be extremely rewarding.
One month before my 30 th birthday, a decision was made to never settle and always strive for what is in my best interest. Beginning with the end in mind, I figured I had at least another 30 to 50 years of life to live. My thinking was what I did then would shape what life looks like now. It turned out to be true. What did that decision require? That decision required I grab the bull by the horns and steer it in the direction I wanted to go, and that direction was upward and onward.
This is not a how to or self-help type of book, and it is also not an autobiography depicting the chronicles of my life. Instead, it is a, short, chapter formatted book, meant to highlight how a lifetime commitment to change, beginning with the end in mind, will keep you in the game—the game of life that comes with no instructions but many rules, regulations, policies, and laws.
Chapter 1—forecasting the future—is about assessing your current situation right before making this lifelong commitment to change. Chapter 2—seeking and finding necessary human, social, and financial capital for success—is about situating yourself among others who are more experienced, resourceful, and genuinely interested in opening a door for you to walk into or a window for you to climb into. Chapter 3—making a lifelong commitment to change—is about envisioning the future you see for yourself and digging your heels in, knowing you may have to adapt, rethink, or change course along the way to achieve what success looks like for you. Chapter 4—moving the goal posts on purpose with purpose—is about satisfying the whole you, physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally, as you grow through your accomplishments and setbacks; you are not the same you five or ten years down the road, and goals change. Last, Chapter 5—legacy building and torch passing—is about leading by example and paying forward the blessings of a steady paced race; the blessings that keep on giving include sharing knowledge, resources, and access, modeling an example of how to soar upward and onward, and planting seeds that eventually lead to a garden full of the next generation of beautiful, bright, and unapologetically bold leaders.
There are many paths to success and rarely do we get on one road and keep straight to our destination. A life-long commitment to change is equivalent to a life-long commitment to learning. If you can imagine where you want to go or be in life, take it a step further and execute a plan of action that will get you there, recognizing at the onset that the road there may become winding and uphill. When challenges or threats arise find a way around it, under it, over it, or through it if you must, but stay the course even when the course temporarily appears unrecognizable. Everybody’s journey is different, but to get anywhere you first must begin the journey.
Here are a few questions that should be asked in cycles or waves as you dig into what this book has to offer. Who am I? What do I want to accomplish? How badly do I want it? What must I do to achieve it? I recall asking myself these questions as a teenager approaching early adulthood, again in the latter half of my early adulthood years, and now again, as Dr. Victoria C. Taylor, who is currently in the first half of middle adulthood. The point is, once you answer these questions for yourself, act! Take the necessary steps to bring to fruition the vision you have envisioned for yourself; you can remain idle or strive to be an idol, but you must believe the choice is yours to make.
With over ten years of qualitative research experience and expertise in behavioral health research, a conscious decision was made to write this nonfiction novel using a storytelling approach. There is power in storytelling, for the person telling the story, the person receiving the story, and all those who become influenced because a connection was established. I do not aim to predict what that connection may be, but sometimes a single spark is all it takes to light something/someone on fire. Maybe it is the thought that if this person can do this, so can I. This is the goal, ultimately—to bring your attention to what is your desire in life and how do you achieve it . I do not provide the answers to your questions, but if you are developing questions and beginning to seek resolutions, I have done my part.
CHAPTER ONE
FORECASTING THE FUTURE

CHAPTER ONE
Forecasting the Future
H ere is what I learned about fifteen years ago. I was alive and grateful for it, but I knew I wasn’t living my best life.