Essay. People naturally resist making changes in ther lives. Problems, causes, solutions? It’s generally believed that people are inclined to resist making changes in their lives. Might such going with the flow could result in suffering hardships and are there some ways to deal with that difficult situation? Firstly there are really many serious causes of such people behavior. Fear is one of the most common. People are afraid of doing something unknown and losing money. The older they are the more they terrified of being fired. People are also frightened of breaking up. The second reason is that people don’t want to leave their comfort zone. As they got used to their current situation and it’s got convenient people don’t need to overcome obstacles in order to achieve some new benefits as situation is suit them already. The last but not least reason is procrastination. Many people tend to putting off changes and just keep solving some insignificant problems. As a result they risk getting behind more energetic people and having troubles because of that. An example of such unsuccessful outcome can be dismissal. Meanwhile there are some well-known solutions. And a key point there is that a person should find some ways of persuading himself for making changes. If a person cannot convince himself he can ask for help to psychologist. In addition nowadays there are many books and trainings about self-motivation. However, there is another equally vital thing. A person should start doing something immediately (not tomorrow or next week, etc.). It can be some very simple action like writing a plan or making a call. To sum up, mature people should not forget that responsibility on their development is up to them and lack of changes is a way to deterioration.