Lesson 4: Don’t question the factor

If anyone has taken economics, you are always taught about the market push and pull factors.

Pull factor: a social, political, economic, or environmental attraction to a new area that draws people from a previous location.

Push factor: A social, political, economic, or environmental attraction to a new area that draws people from a previous location.


Both have similar definitions, why? Each factor is distinguished based on circumstance and analysis.

The hardest thing many of us encounter are the subtle changes that occur in our lives, especially the unexpected. We need to remember that the situations that we are placed in often pull us or push us into directions that are necessary.

Why are they necessary?
To ensure we grow as individuals, learn new things and gain experience in areas that we otherwise wouldn’t. And to move us toward new phases and begin new chapters in our lives.

Change can be a scary, no one likes walking into a dark room.

But remember, you should face things with one thought in your mind – “I can handle this.” It is a positive mindset that will push us into new phases of life; it’s the negative mindset that will pull us away from opportunity.

Listen to Ralph Waldo Emerson “always do what you are afraid to do.”

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