People Don't Fight Change ...
They Fight Being Changed.
If asked,
most people would say they advocate change ... that a certain variety
in life adds excitement and makes
things more interesting on a daily basis.Be it
the change of the seasons or the change in Business Development
opportunities, all of us "take" to something new.Unfortunately,
we tend to bring a lot of our old thinking and
ways to these new opportunities.In the modern
world
change is constant; computers have replaced
innumerable things that were done by hand.Cell
phones, PDAs and other electronic
devices have significantly changed the way that we engage and
communicate, and this rate of change is ever
accelerating.
However, regardless of what we say, by our very nature we actually
fight change. People tend
to be comfortable with the way they've always approached previous
relationships. They allow themselves to stay in a psychological and
emotional comfort zone, which
significantly limits their growth and potential.Complacency
is a rut ... and that rut is a grave with no end.We
seldom encourage other people to
challenge us to change, and even less frequently challenge ourselves to
change.Only through reevaluating our
thinking and how we approach our day to day behavior will we be able to
capitalize on any new opportunities. Change begins from within, and is
seldom
initiated until the
pain of
change
is less than the pain we are in.
