Roll With Change
I awoke early this morning in Dover, DE. In those first few moments of consciousness I had forgotten where I was, but I knew it was early. Technically, it was 2:15 AM (I am a West Coaster, after all). As I awoke and prepared for my day I found myself a little groggy from the time change and the unfamiliar environment.
Change. How odd. In many ways, we all resist it.
Today I am going to be speaking to a group of people, and part of the discussion will be around human behavior. At Building Champions, we use a behavioral model called DISC, which allows us to look at how people behave naturally and how they adapt to their circumstances. If you have not taken a behavioral profile such as DISC, you should. It is powerful to have an understanding of your own behavior and even more powerful to understand how to better interact with the other behavioral styles around you.
There is one style that seems to handle change in a particularly negative way. But as I navigate through my own business and life, I realize that all of us resist change in some way. Resistance to change is normal and very human. It can, however, cause a great deal of stress.
Many of us are living through times of unprecedented change. Historical changes. Some for the good and some for the bad. Have you ever stopped and asked yourself how well you deal with change? Have you ever had the courage to evaluate just how tightly you are holding onto your own little ways? Some of our habits and daily ways are good, but some can cause a detrimental form of stubbornness.
Certainly not all changes are good, but when they are necessary, it is best just to roll with them and not fight. For many people, a big change to their environment can feel like death. Literally, it is a ripping away from the comfort of things that they hold so dearly.
As we begin the fourth quarter of 2010, it may be a good time to do some reflection on how we deal with change. More is surely on the way. Preparing to embrace it could be one of the best decisions you make today.
High Emotional Intelligence mandates that we look at ourselves and question how set in our ways we are. If you are too firmly cemented in your ways, it could mean more pain as you move through changing environments.
“So if you’re tired of the same old story, oh, turn some pages…” REO Speedwagon, "Roll with the Changes."
Coach Steve
There is one style that seems to handle change in a particularly negative way. But as I navigate through my own business and life, I realize that all of us resist change in some way. Resistance to change is normal and very human. It can, however, cause a great deal of stress.
Many of us are living through times of unprecedented change. Historical changes. Some for the good and some for the bad. Have you ever stopped and asked yourself how well you deal with change? Have you ever had the courage to evaluate just how tightly you are holding onto your own little ways? Some of our habits and daily ways are good, but some can cause a detrimental form of stubbornness.
Certainly not all changes are good, but when they are necessary, it is best just to roll with them and not fight. For many people, a big change to their environment can feel like death. Literally, it is a ripping away from the comfort of things that they hold so dearly.
As we begin the fourth quarter of 2010, it may be a good time to do some reflection on how we deal with change. More is surely on the way. Preparing to embrace it could be one of the best decisions you make today.
High Emotional Intelligence mandates that we look at ourselves and question how set in our ways we are. If you are too firmly cemented in your ways, it could mean more pain as you move through changing environments.
“So if you’re tired of the same old story, oh, turn some pages…” REO Speedwagon, "Roll with the Changes."
Coach Steve
"My friends are my estate"
Emily Dickinson
Posted by: Pat Woolley | 10/01/2010 at 06:12 PM