Importance Of Change

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Firstly, my favorite change management quote is:
“Change has a bad reputation in our society. But it isn’t all bad – not by any means. In fact, change is necessary in life – to keep us moving … to keep us growing … to keep us interested … Imagine life without change. It would be static … boring … dull.”
– Dr. Dennis O’Grady (2011, Rick)

This quote resonates a lot with me because, although I am not naturally very comfortable with change, (mainly because they alter my many, many well-made plans), I believe I would be very bored if I felt like my life was not progressing forward. I have learned to embrace change and see it only as a positive.

All experiences, both good and bad are learning curves and can be useful to carve out our individual paths through life. What kind of people would we be without such experiences? ... And, without changes? Certainly not the same as we now are. So, I will always choose interesting ... malleable ... enjoyable, not static …show more content…

How I do seem to love thee! Why, you are like an on-and-off boyfriend whom I know I should move on from, but cannot seem to resist – because you make me feel so much better about myself! Then the guilt sets in... and, so it repeats! :-)

Procrastination! It is not a positive trait to have! It is a bad mental habit that needs to be broken and the underlying cause must be found! The reasons? Perfectionism, being overwhelmed by big or daunting tasks, and preferring to choose the “feel good” option, so we put off the more “painful” tasks.

In our EI class, we have learned about self-talk. What about self-control? Why do we criticize ourselves, putting tasks off that we know have to be done at some point? And, we do it to such an extent that we only end up becoming more afraid of the task and will just end up procrastinating further? Notice how I am choosing to use the “we” form here? Hey, it makes me feel better to know that I am not alone in my hesitating.

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