How do you DO change?

Change happens to everyone, but how you deal with it affects the outcome. The simplest way involves three steps:

1. ACCEPT?that change is upon you. This is the first and often hardest thing to acknowledge. Change can creep up on you like ageing or suddenly like a broken leg. We all get comfortable to varying degrees with where we are, what we are doing and who we are, so being blind-sided by life events can be uncomfortable and challenging.

When a change happens, the response is I LIKE it or HATE it. The thing is, my opinion is irrelevant. It makes no difference how I feel about it. Rain is rain; the sun is sun, the snow is snow, and change is change. There is a present reality, and acceptance makes the change process possible.

“The only constant in life is change”-Heraclitus

2. OWN IT?or at very least take some responsibility.

Responsibility = Response + Ability.

We all respond to situations. It's the how that's important. Giving away the ability to respond happens when you hear things like

She made me angry... People in government are muppets...Things will improve when... (usually something way into the future and doesn't involve me doing anything!)

Whatever the change event, I have responsibility for two things: my ACTIONS and my ATTITUDE. We all have reflexes that act as short-cuts, like touching a hot stove. In situations of change, the reflex action is often wrong, and the reflexive attitude is usually harmful. Ownership is not a reflex. Owning change does involve the mindset that I?HAVE?a part to play, and I?CAN?influence my environment whatever the circumstance.

'The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude' -Oprah Winfrey.

2. ACTION- where the rubber hits the road. If you get beyond ownership! Most of the time, I get stuck in the paralysis by analysis because taking action, especially action that needs me to do something different, is TOUGH.

The call of the status quo is a strong one. It's what I'm used to. It may be not what I like, but at least it's familiar. Taking action from a standing start is difficult because all the momentum goes in the opposite direction. However, different actions are the difference makers in navigating change.

'The measure of intelligence is the ability to change' -Albert Einstein.

Questions I ask the person in the mirror:

• What is changing now that I'm not recognising or wanting to accept?
• What is my response to the situation?
• What's my attitude saying?
• What helpful actions am I taking?

We can accept change and then WORK towards the future we want with these three steps. What action are you taking to see the change you wish to see in the world?

Contributed by Dr Johnson Tam Lit.

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