SUSTAINED TRANSFORMATION

It hit me the other day. There’s always been some “transformational” idea or process that comes our way.

In the 60s, you had to be into “plastics.” In the 70s, we were told getting away from butter into margarine was “healthy.” Or we needed to invest in Total Quality Management. We should eat a plant-based diet. We should be vulnerable. You name the self-help process and we’ve probably all “tried it, but it didn’t really work for me.” Yeah, we had success with it, but it didn’t last.

So what is it that makes for an organization or person to have transformational change that’s SUSTAINED?

I have come to believe that to have sustained transformational change, we need to be more energy aware. Meaning, are we continually aware of what type of energy is being used to execute the transformation?

In the graphic, you’ll notice a brief characterization of the 7 energy levels. If we are “powering” through the transformational change at level 2, we’re doomed to fail. We’ll burn out on the “new” diet. Or we’ll grow tired of all the additional effort to follow a top-notch business model.

But if we’re inspired, joyful, and having fun with the transformation, we’re many more times likely to succeed with the transformation in the long run.

We’ve learned that we’re actually rewiring our brain’s neural nets to form consistent habits using elevated emotions -- a higher energy. 

Being individually and collectively energy-aware allows us to choose to shift into that higher energy, which leads to sustained transformational shifts.

There’s A LOT OF HELP out there for transformation. Wouldn’t it be great if it could be SUSTAINED?

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