Change Requires That You Do Something Different

Change Requires That You Do Something Different

As the New Year settles in, many of us might be wondering why the changes that we decided to create don't seem to be going anywhere. I have realized that change requires us to do something different. We can't expect to keep doing the same thing and produce different results. Change follows action, not the same action that we have been doing, but new actions. Change happens because we create it. We create it by doing something different. We can't stay the same and change.

Coaching

To proactively create change, we must do something different. If the changes we are looking for are not happening, all we need to do is look within. If we are not doing anything differently, we can't expect different results. And don't forget to give change a chance. We can't expect things to change overnight. Doing something different once or twice most likely isn't going to produce the change we are seeking. Lasting change takes time and is created by repetitive actions.

Coaching Question

Are you taking the action needed to create the change you want?

Coaching Challenge

Be honest with yourself, are you doing what it takes to create the change you say you want? If so, then keep doing it. Change takes time. What will it take for you to take the actions needed?

Daily Success Formula

Action + Time = Change

Quotes

"If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." Albert Einstein

"The phrase "we (I) (you) simply must..." designates something that need not be done. "That goes without saying" is a red warning. "Of course" means you had best check it yourself. These small-change clichés and others like them, when read correctly, are reliable channel markers." Excerpt from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love"

"I like less the story that a frog if put in cold water will not bestir itself if that water is heated up slowly and gradually and will in the end let itself be boiled alive, too comfortable with continuity to realize that continuous change at some point may become intolerable and demand a change in behavior." Charles Handy - The Age of Unreason

"Shortchange your education now and you may be short of change the rest of your life." Author Unknown