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Change!
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Change!
Change! is about experimenting; trying a new career, trying to look at things differently, trying to make a difference. Wehope to Change your mind, Change your life…Change our lives. In this day and age we all need to try something new.Prototype, experiment, bring your ideas to life and let the world experience them. All change is not progress, but there isno progress without change. Experiment your way to change. Try, learn, improve. Simple. Really.Everyone has something they want to change and most of us have many things. It might be a boring career; being un orunder employed; a couch potato lifestyle; an unsatisfying relationship(s); not making a difference (whatever that means toyou). Exactly what your change is or how many you have is not important. What matters is doing something about it–againand again and again. Change is an iterative and sometimes repetitive process. And no, iterative and repetitive are notsynonymous in our minds.
Iterative
means to learn from prior experience and apply what you’ve learned so that each time you do something you getcloser and closer to your desired result. When we talk about
repetitive
, we mean doing the same thing over and over andending up with same result; the same unsatisfying result. As to process, anything that is going to result in a desired changerequires a series of actions. There is no one magic spell, magic wand, magic bullet, or one-size, one-time action that youcan take. Even though you already know that, we had to say it. We all really want change to happen magically–with no pain,no work and for everyone to live happily ever after.
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Since change requires work, pain and not everyone lives happily ever after, why bother to change at all? The “why” isdifferent for everyone. Whether your reason is religiously based, or how you were raised, or your general philosophy of life,most people want to be the best they can be. Sometimes, the why is just plain necessity: you need a job or your significantother delivers an ultimatum. Now, getting there is the challenge. Not only do we have to overcome our own inertia andfears, we have to deal with the inertia and fears of those around us.Change always has ripple effects and not everyone is going to be happy about the change you make, no matter how good achange it is or how you go about it. On the other hand, your change will positively affect people you are not even aware of.How cool is that? Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, and others have talked about doing things that “make a dent in the universe”.We think any time you try to make a positive change, no matter how small, it makes a dent. It makes a difference.Whatever the change and the reason for making it we have some ideas on how to get started and how to manage your ownresistance and that of others. We’ve already defined some terms–iterative, repetitive and process.
Iterative
- to learn from prior experience and apply what you’ve learned so that each time you do something you get closerand closer to your desired result
Repetitive
- doing the same thing over and over and ending up with same result; the same unsatisfying result
Process
- a series of actionsWe need to add a few more so that we are all clear on what we’re talking about.
Experiment
– a process of trying different actions to see what happens, the key word is “trying”
Prototype
– a specific series of actions one tries to see if one gets the desired result
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