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Seven practical tips for dealing with change
Too much change makes us uncomfortable. We have a natural tendency to resist when change happens to us.
Too much change makes us uncomfortable. We have a natural tendency to resist when change happens to us.
If you thought things would calm down, now that Covid seems to be more or less under control, you were in for a surprise last week. The word war has actively entered our vocabulary again.
Let me add to this optimistic opening by highlighting a cliché I’ve used myself many times, but that starts to annoy me.
Change is the only constant.
Before I move one, a little disclaimer. This sentence may still be somewhere on my website, but I’m growing allergic to it.
Why?
Because I’m done with this sentence.
I’m not done with it because it’s not true; I think we’re dealing with more change than ever (see my first paragraph for illustration).
I’m done with it because the statement gets abused.
It has become a mechanism for some to justify change towards people and, in fact, say: “change is the only constant; deal with it.”
