What Makes CHANGE Difficult

What Makes CHANGE Difficult

What Makes CHANGE Difficult?  It's all due to human nature.  We all love to remain in the comfort zone[s].  BUT the reality is, CHANGE can be seen all around us, and many times it's NOT even our choice at all.  Whether that CHANGE can be taking public transportation rather than taking an Uber/Grab, we all have personal behaviors where we wish we could adjust, stop or start.  From our tender age, we were introduced to CHANGE, some more often than others, and somewhere along, we end up developing our own perceptions💎💎💎

The mere mention of CHANGE may start to cause others to feel uneasy [at the very least].  And we often find ourselves resisting CHANGE, perhaps because of the PERCEIVED risk or fear associated with it.  I am NOT a Buddhist but do allow me to quote Buddha: 'CHANGE IS NEVER PAINFUL.  ONLY RESISTANCE TO CHANGE IS PAINFUL'.  Facing the mirror awhile ago, I asked myself, HOW MANY TIMES IN THE PAST I REFUSED or RESISTED CHANGE? After some soul searching, my answer is NONE, NADA, NICHTS, RIEN, ZILCH📌📌📌

Without unnecessarily divulging proprietary information, in my company's global organization, there are myriad of strategic initiatives plotted for execution within the years and topping the list is no less than all communications related to CHANGE as an initiative.  It is a global move with very high visibility because there is this consensus across the global organization that CHANGE is crucial enough to reverberate its impact, whether a CHANGE rollout becomes a success or failure⏳⏳⏳

Let's swing back into our personal lives and we could attest CHANGE has happened over and over again way beyond what we want.  A daughter WHO, for the first time, has to leave home and attend school in the capital city.  A daughter getting married.  Difficult changes would include putting up the family property FOR SALE [due to financial reasons].  A more difficult one might be a working parent [who's the family breadwinner] quitting work due to illness✅✅✅

To progress through a CHANGE stage, it is essential that we instill MOTIVATION toward the CHANGE.  One, by educating oneself on the behavioral change.  If I am an alcoholic and I want to CHANGE, I must listen/accept all the lessons and information about the disadvantages of being an alcoholic.  Securing your personal BUY-IN is 'primus inter pares', the very first among equals for us to disprove that CHANGE is DIFFICULT❓❓❓