Be the Change you so much Seek

Has it ever occurred to you that the change that you so much seek could and should first start with you? This simply means that for you to feel and experience the change you so much hanker after, you need to do something. There’s nothing for nothing.

In essence it boils down to creating the right atmosphere to attract that very “precious” change.

But the sad thing is that only few people are ready to accept the change to start with them. They believe that change will only come from the outside.

This kind of attitude is not one that is carried by people who change (and affect) their surroundings and situations. People who are “changers” know that for their situations and circumstances to change, they have to “change” first.

They have to change:
· How they look at things i.e. their perceptions have to change.
· How much attention they are willing to give to their situation.
· Whom they blame when they fail or when things do no go as they had planned. They have to be ready to “shoulder the blame” and see how best to solve the “problem”. They also try to work out means and ways of preventing the situation from recurring.
· How they receive everything that comes their way. They ask themselves, “What do I learn from this situation? How can I work it out to my advantage?”
· How they see people. They have to realize that people are the greatest resource ever “invented”.
· How they treat people. They have to realize that you cannot “bully” people into action and expect things to run smoothly. People love to be respected for who they are. People also perform excellently when they are assured that they are trusted.

These are just some few pointers that I have learnt in my daily experiences and association with my colleagues and friends. I hope that you find them eye openers. I believe that you people out there have so much more to add to this list. Please feel free to share your “eye openers” with us.

P.S. Here are some quotes on CHANGE that I came across recently :

· Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. – George Bernard Shaw

· Things do not change; we change. – Thoreau


· You cannot change people but you can channel them your way. – Hal Stabbins

· Everything changes continually. What is history indeed but a record of change? And if there had been no changes in the past, there would have been little of history to write. –M. Gandhi

· Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator and change has its enemies. – Robert F. Kennedy

· The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. – Alfred North Whitehead

· Change yourself if you wish to change the world. – The Mother

· Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better. – Richard Hooker