Why Do People Defend the Status Quo, Even When It Hurts Them?

And 3 overlooked tips to help you initiate change

Janine
ILLUMINATION
Published in
6 min readDec 8, 2023

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What do Copernicus, Wozniak and Martin Luther King have in common?

They all felt fear and resistance challenging the status quo, but did it anyway:

  • Copernicus refused to publish his original discovery that the earth revolves…

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Janine
ILLUMINATION

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