Embracing Change

Change is something scary. We tend to stay in our comfort zone to avoid losing what we already have. Some of us would rather have a world that is predictable and stable most of the time.

Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.

But we live in an unpredictable world full of different choices. And that will sometimes make your plans useless and to question what you believe now. What was appropriate and useful before can be an impediment now, but unless you accept, it can be difficult not to resist change.

On Kent Beck’s book about Extreme Programming the subtitle is “Embracing change”. But why would we apply that in another context different than software development?

Because by embracing change, we enable freedom and growth we couldn’t have imagined before. The fear of losing what we have will stop us from going faster and learning new things.

Sometimes you can accept you were wrong and change seems natural. But other times you don’t want to let go an idea because it makes you feel weak or inconsistent.

The ability to adapt to a new context is what enables a new range of opportunities. Have you ever tried to fit your childhood clothes?

This doesn’t mean you have to leave everything behind, but to create bridges between the past and the future to get the most out of the present.

What if we could open our minds to new opportunities every day?

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