Change is Here to Stay

Change is never easy unless you’re responsive to change. Woodrow Wilson said, “If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” That’s the way some people look at change. It’s like working out. If I work out once a year, my muscles are going to really hurt the next time I try to exercise. If I work out every day, my muscles don’t hurt as much or maybe not at all.

Our brain is the same way. If we’re changing our habits from bad to good on a daily or weekly basis, then change doesn’t hurt as much. When change is coming, it would be easy to say, “We’ve always done it this way, why change?" Whenever change is happening, people usually fall into six categories according to the book, “Developing the Leader Within You” by John Maxwell.

I summarize them here:

Innovators-They are the ones who come up with new ideas, but are usually not a manager or policy maker.

Early Adopters-They are the ones who see it first as a great idea and embrace the change.

Middle Adopters-They make up most of the crowd. They respond and react to the opinion of co-workers.

Late Adopters-They are hanging on to the end and late to endorse the change. They are the ones who say under their breath, “I’ll never accept the new guy."

Laggards-Their motto is, “Change is never good.” They are the ones who would spend more time to rally the troops against the change then to accept the change.

Wayne Bailey is a Distributor with SendOutCards. He has recognized tremendous growth in his personal and business relationships by implementing the strategies he talks about in his articles. You can email Wayne at wayne_bailey642@hotmail.com or visit: www.sendoutcards.com/waynebailey.