How Handling Change Defines Character

A little change is worth investing.

When something new comes your way whether the turn of the calendar, a change in your routine or a major life changing event, how do you react?

People handle change in different ways – I love it (for the most part)! Don’t get me wrong – I like routines but love my unpredictable work days (keeps things interesting!!). Each day brings change and the need to be flexible. I can have an entire day planned and each item quickly gets pushed down my to-do list and is replaced by a higher priority item. Change. Then I like figuring out how I’m going to incorporate the new with the old and get it all done!

Change is something that most people prefer to avoid for the most part. Why? Because it means changing the familiar, changing a habit and/or changing a routine. Change can be seen as positive or negative. It’s all about how we embrace the change. Is it for the better? Does it create new opportunities? Does it create more good for more people?

Think about the world around us and technology alone. We are surrounded by change! Whether it’s the going from a flip to a touch-screen phone, transitioning from a PC to a laptop, trading in the laptop for a PDA (OK, let’s face it, you can’t do EVERYTHING on a PDA….at least not yet!) or communication with our colleagues, friends and family via email to (gasp!) Facebook! Isn’t it amazing? So many wonderful changes surround us and continue to happen all the time…how do you react? More importantly, how do you embrace change?

If this post created any anxieties for you or you now fear change, refer to a quick read book titled “Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spencer Johnson, MD.  Great book whether leading change or trying to embrace change! Once you read it you’ll be creating change in no time .