Many people working with me have said that they have trouble following my ideas.
They are absolutely right.
Sometimes, I have a hard time following my own ideas.
Why do they say that?
It is because I don’t hesitate to change my mind even if I think or say the exact opposite the next day.
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote many years ago:
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”
What is the wisest thing to do?
Is it to try to defend a point that no longer stand in the light of newly acquired information?
Or is it simply easier and faster to change your mind and change your direction?
So what if I said something yesterday and I change my mind today? Doesn’t it prove that I am more experienced and more knowledgable?
One of the most important qualities we can develop in a time of rapid change is flexibility.
Today, perhaps the most important factor affecting our life is the speed of change.
We are living in an age where change is taking place at a faster rate than ever before in human history.
And if anything, the rate is increasing, year by year, if not day by day.
Change today is not only faster, but it is also discontinuous, not following a straight line but starting, stopping, and moving in unpredictable directions.
Change is coming at us from all sides and in so many different ways that it is often impossible to anticipate what might happen next.
Change causes enormous stress for people who are fixed or rigid in their beliefs about how things should be.
They fall in love with what they are doing and are unwilling to change, even in the face of overwhelming evidence.
Don’t let this happen to you!
To remain flexible, you must constantly be open, alert to new ideas and knowledge that can help you.
One new idea can be enough to change your entire life.
Another driving change is the rapid growth and development of new technology. Every advance in technology aimed at helping people to get things done faster, better, cheaper, or easier. And the speed of technological change is increasing every day. It’s exponential.
Be willing to admit, in each area of your life where you experience stress or resistance, that you could be wrong or that you have made a mistake.
Why?
Because it will happen to all of us at times.
What will you do to make sure you are not resisting change?
Will you be brave enough to change your mind?
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