December 4, 2014
Good Morning and Welcome to The OSAT Renaissance Project - a Daily Boost of energy, excitement and information to help lead OSAT higher to the absolute benefit of our customer!
Today I want to talk about change
We heard the terms…
Change artist. Change Agent. Change Master.
they all mean different things but the point is we hear about change a lot.
“Those who don’t change perish.”
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
You may have heard or read statements like those before. I think we all pretty much agree that change does happen and is part of life. And most believe that change is hard.
It is difficult to change.
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks…
right?
Wrong
I submit that change is easy.
If I want to change my socks right now all I have to do is untie my shoes and slip them off my feet. Then I slide one sock down and over my right foot and then the other sock down over my left foot. I then walk to the sock drawer and pick out a new pair of socks, sit back down and place them over my feet. Presto, my socks have been changed and it was pretty darn easy.
Now that’s a pretty silly example of change but changing behavior can be as easy.
If I am always late wherever I go I can change that right now. I can set my alarm clock to go off fifteen minutes earlier and then leave the house fifteen minutes earlier and Presto! I arrive at work on time. Change is that easy.
If I want to quit smoking all I have to do is to put out the cigarette I am smoking right now and never light another one.
Change is easy
Maintaining change is hard…
Right now if you want to change your behavior you have the power to do so immediately. You can go from angry to happy by just thinking about it, taking a deep breath and setting your mind to it.
Can you sustain the happiness?
That is much harder.
Change is easy…maintaining change is hard…
it is an everyday, one day at a time process.
If you truly want change to be maintained you must focus on it everyday, many times a day.
Change is easy…maintaining change is hard…
Changing our focus on OSAT is easy to do “in the moment.” We are all thinking about OSAT right now - if you’re not checking your email or eating something - and we are all ready to change and we will at this moment.
But will we maintain the change…
Change is easy…maintaining change is hard.
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