Easy Change Strategies (9)

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Still more change to come? YES! Just when you think you have it all figured out, something comes up and there you go...CHANGE has happened again. Sound familiar? It seems to me that is what I constantly experience. There was, however, a wonderful analogy in one of the Insight Educational Seminars that I took more than 10 years ago. So what was it? Well, here goes:
If you take a plane from New York to London (and wouldn't we like to do that?) how much is it on course during the flight? In percent - how much is the plane directly on course or is it at times not quite on course? Think about it and then write down the answer. No, no cheating - I'm not going to give you the answer right away. Just take into consideration the wind that blows in different directions depending on your flying height. Also, isn't the planet rotating during the approximately 8 hours that the plane is in the air? AND isn't the most direct route not necessarily due east but across the northern part of the globe? Aha, you say. I get it. The plane is not always on the direct course. And right you are! But how much percentage-wise? 50% or is 45% or only 25% because the pilot must know where she is going? Or is there a constant change of direction and adjustment at all times? Are we there yet? Yup. It's 97%. Which means the pilot indeed must constantly adjust or CHANGE the direction of the plane's flight. So what has that to do with "Easy Change Strategies".
Well, if the pilot has to constantly adjust direction, how long can he wait to do the change? Not very long! His job is to change quickly and decisively. Remember the first blog and Yogi Berra?
Wherever you go - there you are!? Yes, exactly. But if that is not where you want to be - than you have to adjust course. From off-course to on-course. Again and again. And soon it is just a matter of doing what you know must be done. Now we're at "Easy Change Strategies". Just Do It, said the Nike ad. And so: "Let's Do It!"
But remember, the pilot makes minimal adjustments and so do we. It is supposed to be EASY!
Something which you can do. Then just do it. And look around. Are you in the place you want to be?
If yes, good. If not: adjust again a little and so on. Remember the first small steps. Yup, I know you have read the first BLOGS.
Let me know what happened. Are you there yet?