One of the most fundamental human needs is the need for certainty. We need certainty because we need to feel secure.
As a species, human beings are programmed to ensure we survive. If we don’t feel secure then we are constantly on our guard, which drains our energy.
That’s why change can be an uncomfortable experience because it makes us feel insecure and feeling insecure means we can’t relax.
Most of us can feel uncomfortable with change, at least to some degree, and that’s perfectly natural when you think about it.
However, change is important.
Through change comes opportunity and if we can embrace change then opportunity can be ours for the taking.
Most people tend to be slow in their response to change because it’s such an uncomfortable experience. However, if we respond quickly we can grasp those opportunities just waiting for the fleet-footed.
Think about this; everything we take for granted today once didn’t exist.
A good example of this would be computers. Today most households have several of them in the form of Desktops, Laptops and Tablets, as well as Smartphones.
Certainly, this is the situation in my home and I’m sure that’s true in your home too, dear reader.
However as recently as 1943 Thomas Watson, then Chairman of IBM said, “I think there’s a world market for maybe five computers.”
Well, there are more than five computers in my home alone and there will be billions more around the world.
As recently as 1977 Ken Olson then President, Chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), the leading supplier of mini-computers at the time, said, “There’s no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.”
We’re lucky that neither Bill Gates nor Steve Jobs listened to those gentlemen.
However, in business terms, these examples are even more significant.
Failure to recognize the changing nature of the computer market had almost catastrophic consequences for IBM as a business.
They did manage to adapt eventually but not before their business went through a major wobble and at one point looked like it might even fold completely.
And where is Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) now? It disappeared long ago and is now nothing more than a footnote in the history of digital technology.
So my message to you today dear reader is this; you ignore change at your peril.
It’s better to embrace it, however uncomfortable it may feel, and be ready to grab those opportunities as they come along.
The most successful people in business are adept at exploiting opportunities brought about by change.
Change is synonymous with opportunity. It’s that simple.
Here are 11 inspirational quotes about change to help you reflect on what it means and why it’s important.
Quotes about change:
- Change before you have to. ~Jack Welch
- Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. ~Stephen Hawking
- To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. ~Winston Churchill
- If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. ~Lao Tzu
- If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. ~Wayne Dyer
- The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. ~Nathaniel Branden
- The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. ~Alan Watts
- Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. ~John F. Kennedy
- Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. ~Barack Obama
- God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ~Reinhold Niebuhr
- It is change, continuing change, inevitable change that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account, not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. ~Isaac Asimov
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