We all have a natural desire to feel secure and change shakes up our lives, so we often feel insecure when we’re going through change. And then when we feel insecure, we avoid change or we try to control change by creating lots of goals and plans and rules… and then we end up being rigid and restricted and limiting our possibilities and results. I think we’ve all seen examples of individuals and organizations that haven’t been able to survive this recession and other big world changes because they’ve been too rigid and inflexible and stuck in the old rules of how things should be done. Those that are thriving right now are the individuals and organizations who are willing to challenge and change the old rules and assumptions and create new ones all the time.

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