Change

An important quality of great people is their willingness to change. In
fact, great people thrive on change. Change is the willingness to give up
who you are in order to become what you can be. It is in the willingness to
give up the life of a caterpillar so that you can become a butterfly.

That which does not change does not grow. Grow – we must. So, change – we
must. Growth and change are inseparable. If change is the way to growth, and
growth is the way to greatness, then why do people always resist change?

When you were a just-born, you were comfortable because you were completely
dependent on your environment. To learn to crawl was an uncomfortable
transition because you would have bruised your knees so many times. But this
transition to learn to crawl was a needed one for you to grow. Once you
learnt to crawl, you were completely comfortable. Now learning to walk was
another uncomfortable transition because you would have fallen down and hurt
yourself so many times. But again, this transition to learn to walk was a
needed one for you to grow. Once you learnt to walk you were completely
comfortable. Now learning to cycle was another uncomfortable transition
because you would have injured yourself so many times. But again, this
transition to learn to cycle was a needed one for you to grow. So it was
from blabbering to talking to communicating…So it was from scribbling to
writing to drawing…So it was from school to college to work…So it was from
adolescence to young, adulthood to complete adulthood…

Comfort zone – uncomfortable transition – again a new comfort zone – another
uncomfortable transition – another new comfort zone – and one more
uncomfortable transition – This is the cycle of growth. Grow – you must. So,
Change – you must. We cannot avoid uncomfortable transitions. It is the
reluctance to go through the uncomfortable transitions that make people
resist change.

Change is the willingness to give up an existing comfort zone and the
willingness to take up an uncomfortable transition. Giving up an existing
comfort zone is never easy. That's why leadership is all about helping
people to expand themselves, by challenging them to go beyond their
limitations.

This is where all great people stood out from the rest. They were willing to
change and grow. They never sought comfort zones. They were willing to help
others to change and grow. Good leaders never allow people to settle into
comfort zones. Their mantra is a lingering, 'What next?', 'What more? 'What
else?'.

Don't settle. Keep looking. Don't settle. Keep changing. Don't settle. Keep
growing. Lift yourself and lift others too!!