If change is inevitable and continual, how come most of us find it so challenging?

Since it's something we all deal with everyday from the day we're born, you'd think we'd all be Masters in rolling with change - especially by the time we get to mid career or mid life.

But we're not.

Actually it's the opposite.

Most of us have an adversarial relationship with change.

We deny it's happening (for as long as we can).

We resist and vilify it (as if that's going to "change" anything that's going on).

Until finally we realize it's inevitable, at which point we (begrudgingly) accept it.

This paradigm shows up everywhere in our life - career, home, relationships, culture, technology, the economy...you name it.

But it doesn't have to be that way.

There's actually a thing called The Change Curve.

I was lucky enough to learn this early in my career from a very wise boss and mentor.

And it's helped me not only with the leadership roles I've held in business.

But it's also helped me roll with some of the tougher work and life hands I've been dealt over the years (to put it in poker terms).

When we let our brains run the show on autopilot, we humans will do all kinds of crazy things to try to deny or stop the changes that are happening (at least the ones we don't like).

But the truth is, denial and resistance never work because the changes that are going to happen are, well, going to happen.

There's a better way.

Instead of denial or resistance...

What if you learned how to deal with change proactively?

What if you learned to accept it more quickly?

What if you learned to instantly look for the possibilities something new might present, instead of wasting time denying or resisting it?

What if you could proactively find the best ways to deal with it in your own life?

The great news is, you can.

You can become a master at dealing with change.

And it's an invaluable thing to know when you're responsible for leading a team, organization or business.

The change curve.

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