Change is hard, but it doesn't have to be. It's instructive too. The instruction comes from what we think of as "resistance" to change. If you keep in mind that whenever we feel resistance, it tells us we are stuck. Maybe were stuck in our way of thinking, or old habits, or just in the way we like to do things. That by itself tells us something.
So if you feel yourself resisting something — a new management trend, a new directive, introduction of a new process or policy — ask yourself, "What is it inside me it's keeping me stuck? And what exactly is keeping me from learning something new, or adapting to something new, or preventing me from exploring what's being offered to me?" Another way to think about this is that the opposite of change is learning and growth.
A colleague once said to me, "I never turned down an opportunity to do something new. It's like God asking me to dance.
