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Dealing with Non-Stop Change
Change vs. Transition
Change vs. Transition
Change is best defined as situational.
Change is the external adjustment made to routine roles.
Change vs. Transition
Transition is the psychological process people go through to come to terms with a new situation.
Change vs. Transition
Change starts with a beginning –transition starts with an ending.
Change vs. Transition
Letting go of the old reality must take place before real change can take place.
Change vs. Transition
The Transition Process
The first phase when dealing with non-stop change is “The Ending.”
The Transition Process
The second phase is called “The Neutral Zone.”
The Transition Process
The Neutral Zone
If you run from the neutral zone too early, you’ll lose an opportunity for creativity, revitalization and development.
It’s an intermediate space that occurs when old ways are removed and new, better-tailored patterns of habit begin to form.
The Neutral Zone
The New Beginning
This third phase occurs if you were successful at letting go and have embraced “The Neutral Zone.”
Managing Change
Managing Change
Try to foresee as much as you can.
Managing Change
Make the transition to “change as the norm.”
Managing Change
Non-stop change demands a new mind-set that requires a very significant transition.
Managing Change
Non-stop change is simply a new level of what has always been in existence.
Managing Change
The whole point of change is to preserve the things that do not change.
Managing Change
Learn to treat your disadvantages as challenges.
Taking Care of Yourself
Taking Care of Yourself
Find out what is actually changing, or has changed.
Spend time letting yourself experience the uncomfortable feelings.
Taking Care of Yourself
Distinguish between current losses and old wounds.
Taking Care of Yourself
The relation between the present and unresolved issues from the past is called “resonance.”
Taking Care of Yourself
Identify your continuities – not everything is ending.
Taking Care of Yourself
Recognize the symptoms of “The Neutral Zone.”
Taking Care of Yourself
Provide yourself quiet times and special places as a retreat from the chaos of “The Neutral Zone.”
Taking Care of Yourself
Look for islands of stability.
Taking Care of Yourself
Create a kind of structure in the emptiness by constructing short-range goals.
Taking Care of Yourself
Look at “The Neutral Zone” as a time between one set of purposes in your life and another.
Taking Care of Yourself
Look at your priorities and ask yourself if they still make sense.
Taking Care of Yourself
Experiment a little every day, starting today.
Taking Care of Yourself
Plan to do something you’ve never done before.
Taking Care of Yourself
Design a learning venture for yourself.
Taking Care of Yourself
Make a plan to change your life.
Taking Care of Yourself
The “Four Jewels”
The “Four Jewels”
Rules to live by that may make a positive impression during times of transition.
The “Four Jewels”
Rule #1
Show up and give things a try.
Rule #2
Be present. Make sure you give things your best shot.
The “Four Jewels”
Rule #3
Tell the truth. It’s the most powerful action you take.
The “Four Jewels”
Rule #4
Let go of outcomes. Learn to do all that you can; then let go.
The “Four Jewels”
Dealing with Non-Stop Change
