Comments on: Change

By: Grace Boyle

Grace Boyle — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:47:29 +0000

Rikin, I'm excited about reading your post as well. I agree with you that change doesn't have to be so hard and all it takes is an action to move forward and do something. It's that step and action to move forward that is thwarted. It seems to go in a circle here and of course, each of us are different in how we react or don't react. So the conversation continues… :)

By: Grace Boyle

Grace Boyle — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:47:29 +0000

By: rikin

rikin — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:37:10 +0000

Can't wait for the post to be shared.

I remember being at school or during an internship where I thought, “I wonder what would happen if I just got up and left right now.” I'm human and had the power to do it but so much was holding me back that it never happened. Fail.

By: rikin

rikin — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:28:33 +0000

Once again Jun, you and I face the opposite sides of the fence. This is becoming quite constructive. But just to clarify – I only mean that you can conceptually bring about change easily by either doing or not doing something. In every day execution this is much more complicated and difficult.

My post actually has nothing to do with the this viewpoint on change. Oddly enough I just came up with it while writing up the teaser post.

By: JunLoayza

JunLoayza — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:46:12 +0000

Very interested in reading your post when it goes up. I actually have a completely different perspective, so the comments should be really fun!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:09:40 +0000

Rikin – this is an awesome and very unique perspective. Change is EASY and IMPOSSIBLE – but it's a struggle within our own psyche. Change is the only constant in our lives, change is all around us, we're faced with change every single day – and it comes down to how we deal with it. Like you said, all we have to do to change is JUST DO IT – which is easier said than done.

You hate your job and you want to quit – ok? So just do it. But wait – if you do it, you'll be unemployed, finding another job won't be easy, you won't be able to pay your bills. The act of change itself is as easy as easy as saying yes or no – but the results of your actions are always a consideration – THAT is what holds us back – sometimes we get so caught up, too caught up, in the results (or lack there of) that we talk ourselves out of following through with any change.

So we stick to the routine, we follow the path we're one, we refrain from rocking the boat, we steer clear of the unknown. Such is the path of man – but it's when we change, break away, and strive to be more that we become much more, both personally and in the eyes of others.

Great thoughts Rikin – can't wait to share your post over on my blog!

By: rikin

rikin — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:00:20 +0000

Exactly, I think the CONCEPT of change is extremely easy yet we fret
and we toil over achieving it that it becomes difficult in practice.
Matt bringing up this topic has led me to wonder – why?

(Granted, my upcoming post on LWP isn't on this at all.)

By: Carlos Miceli

Carlos Miceli — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:48:38 +0000

Let me be selfish with my comment and say this: thank you.

Thank you for saying something absolutely new (for me at least), about change.

This ain't easy, change has been a discussed topic for ages now, but I actually have never thought on change that way. As something SO easy.

Great thought Rikin, and i can't wait to read your post on Matt's series.