Quotes About Change

There will be winter, there will be cold, there will be snowstorms, but then there will be spring.. Agian..

Yes, there will be winter, there will be cold, there will be snowstorms, but then there will be spring again...

Water's power is rooted in its ability to conquer all on its path - often not by destroying things in an instant but by patiently eroding the land over time.

Where I come from in the Eastern Region, life is still -- well, things are changing very fast but if one is interested, one can still see signs of what life used to look like.

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

You do not know me,' said Tortoise. 'I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.

He summarizes his approach to change in this simple phrase (inspired by Aristotle's "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."): "We are what we practice and we're always practicing something. Thus, to make changes we need to practice something new and different.

When you're at the beginning, don't obsess about the middle, because the middle is going to look different once you get there.

one way to motivate a switch is to shrink the change, which makes people feel "big" relative to the challenge.

If the Rider isn't sure exactly what direction to go, he tends to lead the Elephant in circles. And as we'll see, that tendency explains the third and final surprise about change: What looks like resistance is often a lack of clarity.

How can you make your change a matter of identity rather than a matter of consequences?

Because identities are central to the way people make decisions, any change effort that violates someone's identity is likely doomed to failure. (That's why it's so clumsy when people instinctively reach for "incentives" to change other people's behavior.) So the question is this: How can you make your change a matter of identity rather than a matter of consequences?

make a switch, you need to script the critical moves

The weakness of the Elephant, our emotional and instinctive side, is clear: It's lazy and skittish, often looking for the quick payoff (ice cream cone) over the long-term payoff (being thin). When change efforts fail, it's usually the Elephant's fault, since the kinds of change we want typically involve short-term sacrifices for long-term payoffs. (We

Rather than focusing solely on what's new and different about the change to come, make an effort to remind people what's already been conquered.

In highly successful change efforts, people find ways to help others see the problems or solutions in ways that influence emotions, not just thought.

If you're struggling to make a transition, create a defining moment that draws a dividing line between Old You and New You.

Big-picture, hands-off leadership isn't likely to work in a change situation, because the hardest part of change—the paralyzing part—is precisely in the details.

To change behavior, you've got to direct the Rider, motivate the Elephant, and shape the Path. If

Knowledge does not change behavior," he said. "We have all encountered crazy shrinks and obese doctors and divorced marriage counselors." He knew that telling the mothers about nutrition wouldn't change their behavior. They'd have to practice it.

Big problems are rarely solved with commensurately big solutions.

Culture change is difficult and slow. To have any chance to succeed, the meeting needed to deliver a jolt.