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IN TRANSITION—GAME CHANGER

• Do I feel that I will be losing something?
• Am I afraid that I will be giving up something that I
am “famous for”?
• Am I being inflexible in terms of adapting to a new
situation?
• Am I avoiding having to learn new ways of doing
something?
• Am I afraid of failing as a result of this change?
• Are others coming to me to complain about the change?
• Am I hesitant to ask management about the change?
• Do I feel as if I have to wait to be asked to help with
the change rather than taking the initiative myself?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, I encour-
age you to think twice about the way you are viewing the
change and your role in the change process. In most cases,
your assumptions and beliefs have probably been hard-
wired in your head and might need to be reexamined.
Remember that not dealing with the core of your resistance
could limit your chance to become the change agent that
you are capable of being.
I remember that when I was a young kid, my brother
and I would go sailing every weekend at our lake house in
Indiana. What sailing taught me is that you can’t wait to
respond to the change in the wind; you have to anticipate it
and make adjustments before you hit the changing condi-
tions. In sailboat races, this meant looking at the boats

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