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Issue 00435 |
September 9 - 15, 2006 |
issn 0856 - 9135 |
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Breaking Barriers |
 Learn
Your Way through ChangeBY GEORGE ‘GBENGA OLOWOYE What if I tell you that breaking the barriers and limits of mediocrity is all about change? Would you then be ready to learn your way through change? Even at the risk of changing your paradigms? Psychologists have discovered that humans actually crave novelty and change. Yet most of us stay in the safe harbor of the known. We think that we'll be happier and more secure in the familiar world of the known. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Avoiding change and growth is the most dangerous place to be as a human. Yes it is scary dealing with the unknown. Yes it is confusing to move away from the familiar. Yes it is hard to deal with change. Yet, that is where the opportunity lives. That is where growth lives. That is where our best selves live. One of the biggest tasks of leadership (and remember - leadership isn't about your position, it's about the way you show up each day) is dealing with change. And when it comes to change real leaders are learners. They are open-minded. They hunt down new opportunities. They question everything. They find a better way. So when you are faced with change it's not time to run--it's time to learn. Here are a few tips to help you learn your way through change. Read relentlessly. Let your personal library be the most important thing to leave to your children (Do I hear you say not with Africans?). It only takes one idea in one book to take your life to a new level. Someone somewhere has been through what you are going through. Be wise and learn from them. What about your Journal. The best way to make sense of your life is to reflect on it. And there is no better way to do that than to sit down with a crisp, white piece of paper and record your thoughts. Conversation can strike a cord. Nothing so inspires me as great conversation. Schedule conversations with people who fascinate you or even frustrate you. I respectfully challenge you to learn from the people you don't agree with. Nothing will so clear up your stained glass window as looking at the world through someone else's. Take an Adventure. Try a new kind of food, check out a museum, tour a friend's workplace or go on a guided nature hike or Safari (no excuse if you live in Arusha). It makes you more creative. Adventure helps you see the world in a new way. And sometimes that's all it takes to generate a big idea. Someone reading this ought to check out what is happening in Mwanza or Dar and other parts of the country. Explore the beauty of the land and don’t read about your country from books written by tourists. Listen to new tunes. I love my iPod. I listen to the greatest minds on the planet tell me the secret to their success. Turn your car into a university by listening to tapes or CDs on the way to work, while you work or even on your bed. Who learns faster wins. Nothing will get you through periods of change (and when aren't you facing change?) better than learning. So what can you do to get to world-class within? George Bernard Shaw says, "Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." Coach GEORGE conducts explosive success and
personal development sessions every Monday (6-7pm) at the Golden Rose
Hotel, Arusha. The seats are free for all to attend. Make your next
conference, meeting and convention a success by writing to book George.
He is here to help your winning team succeed with a boom!
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