Change for the sake of change.

A lot of things (discussions here included) remind me of a quote, and this one here brings to mind the statement that, "Change is good if it's in the right direction," from Winston Churchill. I agree that change that has no real meaning other than to say you have changed is pretty pointless, especially when things seem to be going so well the way they are. This was one of the biggest problems I had with the college that I went to. They prided themselves in empowering women (it was an all womens' college) through a "transformative education." That is all well and good, but it seemed awfully targeted towards women who don't have a fully developed sense of self who aren't sure what they want to do in life and don't really know where they're going. That might be the majority of women of that age group, but it certainly wasn't me. I already knew, for the most part, where I wanted to go and what I wanted to do with my life. I did not want to change, but rather to further progress in the direction in which I was already going. I was positive (and still am) that that direction suited me and most of my college professors seemed to think I was closed-minded and stuck in my ways, not realizing I went through the whole self-discovery process at an extremely early age. When you grow up with social anxiety and don't have a lot of friends as a result, pretty much all you have is to expand your horizons in the areas that interest you... and also to look into yourself and try to see why you are the way you are and weigh out the changes you could make to yourself and whether or not they would be worth it. I saw a lot of the changes they wanted me to consider to be pointless because they would have just been changing just to change, and I am a great believer in purpose. I, as you said, believe that the time, place, and circumstances must be right in order for the change in your life to be an effective one. If what you're doing isn't working out, or knowledge and/or experience have proven you wrong about something, or you've just decided you're unhappy with the way things are going in your life, then change can actually be an appropriate and favorable option. But if you're out to change just because it seems like like "cool" thing to do or some other useless reason, you might live to regret it later.

Well, you're right. If one desires to change but not for good then that change isn't a good thing at all. I've always viewed change as something good but I guess I was always thinking of those that're stuck in life and can't seem to move on.

I thought they only did that at work. Someone is always trying to look good ,but like you said. Do they really???

I find that change is only relevant and meaningful to do when we want to and not when we are expected to. Having changed because someone wanted me to, to a sense means that I am not truly feeling the reasons behind why I should. I don't feel anyone can change anyone but rather I can only change me. Those changes have to be because I find that it will make me a better person. Hence that means that unless I realize that something is not going right nothing anyone says will really cause me to change my ways.

Essentially man is reluctant to change. When he finds comfort and safety will do everything we can to preserve and. We want to change unless it is satisfied or is threatened. In a community - a company, firm, organization, club, etc.. - it is always easy to resist a change, but to generate one. The reason is the very existence of that community. If until now existed and functioned, why not do it and now? Did the change will damage or even destruction of what exists? Sometimes there are very clear signals that a change is absolutely necessary. The trouble is that the existence of such signals is not equivalent to their reception by everyone in the organization. Some will not take into account that although they perceive, wrongly interprets the other, although they perceive and understand it will minimize the importance of many reasons. On the other hand, even the organization itself might be a brake on change. What is called "firm policy" may be the biggest enemy of change inside. Do not ever change for the sake of change. She has two sources: - coercion - vision If the change was or is required under compulsion, then surely it came too late and besides, there might not be the most successful. Visionaries are those who propose and sometimes result in changes in this way because they see progress and development. To generate a change that nobody else sees it, means to obtain benefits. But at the same time and take risks. Like vision the change is perceived only by those who implement. There remains the question of who will support change. Vision is useless unless you correct someone to put it into practice.