It seems as though I have been studying change my entire life.  I continue to study change; experience it "up close and personal" in my own life; teach others how to master it, and act as a cheerleader as friends, family or clients go through a variety of changes in their lives. My intuitive sense is that I will be "changing" for the rest of my life and helping many others with their own changes. Change is good! It means growth and evolution but the process isn't as simple as it sounds...ask anybody who's tried to stop smoking, to begin an exercise routine, to leave a job they hate or to cease to act like a child (although they are grown with a family of their own) when they interact with a parent.

Below are some interesting facts about change. I've collected them over the years so I have long since lost the original sources. My profound apologies to the creators.

Interesting Facts About Change

•        Change is more complicated, expensive and time-consuming than we imagine.
•        Change is more complicated to sustain than to initiate.
•        People at all levels have spent years preparing not to do this.
•        If it is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly (Mae West.)
•        More information and more skills are hardly ever the solution.
•        New efforts almost always rely on old resources.
•        Successful change seldom starts at the top.
•        Learning is essential to change...those who change learn.
•        Change efforts always accomplish something different from what we intended.
•        The most engaging change is so compelling that success seems secondary.

Joanne P. Stein, Joyologist, www.bestcoach4u.com