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Our group agreed while meeting at the same coffee place we’ve been meeting for years, that we don’t like change. New gadgets, updates to “improve” things, and the latest new opportunities don’t have much attraction for us. We can’t throw stuff out because we might need it again. It’s not procrastination. That would mean we plan to change our behaviors, eventually. And none of us are eager to change our views about people or the world. It led to a discussion: “What does it take to change?”
If you do change your thinking or behavior, it might mean you were wrong, or worse, a quitter. Change sounds like failure. People tell us we need to exercise more and eat healthy, learn a new way to do something, and be open-minded, but who are they to tell us what to do? If we did that, we’d be giving them the satisfaction of being right. So, we resist change…