“𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦.”
― Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend
I sometimes meet leaders that believe they’re doing everything right, and that the problems in their team or company are caused by others.
For example, in companies where people are unhappy, and there’s high turnover, some leaders don’t see how their own actions are part of the problem.
🤔 But can anyone else change that person’s mindset or make them behave differently?
Usually, no.
Change only happens when the person starts to see their own mistakes and their role in the issues.
Without that realization, change won’t happen.
I really agree with the quote because it’s true: people change when they reflect on themselves and want to grow 🌱—or when the pain of staying the same becomes worse than the pain of change.
And change can be hard.
As humans, we often avoid change, because it causes us pain 😫 and we want to avoid that.