The Change Cycle

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Chapter FiveMaking Sense of What Was and What Is

Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind.To the fearful, it is threatening because it means that things may get worse.To the hopeful, change is encouraging because things mayget better.To the confident, it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.

King Whitney Jr.

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Stage 5: Understanding the Benefits

In work as in life, understanding sits between discovery and wisdom. You journey into newness, you map what you have seen, you move on to where you don’t even need the map.

If Discovery brought an upsurge of energy, perhaps in a burst or two, ...