Have you ever been on the receiving end of conflicting advice when both positions sound equally plausible?
It’s frustrating, and can even be paralyzing when the stakes are high.
I’m noticing an example of this in writing on how best to navigate change.
Continue reading “Conflicting Advice on Change”Further to last week’s post about some stats surrounding big transitions, I’m staying with Bruce Feiler’s work this week to explore his “transition toolkit.”
I love the image of a toolkit. You grab what you need at the time. You may have to rummage around a bit. You likely won’t use everything you have, but your tools are there when you need them, even if they are a bit rusty or you’ve never actually pulled them out before…
Continue reading “What’s in your Transition Toolkit?”It’s well known that our satisfaction is directly proportional to our expectations.
I was recently reading Bruce Feiler’s Life is in the Transitions in preparation for book club this week (People asked for a focus on navigating transitions. You should come!) and experienced a helpful reset of expectations courtesy of his research into 225 American life stories.
Continue reading “Transition-by-numbers”It’s widely understood that people make decisions primarily based on emotion, then justify them retrospectively with logic and go on to explain the decision as if it had been made logically in the first place.
Continue reading “Small Reasons for Big Decisions”As I wrap up our quick three-part series on William Bridges’ Managing Transitions, we’ve made it through the ending and the neutral zone and now find ourselves launching a new beginning.
Two insights popped off the page for me in this section of his book:
Continue reading “Underripe”
