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Our Understanding of Change
someone we love and enjoy. It triggers an embodied
experience for us. We feel change, and even if we
define it by both negative and positive emotions,
the negative experiences create the most emotional
aversion to change.
Our emotional embodiment of a change event
triggers our right-brain or left-brain tendency. Meaning,
if I have a left-brain tendency, then while under
emotional duress, I will tend to gravitate towards a leftbrain
style of response. This in itself is not negative;
however, what we forgo is the opportunity to assess the
change event—to understand if the event calls for more
process and rigor, or creativity and intuition. A lack
of awareness on our part creates a situation where we
could apply the wrong approach and not realize it.
When you or I initiate change, it is usually after
some period of introspection. Even when the change
seems quick and radical, when we look back, we can
see trail markers that indicate the change was thought
about for some period of time before being initiated.
What is important to understand is that the change
initiator (you or I) has had time to ramp up mentally
and emotionally, thoroughly processing the change
prior to activating it. Conversely, the change receiver or
receivers have not had the same opportunity to ramp
up. It becomes important, then, to think about the
needs of those on the receiving end of the change—
particularly their time to prepare, process, and come
to terms with the change they are being asked to
participate in. Additionally, understanding your right
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