Comments on: Need to change? Is your head on right? http://www.aspirekc.com/Blog/2009/04/09/need-to-change-is-your-head-on-right/ Bigger, Better, Business Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: skinkade http://www.aspirekc.com/Blog/2009/04/09/need-to-change-is-your-head-on-right/comment-page-1/#comment-259 skinkade Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:31:30 +0000 http://www.aspirekc.com/Blog/2009/04/09/need-to-change-is-your-head-on-right/#comment-259 David,<br><br>Great visualizations on changing beliefs, I love the idea of holding the picture in your head as the precursor to successful change.<br><br>I also think you're right about the 'curse of knowledge' - if you're comfortable with a change but your client or your employees aren't, it can be very difficult to explain to them because you've already made that leap.<br><br>Thanks for the response.<br><br>Shawn David,

Great visualizations on changing beliefs, I love the idea of holding the picture in your head as the precursor to successful change.

I also think you're right about the 'curse of knowledge' – if you're comfortable with a change but your client or your employees aren't, it can be very difficult to explain to them because you've already made that leap.

Thanks for the response.

Shawn

]]> By: The Public Speaking Wizard http://www.aspirekc.com/Blog/2009/04/09/need-to-change-is-your-head-on-right/comment-page-1/#comment-258 The Public Speaking Wizard Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:59:11 +0000 http://www.aspirekc.com/Blog/2009/04/09/need-to-change-is-your-head-on-right/#comment-258 Resistance to change - boy, I could go on for hours... but I won't. People cling to their identity like a ship-wrecked survivor floating on the ocean and holding onto the wreckage. Hmm, interesting metaphor. Anyway, there is also a "devil you know vs. the devil you don't know" aspect to this. I've been embracing change for so long now it's almost hard to think back to when it was "a big deal" to move in the direction of opening up to change-on-purpose-by-design, as opposed to change forced by outside conditions. A major layer to this, as I think about the transformations my students undergo in public speaking training and conquering stage fright and fear of public speaking, is Belief Change; a change in beliefs is the key. What's "weird" about this is that beliefs are held as pictures, and once those pictures change, the belief changes and so does behavior. I can't count how many times I've heard someone say "I just can't picture myself (fill in the blank here)" - once they can see themselves doing it, their whole reality (and more importantly their actions and behaviors) change to accommodate that.<br><br>Best,<br>David Portney Resistance to change – boy, I could go on for hours… but I won't. People cling to their identity like a ship-wrecked survivor floating on the ocean and holding onto the wreckage. Hmm, interesting metaphor. Anyway, there is also a “devil you know vs. the devil you don't know” aspect to this. I've been embracing change for so long now it's almost hard to think back to when it was “a big deal” to move in the direction of opening up to change-on-purpose-by-design, as opposed to change forced by outside conditions. A major layer to this, as I think about the transformations my students undergo in public speaking training and conquering stage fright and fear of public speaking, is Belief Change; a change in beliefs is the key. What's “weird” about this is that beliefs are held as pictures, and once those pictures change, the belief changes and so does behavior. I can't count how many times I've heard someone say “I just can't picture myself (fill in the blank here)” – once they can see themselves doing it, their whole reality (and more importantly their actions and behaviors) change to accommodate that.

Best,
David Portney

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