Changes
Life is full of change. Day changes to Night. Night changes to Day. One season changes to another and with each change of season comes numerous changes in nature. There is new, tender and usually green growth in the spring, blooms in the summer, harvests in the fall and dormancy in the winter.
Humans change as they grow both physically and mentally. Family dynamics change as children grow up and start families of their own.
Some of us go with the flow easily and adapt to change effortlessly. Some of us go with change kicking and screaming. I find myself doing each of those things depending on the change.
Change for the wrong reasons, however, are the changes that find me kicking and screaming. Not change for the better. Not change out of necessity. But changes to either present a false image or changes only to “keep up with the Jones” are the changes that I seem to resist.
An example would be a store that changes how they lay out their products in a haphazard way because all the other stores were doing that. After all, you have to “keep up with the Jones”. Or a web site that becomes less user friendly because programmers think it makes the site look better. Another recent example is a city that changes its Logo to appear more modern.
None of these changes are bad, really. But are the changes being made for the right reasons and are they producing positive outcomes?
If you own or run a web site that sells products is it more important to have a nice looking site or one that is user friendly?
Is it more important to keep up with your competition’s changes when they aren’t necessarily good changes — just to look like you are keeping up?
Is a new logo a good change if its main purpose is to improve an image and not the substance of a city or business?
All of us face change. Some of us face change every day, sometimes multiple changes in a single day.
How do you handle change?
Do you handle all changes the same way or are some changes easier to accept than others?
Please feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section and let me know of any tips you may have for handling difficult or fool hardy changes
