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If you'd like to catalyze more change for your self or others, here are some things that can serve as catalysts for you individually or for groups in which you want to be a catalyst:
*Give and get authentic feedback.
*Create a force field of environments that support and reinforce
direction in which you want to move.
*Continue to visualize what you want to create - we know that subconscious brain starts paying attention to those things in environment that we place in foreground of our consciousness.
*Create some cognitive dissonance by bringing more diversity into your life so that you interact with ideas, people, and situations that challenge your beliefs about how reality is. When you do this, you allow yourself to open to new possibilities.
This article wouldn't be complete, of course, if I didn't say that when change isn't happening way we want, acceptance and patience can be greatest virtues.
For, as Buckminster Fuller said, ""You never change things by fighting existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes existing model obsolete."
Here's a challenge: Use this next month to change something about which you've been discontent or perhaps have been putting off moving forward on! Create some new movement in your life or your team's life, and pay attention to new possibilities that open up!
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FURTHER ACTION STEPS YOU CAN TAKE!
1. Buy a book you've been wanting to read for a while or check out something that's been persisting in back of your mind.
2. Do something atypical for you! Make a (small) mistake intentionally like wearing two mismatched socks, and see what happens!
3. Increase your self-awareness. Assessments are a great way to gain insight about our preferences. Armed with this knowledge, you can better leverage your strengths and manage your frailties to bring about change you desire. To learn about how our assessments can help you, click here http://www.arond-thomas.com/assessments.
4. To learn more about our leadership and career transition coaching and our consultations for helping teams/organizations manage change optimally, visit http://www.arond-thomas.com/services.
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Manya Arond-Thomas, M.D., is the founder of Manya Arond-Thomas & Company, a coaching and consulting firm that catalyzes the creation of “right results” through facilitating executive development, high-performance teams and organizational effectiveness. She can be reached at (734) 480-1932 or e-mailed at manya@arond-thomas.com. Subscribe to Emotional Intelligence at Work mailto:manya_list@aweber.com
