{"id":144,"date":"2010-02-17T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/embracing-change-and-other-thoughts-for-this-new-year"},"modified":"2010-02-17T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T06:00:00","slug":"embracing-change-and-other-thoughts-for-this-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"Embracing change and other thoughts for this new year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a8a6aa7d970b-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Finn-hiking_480w\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a8a6aa7d970b \" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0120a8a6aa7d970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>You can resist change or embrace it. Personally, I prefer the latter approach.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-body\">\n<p>\nResisting change puts you at the effect of change. If you choose this<br \/>\npath, you are always fighting vainly to put things back as they were.<br \/>\nSorry, but that is not an option. This effort to stop leads only to<br \/>\nfailure.<\/p>\n<p>\nIf you wholeheartedly embrace change, your attention is on managing the<br \/>\nchange or on creating changes that you consider desirable. Like sailing<br \/>\nagainst the wind by tacking, you can achieve forward motion for<br \/>\nyourself even when changes occur which might seem to oppose you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nStrive for the simplest answers. These will generally produce the best<br \/>\nresults. Complicated answers rise out of a lack of ability to confront<br \/>\nissues. <\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>\nStrive for honest, personal, and compassionate communication in all<br \/>\nthat you do. It will make life easier than you can possibly imagine. <\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>\nDishonest, impersonal, and callously indifferent communications will do<br \/>\nyou in sooner or later. Every disaster you have ever experienced<br \/>\nprobably started with one of these.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nMake 2010 the best year ever. You owe it to yourself to make changes that will make yourself happier and more productive.<\/p>\n<p>\nThank you for visiting this weblog and sharing in my post-corporate<br \/>\nadventures. Come back whenever you get a<br \/>\nchance.<\/p>\n<p>(I published this in early 2006 and rediscovered it yesterday. It still applies for those who wish to improve things.)<\/p>\n<p>(photo credit&#0160; Andrea Francolini, yachtpals.com)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can resist change or embrace it. Personally, I prefer the latter approach. Resisting change puts you at the effect of change. If you choose this path, you are always fighting vainly to put things back as they were. Sorry, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=144\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-2k","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}