527 Week 4 Blog

This past week was interesting as we discussed Who Moved the Cheese. I had read the book over the summer for my own enjoyment. While I thought the book on the whole had some good points I felt that I did not get as much out of it as I have on some other readings. However, I guess the thing that stuck out most for me was the need for change in all areas. I have been told the only constant in life besides death and taxes is change. Therefore I feel it is important on both a personal and professional level to embrace change and to not fear change. If you never change as we saw in Who Moved the Cheese or if you stay in the same place the proverbial cheese will eventually move. We then have basically two choices: we can let it go and sulk about it, or we can go after the changes/cheese. I am not sure why so many people are reluctant to change. I have been told we are creatures of habit, but it seems to me on personal level I have experienced the greatest transformation in my own life when I embrace change. On a personal level the greatest changed I embraced was to move from Minnesota to Hawaii. The experience could not have been eclipsed in my wildest dreams. So to take a personal point of view and turn it into a professional view I feel that I am more reluctant to change in my professional career then in my personal life. In reflecting on this I think it has to do with job security. As we all know these are tough economic times and nobody wants to "rock the boat" with change in their districts for fear of potentially alienating themselves.