"You have changed", they may say. Just like people do in the movies.
And, oddly enough, more often than not they don't mean it in a good way, even if the change they are referring to has been very positive for you.
Any kind of change implies a "before" and an "after", and sometimes those two states can become irreconcilable over time, as the very first sentence of L.P. Hartley's novel "The Go-Between" exemplifies so well:
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
We are alive, therefore we change.
Even when we don't realize that we are, slowly but surely, changing a little bit every day.
Becoming aware of the process means being able to be unapologetic and intentional about it, the next time someone should be complaining about the new, shiny "you".
Coaching question of the day:
"How have you changed in the last year?"
And, oddly enough, more often than not they don't mean it in a good way, even if the change they are referring to has been very positive for you.
Any kind of change implies a "before" and an "after", and sometimes those two states can become irreconcilable over time, as the very first sentence of L.P. Hartley's novel "The Go-Between" exemplifies so well:
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
[Even if we sometimes tend to forget it,
the twelve months of a year are made
of thousand little steps toward change]
We are alive, therefore we change.
Even when we don't realize that we are, slowly but surely, changing a little bit every day.
Becoming aware of the process means being able to be unapologetic and intentional about it, the next time someone should be complaining about the new, shiny "you".
Coaching question of the day:
"How have you changed in the last year?"
Tags: Coaching question, Self-coaching, Self-awareness, Self-reflection, Growth mindset, Attitude toward change, Quotes, Purposeful change
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