Why Change Is Hard

• Why Change Is So Hard

  Changing is necessary and takes energy but our brains tend to try to conserve energy as much as possible. So we have ...

  Why is change hard? 3 organizational designers explain how to beat the failure bias

• Make Change a Team Effort

  

   “Role Modelling” is one of the main factors behind successful change in organizations and consists of inspiring...

  Why is change hard? 3 organizational designers explain how to beat the failure bias

• Know Who You’re Dealing With

  In a collection of individuals, one bad seed can kill all the hard work you’re putting in. You must understand who yo...

  Why is change hard? 3 organizational designers explain how to beat the failure bias

• Recognize The Benefits Of a New Tool

  

  It’s always exciting to bring a new tool you’re excited about to your team. But they might resist as even if the tool...

  Why is change hard? 3 organizational designers explain how to beat the failure bias

• Track Progress And Show Value

  

  A habit gets formed when we do an action and repeatedly receive a positive result. However, with change, the benefits...

  Why is change hard? 3 organizational designers explain how to beat the failure bias

• Build Trust

  

  Showing the positive outcomes of their work can be a huge motivating factor and can balance out pessimism. Meet with ...

  Why is change hard? 3 organizational designers explain how to beat the failure bias

• Change Doesn’t Happen Overnight

  

  Testing and validating ideas in smaller groups is a great Trojan Horse for more meaningful changes. But regardless of...

  Why is change hard? 3 organizational designers explain how to beat the failure bias

• Change And The Brain

  

  Our brain makes strong connections based on repetitive thoughts and actions in order to expend less energy. Change ma...

  Why change is so damn hard, according to science

• Make Change Stick Around

  

  Acknowledge what you want to change, observe and wonder why you are the way you are. When you catch yourself repeati...

  Why change is so damn hard, according to science

• Refocus

  

  Label your negative habit as a symptom of something deeper. Get to know your false beliefs. Ask, “Why do I behave or...

  Why change is so damn hard, according to science

• Get Support And Act

  

  We often don’t notice our repetitive behavior unless someone is there as a mirror. Having someone we trust aware of t...

  Why change is so damn hard, according to science

• Motivated By Positive Emotions

  

  Negative emotions may trigger us to think about everything we’re not doing, or feel like we’re doing wrong, but they'...

  Eight Reasons Why It's So Hard To Really Change Your Behavior

• Trapped By Thinking Fallacies

  

  Feeling overwhelmed by trying to change a behavior often makes us charge into change, and see failure as a sign of in...

  Eight Reasons Why It's So Hard To Really Change Your Behavior

• More Than We Can Handle

  

  It’s almost never possible to tackle all of a change at once. We have to start with particular, very specific and mea...

  Eight Reasons Why It's So Hard To Really Change Your Behavior

• Neglecting The Tools

  

  We must be somewhat knowledgeable about what we need to change in order to come up with and set up a practical plan t...

  Eight Reasons Why It's So Hard To Really Change Your Behavior

• Try Too Much

  

  Trying to take on multiple behaviors at once is a surefire way to send all of them into a ditch. The resources we rel...

  Eight Reasons Why It's So Hard To Really Change Your Behavior

• Underestimating The Process

  

  Change is never just one thing, it’s a lot of connected things, and sustained change doesn’t happen without a process...

  Eight Reasons Why It's So Hard To Really Change Your Behavior

• Failure Is Common

  

  Failing is part of the process, and it’s probably going to happen more than once. Failing reveals to you what deserve...

  Eight Reasons Why It's So Hard To Really Change Your Behavior

• Making Commitments

  

  Behavior change research tells us that not making a commitment leads to failure. We need a "commitment device" that...

  Eight Reasons Why It's So Hard To Really Change Your Behavior

• Pre-Contemplation

  

  In this stage of change, individuals are aware of the behavioral change they desire; however, they have no consc...

  Why Is Change So Hard?

• Contemplation

  

  In this stage of change, an individual acknowledges the problem and begins an internal debate about pursuing change. ...

  Why Is Change So Hard?

• Preparation

  

  In this stage of change, individuals commit to the intention of changing in the immediate future and have accepted th...

  Why Is Change So Hard?

• Action

  

  In this stage of change, individuals move from planning to doing and have been making significant behavioral cha...

  Why Is Change So Hard?

• Maintenance

  

  In this stage, the change has been established for the past six months and the threat of returning to old behaviors b...

  Why Is Change So Hard?

• Making Motivation Dependent Plans

  

  A motivational spike tends to go down as excitement wears off. The brain is designed to keep us away from a prob...

  8 Good Reasons Why Change Is Hard

• Replacing Old Habits

  

  If you don’t plan on what to do , you will find yourself in the same position you were yesterday. Replace your bad h...

  8 Good Reasons Why Change Is Hard

• Using a Reward System

  

  Having a system of rewards and punishments will make the process of changing less daunting as you have multiple ...

  8 Good Reasons Why Change Is Hard

• Breaking Your Life Pattern

  

  To break a pattern, identify and change your routine until you forget your current life. Rewrite your perfect d...

  8 Good Reasons Why Change Is Hard

• Despairing Easily

  

  The world is much more connected and more information is easily available than in the past. We have many more choices...

  8 Good Reasons Why Change Is Hard

• Solving Problems 

  

  We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. For change to come, you shou...

  8 Good Reasons Why Change Is Hard

• Not Having A Purpose

  

  If you base your actions on a certain purpose, the friction of doing and not doing becomes easier. Without purpose, ...

  8 Good Reasons Why Change Is Hard

• Not Having Goals

  

  It’s easy to try to tackle too much or too little and fail in changing when you don’t make a well thought out plan ba...

  8 Good Reasons Why Change Is Hard