Everything is going to change – about AI and 5 things you can do now

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We are on the eve of enormous change. Artificial intelligence is here and getting better and better. What does this mean, and what can you do now?

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The era of smart machines

I’ve been shouting it to everyone who doesn’t want to hear it for years: in 2025 we live in the future .

Why do I call that?

It has been predicted for decades that artificial intelligence (better known as AI will surpass human intelligence by that time .

And you know what? We seem to be ahead of schedule .

In the coming years a lot will change at an unprecedented pace . And most people have no idea what’s coming our way. Perhaps this also applies to you.

I’ve been studying the rise of AI for years . This development has quite a few potential implications for your life and I think it’s good that you understand it better.

That is why in this article I will take you through a few insights that I gained. To inform you and give you some tools to move along with this new, special reality.

Let’s dive…

What’s so special about AI?

For the past quarter of a million years, we – homo sapiens – have been the smartest creatures on Earth.

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That will change – and that will change everything .

The rise of AI is not the same as the rapid rise of the internet or social media or smartphones. The likely impact of AI will be much greater because it magnifies and improves what makes us humans different from other animals: our intelligence .

If artificial intelligence continues to develop at this rate (and it looks like it), within 20 years (and possibly much sooner) we will experience an evolutionary leap that humanity has not made before.

For the first time, we will be dealing with systems that are many times more intelligent than the most intelligent people who have ever lived. It’s unclear when we’ll get there. It could be next year or a hundred years from now – many experts estimate it won’t be another twenty years.

But things will change long before we get there.

In fact – it is already underway, at full speed.

Where we are at the beginning of 2023

In November 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT . A free chatbot (a “robot” you can text with, based on a grand language model ) with an ugly name and surprisingly powerful capabilities.

You’ve probably heard about it.

People use ChatGPT to generate theses, articles, software and even entire books. But visual art and synthetic photography have also taken off enormously.

It’s that I like writing , but practically my work is almost (not quite) relegated to ‘hobby’.

It’s still far from perfect, but we’re constantly updating and adding features. Earlier this year, GPT-4 was launched — a quantum leap and a system that researchers say shows early glimpses of human intelligence .

For many tasks, even this early version proves to be good enough . And that is an important milestone.

‘Good enough’ turns everything upside down

Why are robot vacuum cleaners so popular?

Not because they vacuum your house perfectly. They are popular because they are “good enough” for many people to make the investment worthwhile. They don’t get the job done perfectly, but they take a lot of work off your hands – and that has value.

A robot vacuum cleaner still costs quite a bit of money – access to AI is now practically free or at least incredibly cheap. And we are really only at the beginning of the AI ​​revolution.

All the building blocks are there to transform our economy and society at all levels. The next step is to integrate this AI into the economy.

And that work is in progress.

There is nothing wrong with that in itself. Lower costs and higher productivity tend to make life better for all of us.

But if you get paid to do what an AI can do almost for free with the right plugins, then ‘good enough’ can change your life considerably.

Preparing for the age of artificial intelligence

They had promised us self-driving cars – and suddenly I have to worry about my future as an author and still watch the road too.

It shouldn’t get crazier.

Most experts agree on one thing: the rise of AI is hard to stop .

The party with the best AI has the best economic and geopolitical opportunities. Whoever has the technological edge owns the world.

There are now groups of scientists and experts calling for a deliberate delay( 2 ) in the development of AI. This would give our societies more time to adapt, to set up legislation and supervision and to investigate whether and how we can safely develop AI.

There are still many issues and challenges, but the biggest challenge at the moment seems to be the speed at which AI is improving .

What can we do?

This new future is rapidly approaching us.

We probably cannot slow down the development of AI. So what can you do?

From my perspective, there are a few things we can do to face this turbulent future in a positive way.

These are 5 practical tips that you can take with you today. I’ll go through it in a nutshell, but if there’s interest I’ll go into more detail in other articles later. Just let me know !

What’s so special about AI?

For the past quarter of a million years, we – homo sapiens – have been the smartest creatures on Earth.

That will change – and that will change everything .

The rise of AI is not the same as the rapid rise of the internet or social media or smartphones. The likely impact of AI will be much greater because it magnifies and improves what makes us humans different from other animals: our intelligence .

If artificial intelligence continues to develop at this rate (and it looks like it), within 20 years (and possibly much sooner) we will experience an evolutionary leap that humanity has not made before.

For the first time, we will be dealing with systems that are many times more intelligent than the most intelligent people who have ever lived. It’s unclear when we’ll get there. It could be next year or a hundred years from now – many experts estimate it won’t be another twenty years.

But things will change long before we get there.

In fact – it is already underway, at full speed.

Where we are at the beginning of 2023

In November 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT . A free chatbot (a “robot” you can text with, based on a grand language model ) with an ugly name and surprisingly powerful capabilities.

You’ve probably heard about it.

People use ChatGPT to generate theses, articles, software and even entire books. But visual art and synthetic photography have also taken off enormously.

It’s that I like writing , but practically my work is almost (not quite) relegated to ‘hobby’.

It’s still far from perfect, but we’re constantly updating and adding features. Earlier this year, GPT-4 was launched — a quantum leap and a system that researchers say shows early glimpses of human intelligence .

For many tasks, even this early version proves to be good enough . And that is an important milestone.

‘Good enough’ turns everything upside down

Why are robot vacuum cleaners so popular?

Not because they vacuum your house perfectly. They are popular because they are “good enough” for many people to make the investment worthwhile. They don’t get the job done perfectly, but they take a lot of work off your hands – and that has value.

A robot vacuum cleaner still costs quite a bit of money – access to AI is now practically free or at least incredibly cheap. And we are really only at the beginning of the AI ​​revolution.

All the building blocks are there to transform our economy and society at all levels. The next step is to integrate this AI into the economy.

And that work is in progress.

There is nothing wrong with that in itself. Lower costs and higher productivity tend to make life better for all of us.

But if you get paid to do what an AI can do almost for free with the right plugins, then ‘good enough’ can change your life considerably.

Preparing for the age of artificial intelligence

They had promised us self-driving cars – and suddenly I have to worry about my future as an author and still watch the road too.

It shouldn’t get crazier.

Most experts agree on one thing: the rise of AI is hard to stop .

The party with the best AI has the best economic and geopolitical opportunities. Whoever has the technological edge owns the world.

There are now groups of scientists and experts calling for a deliberate delay( 2 ) in the development of AI. This would give our societies more time to adapt, to set up legislation and supervision and to investigate whether and how we can safely develop AI.

There are still many issues and challenges, but the biggest challenge at the moment seems to be the speed at which AI is improving .

What can we do?

This new future is rapidly approaching us.

We probably cannot slow down the development of AI. So what can you do?

From my perspective, there are a few things we can do to face this turbulent future in a positive way.

These are 5 practical tips that you can take with you today. I’ll go through it in a nutshell, but if there’s interest I’ll go into more detail in other articles later.

Let’s see.

1. Learn to understand what is happening

By delving a little more into AI you will better understand what is happening and how it will change your life in the near future.

Don’t fall for the most sensational headlines – there’s a lot of hype going on.

Focus on substantive reporting and marvel at examples of what artificial intelligence can (and can’t) do. Many AI experts and philosophers are guests in podcasts that can help you dive deeper into this topic.

A foundation of knowledge will help you make better decisions. For example, the development and regulation of AI will inevitably become a major election theme in the near future. This development will sooner or later become a topic of conversation at every level of society, in every organization – it is nice and valuable if you understand it a little.

2. Learn to use AI to work more effectively

Create an account at ChatGPT and play with it – the system just speaks Dutch.

Learn how to use good prompts to get better results. Explore ways to weave these capabilities into your workflow. For example by means of plugins or (if you are more handy) the API.

And remember: you can just ask the AI ​​questions if you don’t understand something.

It is important that you develop a feel for how to collaborate with a synthetic colleague, because there is a good chance that such systems will become part of your work in the coming years.

In fact, a recent study states that 80% of all jobs will be affected or could be replaced by AI . 

In addition, it is also just fun and convenient. I like to condense long texts into haiku – to each their own.

Note: ChatGPT is not perfect. It regularly gives answers that are not true. The system then begins – as they call it – to ‘hallucinate’. This is also part of the technology and of the challenges it entails.

3. Keep learning to increase your value

Now is a great time to get that education you’ve been wanting to do for a while.

The more in demand your skills are, the more value you can continue to provide in an AI-powered world. Especially if you focus on more effective collaboration with AI or on tasks that cannot (for the time being) be performed by AI.

There are a few areas that are likely to be (at least for a while) safe from AI:

  • Advanced or highly personalized manual work . Such as installing heat pumps or construction. Automation will make this work easier and more efficient, as will be the case in almost every profession.
  • Work in which you are paid to think . This will increasingly be done together with the input of artificial intelligence, as this will almost always lead to better results.
  • Work that is valuable because it is done by a human being . Think of healthcare, education, handmade products, but also hospitality and certain forms of coaching and personal guidance. Here too, automation will lead to all kinds of changes in small and large ways. But nobody likes a robot waiter or a digital avatar at an arts & crafts market – so this kind of work is safe for now.

In many professions, AI will be added to work many times more efficiently. It can also help to take over many (boring) administrative tasks, so that you can focus more on the tasks that really add value.

However, jobs will also disappear, just because AI turns out to be ‘good enough’.

To name a few examples:

  • There will probably still be a need for a ‘face’ in many places, but as the supermarkets have shown with self-checkouts: one person can now fulfill the function of ten cashiers. It didn’t even need AI!
  • Many tasks in the physical world are still beyond the capabilities of AI (such as chef), but physical robots will also eventually fall into the ‘good enough’ category for many tasks. With smarter AIs, technological development will also accelerate in these areas.
  • Many professions will be supplemented by synthetic colleagues who take over specific tasks. Think of plastering robots, autonomous agricultural machines and self-driving trucks.
  • Many tasks that we now consider very complex and ‘uniquely human’ (such as writing complex computer code) can increasingly be completed in seconds with higher quality with the right plugins.

The point is not whether these developments are desirable or undesirable . The point is that they are on their way, and it is up to us to handle them properly.

3. Focus on the uniquely human side

What makes us uniquely human?

The answer to this question will get shorter and shorter, but it pays to keep focusing on these sides.

The more we deal with ‘synthetic people’, the greater the need for real humanity will become.

The fact that you are not an AI model will become more valuable in the future . A handwritten text (like this!) probably feels more ‘worth reading’ than a (probably better) text generated in a few seconds by an AI.

I hope so.

People want to interact with people – that’s not going to change.

Perhaps our focus will shift more from doing to being . And our attention moves away from external work and more towards personal growth and really connecting with others.

Investing in relationships has always been a good idea – in the future, your humanity may be the most important factor that remains.

4. You can become a ‘co-owner’

If AI is increasingly intertwined in the economy and achieves unprecedented growth, you can benefit from it.

This is indirectly related to AI, but it does offer possibilities . By putting money to work, you can directly benefit from the economic growth caused by the rise of AI.

One of the biggest bottlenecks in our economy is a shortage of personnel. Every function that can be (partly) fulfilled by AI means more opportunities for growth for that organization.

In any case , powerful new technology almost always leads to a period of strong economic growth . The deep impact of AI may only increase this effect, which could lead to unprecedented economic growth (but there are no guarantees).

It is true that we are now in an uncertain period economically. But it is precisely in times when things are not going well that companies will want to invest in cost savings – in other words, in artificial intelligence.

5. Work on your emotional resilience

The better you can move along, the better the future will feel for you.

The rise of AI will bring a lot of trouble. It will also offer very nice things – it can help us solve the most stubborn problems.

Think of energy supply and the climate crisis. Other possibilities are also emerging – such as solving many (or all!) diseases or even stopping (or reversing) aging.

Capable and secure artificial intelligence can exceed our wildest dreams for a great future. And the funny thing is – we’re going to see part of this future.

In fact – we are already in the middle of it.

AI era is approaching,
Humanity remains value,
We must learn.

It’s going to be a crazy ride.

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My 10 tips for a simple life

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Remember: A simple life is not for sale

Do you also crave a simple life? By simplifying your life step by step, you can avoid a lot of stress and crowds. Nice and simple living and at the same time adding more meaning.

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Simple LIFE doesn’t happen by itself

No stress, no hassle – and yet a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

Simple life – I’m a huge fan of it. In fact – simple living has been one of my main areas of development over the past year. Every month I take steps to make my life easier, and with each step I feel a little lighter, freer and happier.

Simple life sounds romantic and sometimes too good to be true . It is anything but self-evident in our society – where it seems impossible to live simply and peacefully. Because of the pressure to do everything at once, but also because of the endless stream of distractions.

But it is possible, and it is worth it.

A simple life does not come about by itself – you have to choose it consciously. If you don’t clean your house regularly, it will become a mess. And so it is with simple living. If you don’t consciously work on it, your life will automatically become complicated and probably overwhelming.

Below you will find 12 simple living tips that will help you make your life more fun, more valuable and easier.

10 simple LIFE [living] tips:

Experience less stress and more satisfaction by making your life easier step by step.

  1. A simple life is not about living with as little as possible – that’s poverty. A simple life is about removing and adding meaning .
  2. Wipe your figurative board clean, then decide what responsibilities you would put on it again . Often we make commitments and promises that we don’t want in our lives at all. By starting with a clean slate, you can consciously choose the things that suit you.
  3. Free your life from distractions step by step . We often use distraction to “flee” from the overwhelming feeling that life can give us. When you live with fewer distractions, you feel calmer, your work becomes higher quality, and the world becomes simpler. So go, throw that phone into airplane mode and achieve something meaningful .
  4. Realize that there is always more to do than you can do . Once you can accept this — and tolerate the feeling of inevitable chaos — you make everything easier.
  5. You don’t have to do everything that sounds fun . The fuller you make your life, the less space is left for air, simplicity and . Cramming harder is not going to make your life easier, but fuller.
  6. The most important things in life don’t happen automatically . In fact – the unimportant things always seem to happen first. If you want to achieve your goals, make your dreams come true and shape your ideal life , you have to consciously make time and space for this. The fewer unnecessary things you do, the easier it becomes to make time for the things that really matter.
  7. It is difficult – and probably impossible – to simply ‘buy’ your life . Yes, investing in good products can help (a decent bike can help you live without a car, and a flat laptop can help you work anywhere in the world), but don’t stare at it. Try to detach yourself from the consumption cycle – it is among other things that cycle that makes your life so complicated.
  8. The more stuff you buy – the more money you spend – the more you have to work to pay for it . If you can be happy and satisfied without these purchases, then you don’t have to work as hard . Or, you can use your leftover income to become freer and make your life easier. Don’t get sucked into other people’s drama . Yes, you can support people and be there for them. But remember that people benefit more when you are happy . No one benefits from more unhappy people.
  9. Living with a healthy body is easier than being sick, unhealthy, exhausted and lifeless . It’s one of those areas of life that deserves the highest priority and rarely gets it. When you simplify your life, there is more room to work on your health. And when you increase your health, many other things become easier on their own. Moreover , healthy living is super simple .
  10. More often feel satisfied with what you have – and not dissatisfied with what you don’t (yet) have . Enjoy the journey, don’t wait until you arrive at the destination to enjoy it. Because life is only the journey – that destination will never come. And your life already has a lot of beautiful aspects, and you can work to make it even more beautiful step by step. Do you find it difficult to be satisfied? Then write down every day what you are grateful for that day, and you will soon master it.

Simple living is not always easy. It does help you towards more satisfaction, more contentment, peace, happiness and quality of life. And it’s all well worth it. And you don’t have to do it all at once.

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In fact, it is precisely taking small steps that makes simplification so much fun. So enjoy the process, and enjoy the progress you make. If there’s one thing that makes your life simple, it’s contentment.

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What is the ADKAR model

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ADKAR model: This article explains Jeff Hiatt ‘s ADKAR model in a practical way. After reading you will understand the fundamentals of this powerful change management tool.

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What is the ADKAR model?

Change in organizations usually provokes resistance among employees. The ADKAR model offers a solution to identify why changes are difficult to achieve and do not always work well.

Change management is successfully achieved on the basis of five elements, which together form the acronym ADKAR. The letters stand for Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability and Reinforcement .

This model was developed by Jeff Hiatt in 2006 and was introduced into practice by Prosci , a recognized change management consultancy and training firm.

The ADKAR model is primarily intended as a coaching tool to help and assist employees during change processes within organizations.

Awareness

All five elements of this model can be applied sequentially as well as stacked. When changing, it is important that everyone is aware of the reason.

Employees naturally resist when it comes to change. It is therefore necessary to make them aware of the need for change.

Good and extensive knowledge is a precondition for implementing the change. Learning new skills and managing different behavior is part of this.

After implementation, it is necessary that the change is reinforced in order to prevent relapse to old behavior.

The five building blocks of the ADKAR model

In the model, five building blocks serve as a basis for successful change management:

Consciousness (Awareness)

Employees must become aware of the necessity of the change.

The first building block revolves around possibly the most important question: why is change necessary and desired? Without a clear answer to this question including motivation, staff will have great difficulty accepting the change and joining the movement.

Effectively communicating these reasons, from different perspectives, is necessary to create awareness. Preferably, the communication consists of practical examples about why employees will find the planned initiatives useful and why it will benefit their work.

An important method of achieving this is by opening an open dialogue between employees and management. It is important to make them think about the change, ask questions and share their own experiences and examples.

It is also possible to conduct interviews with customers or employees in which they explain their perspectives and make a plea for the change. These interviews can be filmed and shown to larger groups of employees.

Desire

Employees must be given the desire to participate in the change and fully support it.

The second building block revolves around motivating employees. Companies can’t tell their employees how they should feel about something, but they can motivate them. There are a number of specific reasons why people feel resistance to change. For example, studies show that some employees can embrace change if they feel heard and treated well throughout the change process.

A common mistake is therefore to invite employees for a dialogue about change and then not organize anything anymore. In many cases, employees find it useless to write down ideas on paper that they don’t hear about later.

It is therefore essential to organize regular communication and feedback moments. In this way involvement is stimulated, which helps to accept change.

Realization (Knowledge)

Knowledge of the change process makes it clear to employees what the (end) goal of the change is.

Learning does not happen in a closed space. Whatever knowledge employees have, it is important that they share knowledge and reflect knowledge in an organized learning process. In this way they give meaning to what has been learned and help each other to benefit from newly acquired knowledge.

This is also known as social learning. Social learning is the key to spreading knowledge in a natural way. Organizations should not just send their employees on a course, but should actively let them deal with new knowledge.

Power (Ability)

The ability to learn new skills and manage different behavior makes the change more acceptable.

What prevents employees from contributing to change? Sometimes it is because they feel they are not part of the change. By listening to employees, companies can identify and remove barriers. Ask them how things are going and how they experience their position.

Encourage people to believe in their own abilities and give them recognition. Even when they fail, because then it is more likely that they will learn from their mistakes. It’s hard for employees to show their weaknesses in the workplace, so remind them not to be ashamed of seeking help.

Reinforcement

By ratifying the change, it is clear to all employees that there is no going back.

To support the change, an organization must encourage employees and managers to keep talking about the progress of the initiatives, celebrate milestones and continue to share success stories. Provide employees with a platform to easily share stories.

ADKAR model : two dimensions

Every change takes place on two dimensions; the organization and the employees. Change is only successful when change takes place on both dimensions simultaneously.

If it appears that stagnation is taking place in the model at one of the building blocks, it is good to take action very specifically on this element. This goal-oriented approach focuses on that element with the highest chance of success.

The model not only helps to determine in advance which steps must be taken to achieve the right goal, but also to identify afterwards why changes do not work well. This evaluation moment is especially valuable in order to make the change successful.

Advantages of the ADKAR model

There are many benefits associated with using the ADKAR model. Some of these benefits are listed below.

  1. The ADKAR model offers a practical and simple approach to change management. Many change models only prescribe change in group dynamics or organizational change, but are difficult to apply.
  2. ADKAR is an out-of-the-box approach, but it doesn’t require companies to reinvent the wheel. It is a turnkey solution for companies that want change.
  3. ADKAR has been around for a long time and has been extensively tested. It is one of the most widely used and popular change management models.
  4. ADKAR comes with a lot of explanation, training and support. The company behind ADKAR, Prosci, offers good and comprehensive training for reasonable prices.

Disadvantages of the ADKAR model

Obviously, there are also some drawbacks associated with using the ADKAR model.

  1. The ADKAR model ignores the need for companies to develop a vision for the long-term development of their change plans.
  2. The ADKAR model is better suited for smaller change proposals because it focuses only on the human aspect of change. This is not enough to achieve large-scale change.

Now it’s your turn

What do you think? How do you apply the ADKAR model? Do you recognize the building blocks for a good elaboration of the ADKAR model or are there more / others? What do you think are other success criteria or factors that can contribute to the application of the ADKAR model?

Share your knowledge and experience via the comment box at the bottom of this article.

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How To Manage and Control Strategic Change (Tichy) in 2021

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This article explains Noel M. Tichy ‘s concept of managing strategic change in a practical way. After reading you’ll understand the fundamentals of this powerful change management tool .

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What is Strategic Change Management

Strategic change involves critical implementations for companies trying to improve their competitiveness in the marketplace. It can be viewed as long-term projection decisions that are critically evaluated. Therefore, strategic change is about carefully examining various internal and external factors to make the right decisions.

Managing strategic change takes place during the implementation of the change. Noel M. Tichy , an American management consultant, educator and author of many books and wrote “Managing Strategic Change.” In this book, Tichy refers to managing strategic change through implementation of the TPC model. TPC stands for technical, political and cultural dynamics.

Tichy, the founder of the TPC model, argues that companies need to analyze the dynamics mentioned above if organizations want to manage strategic change. As a result of the evaluation of the technical, political and cultural dynamics of an organization, there is a good chance that companies will be able to answer strategic change-related questions, such as questions related to the industry in which the company operates and the values of employees.

Managing strategic change generally focuses on identifying organizational problems and challenges and identifying how they can be impacted so that the business benefits in the future. The dynamics identified by Tichy are interrelated, which are explained in more detail in the next section.

TPC Model of Managing Strategic Change

As explained earlier, managing strategic change can become successful through the integration of technical, political and cultural dynamics.

Technical dynamics
This dynamic of managing strategic change focuses on organizational structure and product portfolio issues. For example, increased global competition has made it easier for companies to learn and copy innovations. The result of global learning is that the demand for qualitative and competitively priced products is increasing. Companies that fail to keep up with industry developments need to recognize the need to change.

In addition to only product-related aspects, the technical dynamics of managing strategic change also focus on different organizational strategies. For example, after an internal evaluation of profitability, a company can determine that it focuses on a specific target group is not profitable. It can serve as an indicator to change the company’s strategic direction.

Political dynamics

The political dynamics of managing strategic change is an essential factor to evaluate. From a business perspective, this means applying resources to influence current and future political decisions. In addition, the political element is important because it often deals with pressures related to macro perspective problems.

Cultural dynamics
The cultural factor of managing strategic change generally focuses on norms and values that have not yet been discussed internally in the organization. Another view of cultural dynamics is to see the factor as external pressure for change due to different or changing values and beliefs of society. This external pressure to change may be related, for example, to equal employment opportunities that typically lead to a more diverse workforce.

Although the technical, political and cultural dynamics are factors that must be evaluated separately, the dynamics can influence each other according to Tichy. From a business perspective, companies should assess which element of the TPC model visualizes the most important development. The dynamics with the most development can be a trigger for change. However, this is easier said than done because all dynamics also bring a lot of uncertainty when it comes to how a factor might develop over time.

Companies must constantly evaluate and re-evaluate technical, political and cultural dynamics, as they represent the context from which the organization could change course and prioritize work.
Taken together, the dynamics represent problems that will come and go. Solving these problems may not be realistic, but companies are constantly dealing with these dynamics.
Managing strategic change
To manage strategic change, it is first essential to understand an organizational structure. Tichy refers to an organization as an organization made up of social objects.

The social objects are the employees of an organization who interact and do the following: the employees integrate different technical, political and cultural approaches, the employees focus on useful challenging questions, and help the employees implement change. The employees are therefore interconnected and play a vital role in managing strategic change as the workforce enables the flow of goods and services and shares knowledge with each other.


Using the TPC model can be useful for identifying the need for change, but it is also useful for managing strategic change. The TPC model can be used in conjunction with a network model, a model. Tichy’s network model comprises the subsequent elements: input, mission and vision, tasks, formal network, organizational processes, informal networks and output. They are all briefly explained below.


Input
Understanding the history of the organization is essential to managing strategic change. Therefore, the input focuses on how the business has developed over time. It refers to any input from the company that has contributed to a company’s reputation. It is essential because a company’s history largely determines the company’s future course.


Mission and vision
Managing strategic change can only be successful if the company manages to communicate business messages consistently. Since the mission and vision of an organization is often the reason a company is founded, strategic decisions related to change must integrate the organisation’s raison d’être into the decisions. Companies also have to decide which resources can be allocated and to what extent they will be allocated.


Tasks
Tasks refer to all concrete activities that must be performed to achieve the organizational goals. It also addresses how the activities should be carried out, and thus the technologies needed to successfully achieve organizational goals. Identifying concrete tasks and required technologies provides a degree of certainty for the employees. Moreover, it contributes to a smooth flow of operational processes.


Formal network
Managing strategic change involves formal understanding of the tasks to be performed by each function. It allows for formal differentiation at different levels of the organization. For example, differentiation can be based on function, geography and production.
Organizational processes


Managing strategic change can become successful with the implementation of different processes. These methods can be related to communication, management and even employee benefits. An important element of organizational processes is communication with internal supporters.
Informal networks


Informal networks refer to the interactivity between company employees. Employees share experiences and learn about the company’s mission and strategies. These interactions are necessary for the successful management of strategic change.


Output

The term output refers to the various goals that companies have. These goals all have different functions and can affect the extent to which other goals are achieved.


A final word on managing strategic change
Managing strategic change is claimed to technical, political and cultural dynamics. These represent the primary systems and must be fully understood to understand the basic idea of an organization and the basic idea of strategic change. Since the technical dynamics can be easily explored thanks to the availability of data, the political element focuses on the level of power of organizations and the cultural element changes through the development of new norms, values and attitudes.

All dynamics require continuous evaluation to manage strategic change.
According to Tichy, the organization should be seen as a system in which the aforementioned elements function as one. Overall, identifying the need for change and managing strategic change becomes easier because of the increased power of the force behind the change.

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Change what no longer suits the future we want

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Since the corona pandemic, countless headlines have used some variation of the phrases “go back to the new normal” and “everything must change.” But what exactly needs to change? Let me make an effort to shape the “new normal”.

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The global pandemic has shed light on major domestic and international weaknesses. It also exposed some of the myths and fallacies used to explain the world until now. Changes that were already happening have gathered momentum, happening in a matter of months that might otherwise take decades.

Not every change should be a cause for concern. Now is the time for the current and next generation of leaders to make their mark and take their chance to correct these mistakes and enable a real reset.

The pandemic has highlighted the need to question our assumptions and our understanding. We need to change what is clearly out of step with our time and the future we want, in the face of various existential threats. Here are ten broad domains to consider.

1. Transformation of the business world

Before the pandemic, global businesses seemed to be incredibly resilient. Interconnectivity had to ensure that a problem in one place would simply move supply chains elsewhere, and that the consumer would never notice the difference. The goods would remain on store shelves (or, increasingly, on e-commerce sites), without the customer knowing what is going on behind the scenes.

But the pandemic, a truly global shock, exposed the vulnerability of the global economy and its networks. Rather than bolster resilience, an interconnected economy amplified the domino effect – spreading economic pain and disruption around the world as companies began laying off workers.

Governments cannot prevent another global shock, but they can make sure that companies are ready to meet their obligations to society. This starts with the employees, the basis of the social contract between business and society. Policymakers need to think about how to shape business incentives to build resilience.

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2. A Monetary Policy for the Common Good

To respond to the economic pain and disruption of the pandemic and related public health measures, governments are distributing record-size aid packages totaling billions of dollars. Before the pandemic, governments were skeptical about spending too much money. The question ‘but how do you pay for this?’ was common in discussing large-scale public programs in both the legislature and the media.

The pandemic has torpedoed these beliefs. As governments tap into reserves to release government spending, they could invest in necessary infrastructure, pay for the public supply of basic needs and services, and invest in research and development to prepare society for future challenges.

For example, offering low-cost housing would provide security for low-income families and the necessary resources to invest in themselves. From starting their own business to improving their health, it would be a long-term investment in increasing the ability of more segments of the population to contribute to society.

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3. Reinventing Growth

Before the pandemic, governments relied on continued growth for political legitimacy. Economic growth is an indication of success. It is common for emerging economies to choose a ‘growth target’: either a targeted growth rate for the year or a targeted economic size for a specific period.

The world must refrain from growth as an end in itself. Continuous growth forces society to consume more and more resources. As a result, economic policy has been distorted. The emphasis is on accounting tricks and investment tricks rather than real economic development and progress.

Instead, governments in both emerging and advanced economies must remember what growth is for: improving the living standards of an entire population, not just segments of society.

If countries forego economic growth as a measure, they will need more meaningful metrics to guide them. Perhaps a combination of employment, access to basic needs, sustainability goals and investments aimed at the future can provide a solution.

4. Giving up the Invisible Hand of the Market

As the pandemic spread, consumers faced shortages of essential products: mouth masks, hand cleansers, household cleaners, toilet paper and frozen products. Hospitals and doctors were short of medical facilities and personal protective equipment.

The pandemic has shown that the market is unable to reply quickly to major crises. However countries with robust governments were able to mobilize the personal sector and focus it on what’s required for society. For instance, China distended its production of masks and medical instrumentality and South Korea was able to drastically expand its testing capability. The personal sector wants steering, support and, maybe most significantly, a bonded buyer: things the general public sector might offer. Society should regain management of the market and also the personal sector and make sure that they’re targeted on the commonweal. Firms have a license to control, however once firms violate that notion, societies should make sure that the personal sector behaves responsibly.

5. Withdrawing FREE rein for the GIG Economy

The tensions of the so-called gig economy began to show up before the pandemic, with heavy workloads and tight courier schedules. Platforms set strict operational guidelines, penalizing any play in the system. Still, these platforms are attracting funding based on their scalability, so that the cost of their model is offset by the employees and the rest of society. Despite their shortcomings, these platforms do succeed in what they aim for: connecting providers and customers. A platform that allows a provider – be it a restaurant, handyman, driver, artist or small business – to deliver goods and services more efficiently to a customer would be a real asset to small and medium-sized companies that do not have the resources to create a tailor-made solution. Governments need to look at which platforms are successful and why, and then try to support alternatives that do not depend on the scale-obsessed model of technical financing.

6. Valuing work that is Essential

Many countries resorted to stay-at-home orders, with the aim of stopping the transmission of viruses in the community and avoiding an overload on the health system. Workplaces and schools were closed, shops and restaurants were closed. Businesses and entire industries – air travel, tourism, live entertainment – came to a halt. But not everyone could stay at home. The pandemic introduced the term “ essential worker ” into our lexicon: it includes not only health workers and those providing other essential public services, but also delivery workers, cleaners, supermarket employees, agricultural workers and factory workers who pack food. These jobs are often underpaid, but the pandemic has highlighted the social value of these jobs. Just as governments need to rethink the goods that are strategically essential to an economy in crisis, they also need to rethink what labor is truly essential. They must ensure that those who work in these positions are properly compensated and protected.

7. Reformation of Development Priorities

The economic story of the past two decades revolves around digital possibilities and the internet. Development priorities have shifted to accommodate the rise of the Internet and to deepen the introduction of smartphones. This was despite the lack of any real evidence that this was what people really want. Underinvestment in infrastructure that would have helped combat this current pandemic and mitigate the risk of the next crisis: clean water, better nutrition, better sanitation and a broader public health infrastructure. Basic services are not the only development priority that has been ignored. Millions of people in the world still lack safe and secure housing, stable access to electricity or important public services such as education. Society must curb the use of development or public money for digital technology unless an independent body – and not one dominated by technology companies – can demonstrate convincingly why this would improve development outcomes.

8. Rebuilding the Collapsed Food System

The pandemic has given rise to two very different stories about the food industry. On the one hand, empty shelves and panicking shoppers; on the other, concerned farmers who dump surplus produce. Our food systems are proving fundamentally unstable: the need for migrant workers who are blocked by closed borders, the bottlenecks in factories and ports and the dependence on a few large institutional consumers. The pandemic also reveals the dangers of long-term social food choices. Poor nutrition due to the global proliferation of junk food has led to an increase in the number of non-communicable diseases, which also contribute to how infectious diseases are perceived. Governments will have to radically rethink how we approach food systems. First, governments need to develop better systems for distributing food, especially in poorer communities with few options. Second, governments must ensure that groceries have adequate supplies of essential goods. Finally, governments must invest in local food production, especially in basic products.

9. Start of a Guided Retreat from Nature

A silver lining to people’s retreating indoors is the restoration of the environment, from the return of wildlife to public spaces to better air quality. In many countries, environmental damage was presented as a necessary consequence of growth – a kind of collateral damage to a greater good. But restoring the environment and regenerating wildlife during lockdowns is proof that nature is more resilient. The decline is not irreversible. So we can and must invest in large-scale restoration, repair and conservation. Governments should see this as an encouragement to be bolder in their environmental strategies. Can air pollution not be minimized, but eradicated? What about solid waste? Can we limit the expansion of the suburbs and expand the nature reserves? Society can begin to restore certain areas by drastically limiting human activity and scaling back the expansion of human habitation. If the pandemic is any indication, we could be seeing its natural benefits sooner than we think.

10. Geopolitics Beyond Western Domination

The world’s failed response to the pandemic will affect international relations. Asia has rapidly tightened controls and contained the outbreak. The response from China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore and Taiwan contrasted sharply with that of Europe and America. The soft power of the West has also been significantly damaged by the pandemic.

Far from being China’s ‘Chernobyl’, as The Financial Times suggested when the disease first emerged, Asian governments have been quick and decisive in their response to contain the pandemic. With Europe and the United States deeply divided and struggling to control the pandemic, this has raised serious concerns about the governance system in the West.

A Post-Pandemic World will be one of many different powers:

China, India, Russia, Europe, Africa, Brazil and the United States. Tensions will exist between these different countries and the limits of their influence will be disputed. But there are also important global problems that can only be solved through close cooperation between them.

If there is one thing the COVID-19 pandemic taught us, it is that the old assumptions no longer hold. Countries, companies and individuals must adapt to the new normal that is imminent. Countries must deal with other powers, even those over which they have serious disagreements. Otherwise, global problems will remain unsolved and global society will suffer.

The COVID-19 pandemic shows that the global system falls flat on its face when faced with a global problem. Businesses must deal with the new realities for resilience in the interconnected economy, and what growth means in an increasingly digital world.

As much as we all yearn to return to pre-pandemic life, individuals must adapt to a life that has more limitations on what we can do, and most importantly, in harmony with nature.

The leaders in particular must leave their mark and seize the opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past and enable a real reset.

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CHANGE/ADJUST YOUR BELIEFS/LIFESTYLE. . .

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Hello world,

In the so called new normal where COVID-19 is rolling over all screen around the world, we must not forget to pay sufficient attention to ourselves and love once. From my side I went to do some research which I am sharing in this blog item. I do hope that you as reader and follower can find yourself in the different circumstances. I wish you happy reading. It’s all about you yourself and your environment.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE LASTING

If you were raised by parents who continually told you what a good person you were, who loved you, encouraged you, supported you, and believed in you, no matter what you did or didn’t do, you would grow up with the belief that you were a good and valuable person. By the age of three, this belief would lock in and become a fundamental part of the way you view yourself in relation to your world. Thereafter, no matter what happens to you, you would hold to this belief. It would become your reality.

If you were raised by parents who did not know how powerful their words and behaviors could be in shaping your personality, they could very easily have used destructive criticism, disapproval, and physical or emotional punishment to discipline or control you. When a child is continually criticized at an early age, he soon concludes that there is something wrong with him. He doesn’t understand why it is that he is being criticized or punished, but he assumes that his parents know the truth about him, and that he deserves it. He begins to feel that he is not valuable or lovable. He is not worth very much. He must therefore be worthless.

Almost all personality problems in adolescence and adulthood are rooted in what psychologists refer to as love withheld. The child needs love like roses need rain. When children feel unloved, they feel unsafe and insecure. They think, “I’m not good enough.” They begin to engage in compensatory behaviors to make up for this inner anxiety. This sense of love deprivation is manifested in misbehavior, personality problems, bursts of anger, depression, hopelessness, lack of ambition, and problems with people and relationships.

YOU ARE BORN UNAFRAID


The child is born with no fears, except those of falling and loud noises. All other fears have to be taught to the child as he or she grows up.

The two major fears we all develop are the fear of failure or loss and the fear of criticism or rejection. We begin to learn the fear of failure if we are continually criticized and punished when we try some- thing new or different. We are shouted at and told, “No! Get away from there! Stop that! Put that down!” Physical punishment and the withholding of love, possibilities that scare us and make us feel insecure, often accompany these shouts and criticisms.

We soon begin to believe that we are too small, too weak, incompetent, inadequate, and incapable of doing anything new or different. We express this feeling with the words, “I can’t, I can’t, I can’t.” Whenever we think about doing something new or challenging, we automatically respond with feelings of fear, trembling, and a churning stomach. We react exactly as if we are afraid of getting a spanking. We say, “I can’t” over and over.

The fear of failure is the primary reason for failure in adult life. As the result of destructive criticism in childhood, we hold ourselves back as adults. We sell ourselves short. We quit before we even try the first time. Instead of using our amazing minds to figure out how to get what we want, we use our reasoning ability to create reasons why we can’t, and why the things we want are not possible for us.

THE NEED TO BE LOVED


The second major fear that holds us back, undermines our confidence, and destroys our desire for a happy life is the fear of rejection, and its expression, criticism. This emotion is learned in early childhood as the result of our parents expressing disapproval of us whenever we do something they don’t like, or don’t do something that they expect. As a result of our displeasing them, they become angry and withdraw the love and approval we need so much as children.

The fear of being unloved and alone is so traumatic for a child that she soon conforms her behavior to do whatever she thinks her parents will approve of. She loses her spontaneity and uniqueness. She begins to think, “I have to! I have to! I have to!” She concludes, “I have to do whatever Mommy and Daddy want me to, or they won’t love me, and I’ll be all alone!”

CONDITIONAL LOVE


As an adult, a child raised with what is called “conditional love” (as opposed to unconditional love, the greatest gift one person can give to another) becomes hypersensitive to the opinions of others. In its extreme form, he cannot do anything if there is the slightest chance that someone else may not approve. He projects his childhood relationship with his parents onto the important people in his adult life—spouse, boss, relatives, friends, authority figures—and tries desperately to earn their approval, or at least not lose it.

The fears of failure and rejection, caused by destructive criticism in early childhood, are the root causes of most of our unhappiness and anxiety as adults. We feel, “I can’t!” or “I have to!” continually. The worst feeling is when we feel, “I can’t, but I have to!” or “I have to, but I can’t!”

We want to do something, but we are afraid of failure or loss, or if we are not afraid of loss, we are afraid of disapproval. We want to do something to improve our lives, at work or at home, but we are afraid that we may fail, or that someone else may criticize us, or both.

For most people, their fears govern their lives. Everything they do is organized around avoiding failure or criticism. They think continually about playing it safe, rather than striving for their goals. They seek security rather than opportunity.

DOUBLE YOUR RATE OF FAILURE


Once an author named by Arthur Gordon approached Thomas J. Watson Sr., the founder of IBM, and asked him how he could succeed faster as a writer. Thomas J. Watson, one of the giants of American business, replied with these profound words: “If you want to be successful faster, you must double your rate of failure. Success lies on the far side of failure.”

The fact is that the more you have already failed, the more likely it is you are on the verge of great success. Your failures have prepared you to succeed. This is why a streak of good luck seems to follow a streak of bad luck. When in doubt, “double your rate of failure.  ”The more things you try, the more likely you are to triumph. You overcome your fears only by doing the thing you fear until the fear has no more control over you.

 

YOUR MENTAL HARD DRIVE


Everything you know about yourself, all your beliefs, are recorded on the hard drive of your personality, in your self-concept. Your self-concept precedes and predicts your levels of performance and effectiveness in everything you do. Because of the law of correspondence, you always behave on the outside in a manner consistent with your self-concept on the inside. All improvement in your life therefore begins with an improvement in your self-concept.

You have an overall self-concept that is made up of all your beliefs about yourself and your abilities. This bundle of beliefs includes all the experiences, decisions, successes, failures, ideas, information, emotions, and opinions of your life up to now. This general self-concept determines how and what you think and feel about yourself, and measures how well you are doing in general.

YOUR MINI-SELF-CONCEPTS


You have a series of “mini-self-concepts” as well. These mini-self- concepts combine to make up your overall self-concept. You have a self-concept for every area of your life that you consider important. This mini-self-concept determines how you think, feel, and perform in that area.

For example, you have a self-concept for how healthy and fit you are, and how much you eat or exercise. You have a self-concept for how likable and popular you are with others, especially with members of the opposite sex. You have a self-concept for what kind of a spouse or parent you are, for how good a friend you are to your friends, how smart you are, and how well you learn. You have a self- concept for every sport you play, and for every activity you engage in, including how well you drive your car.

You have a self-concept for how well you do your work, and for how well you do each part of your work. You have a self- concept for how much money you make and how well you save and invest it. This is a critical area. The fact is that you can never earn much more or less than your self-concept level of income. If you want to make more money, you have to change your beliefs about yourself relative to income and money. 

CHANGE YOUR BELIEFS

In every case, if you want to change your performance and your results in any area of your life, you have to change your self- concept—or your beliefs about yourself—for that area. Fortunately, your beliefs are largely subjective. They are not always based on facts. Instead, they are based largely on information you have taken in and accepted as true, sometimes with very little evidence or proof.

The very worst beliefs you can have are self-limiting beliefs of any kind. These are beliefs about yourself that cause you to feel somehow limited or deficient in a particular area. These beliefs are seldom true, but if you accept them as valid estimates of your ability, they become true for you, exactly as if they were correct.

The starting point of unlocking your potential, and accomplishing more than you ever have before, is for you to challenge your self- limiting beliefs. You begin this process of freeing yourself from self-limiting beliefs by imagining that, whatever they are, they are completely untrue. Imagine for the moment that you have no limitations on your abilities at all. Imagine that you could be, do, or have anything you really wanted in life. Imagine that your potential is unlimited in any way. For example, imagine that you could be earning twice as much as you are earning today. Imagine that you could be living in a bigger house, driving a better car, and enjoying a more expensive lifestyle.

Imagine that you have the ability to be one of the top people in your field. Imagine that you are one of the most popular, powerful, and persuasive personalities in your social and business world. Imagine that you are calm, confident, and unafraid of anything. Imagine that you could set and achieve any goal you put your mind to. This is how you begin changing your thinking and changing your life.

The starting point of eliminating your fears, and releasing your potential, is to reprogram your mental hard drive with new, positive, constructive, and courageous beliefs about yourself and your future. I really hope that you learned something more now you have read this blog.

Feel free to drop me your comments and maybe your very own COVID-19 lifestyle experiences. It will be highly appreciated. Thank you in advanced. Stay Safe and Blessings.

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Busy People Get Things Succesfully Done? WHY?

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Look at your very own environment and ask yourself the question why some people can accomplish so much things and other not even one thing. At work at home well it doesn’t really matter, but they are doing it. At the other hand you will surely realize that some people are complaining steady about their work load etc. They are keeping their self, running in circles.

For example take a look at a one parent person, who is working at different locations to then take care of their children and normal house holding. Believe me they are able to keep this all together somehow. People like this are thinking and planning straight forward and they are capable enough to run their things. Is it that they are doing something or not doing anything. Clear the answer is both.

These kind of successful persons are in action to get their things done properly. They don’t have time to complain and make excuses or procrastinate.

Let me share some  Factors That Kill Productivity

Some people never get their stuff done? Unproductive people I call them :

  1. They Lack interest or energy.
  2. They suffer from a poor work ethic.
  3. They Lack organization.
  4. They are easily overwhelmed — and panic.
  5. They Start things, but never finish them.
  6. They Procrastinate.
  7. They Spend time worrying rather than working.
  8. They constantly complain.
  9. They are easily distracted.
  10. They Look over their shoulder — and cover their behind.
  11. They Play politics.
  12. They Fight change.
  13. They Resist learning.
  14. They Fear making a mistake.
  15. They fail to make decisions.
  16. They reinvent the wheel.
  17. They Demand perfection of themselves.
  18. They fail to set deadlines.

Here is a listing of Traits/Characteristics of Highly Productive Persons/People:

If you want something done ask a busy person how. These group of productive people are the following

Ambitious.  They Believe there’s no time like the present.

Self-confident. They Are battle-tested. They believe that “If I did it once, I can do it again.”

Single-minded. They Know what matters most and are relentless in pursuit of those priorities.

Goal-oriented.  They Establish fixed deadlines instead of going with the flow. They know that Parkinson’s Law holds true — “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”

Forward thinking. They Prepare in the morning; reflect at night.

Focused. They Don’t allow themselves to be disrupted or sidetracked by others’ priorities.

Trusting. They Do things that matter to them and find ways to get the rest of it done.

Action-oriented. They Rarely complain. They’re too busy getting things done.

Positive. They Don’t let obstacles get in their way. When they confront a barrier, they find a way around it.

Accountable. They Don’t make excuses or cast blame. They know their mission, accept responsibility, and are determined to get it done.

Modest. They Don’t spend time promoting their accomplishments. They know that results speak for themselves.

Resourceful. They Make use of dead time rather than letting valuable minutes fritter away.

Organized. They Rarely waste time reinventing the wheel, repeating mistakes, or looking for misplaced items.

Project-oriented. They Say “no” to one idea so they can say “yes” to another.

Decisive. They Make bold decisions. When you do nothing, nothing happens.

Realistic. They Strive for excellence rather than perfection.

Check for yourself if your habits are helping or hurting your productivity activities. If so start to change your inside.

In life you will reach moments of challenges. You will be confronted with big fear or maybe asked to do things beyond your limits. As this take place, always remember that getting things done is as much a mindset as it is. If you start spending time and start worrying about the future you are stressing yourself out, you are not only wasting expensive time, you are helping yourself to create a powerful hurricane in your mind that makes it very tough to succeed. The real fact is, just as a pep talk inspires you to climb new heights, chronic negativity is taking over and will drag you down in the valley. Sometime people work very hard to make their lives even harder.

On the off chance that you need to complete more stuff, you can! It won’t occur by doing things a similar way. It’ll require a purposeful exertion to grasp new propensities that push you forward and to take out conduct that is keeping you down. The truth of the matter is, the main thing holding you up is yourself. It doesn’t take a mind specialist to make sense of how to turn out to be increasingly profitable. You simply need to dedicate yourself to it.

Do You Get More Things Done after reading this. Just let me know! During this CORONA PERIOD you will have to become more productive and think out of the box.

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Ten Things That Will Change Your Life[style]

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Many times we put our eyes on the big things out there. But the fact remains that as determined as we are to make significant changes and do big things, we can only reach that height of big things until we fix some small items in place.

Life has a lot of experiences, and only if we gather the right experiences, we will not get the best out of what we do.

The constant thing about life is change. No matter what you do, you cannot avoid change. The more we resist change, the more miserable our life becomes. And to give heed to change, we should ensure we plan it and take it gradually as our routine can permit.

We can, however, not avoid the unexpected from happening, but what we can do is, set a sample of what we want for ourselves when the unexpected does happen.

This is where our power of choice comes in, using this power of choice allows us to change our life. And that is the fulcrum of what we are going to be talking about today—using your power of choice to craft out something beautiful for our lives.

1. Make your bed daily

A lot of interpretations can be made from our little actions daily. Making your bed and how you make it can be one of the ways to tell how organized you are.

Many may want to trivialize this act, but making your bed will set you to the next task and the next after that, and you will be bubbling with fulfillment by the end of the day. But it all begins from you doing what is right immediately you get up from the bed.

As soon as you make your bed (clean your bed), the next thing to do is clean yourself. Wash your mouth and have your bath.

Even if you are not going out or you don’t have an appointment to catch, having your bath daily in the morning goes a long way to increase your productivity. Take your time to clean yourself.

2. Read the news

This is another little thing that could affect you most positively or negatively possible. Follow the news and know what is happening around you.

As little as it is, listening to the news can keep you informed about the kinds of jobs that are available, the places you should not visit, and most importantly, you get information that gives you talking rights when around people.

3. Cut Posters in your room

Having a motivational poster in your room is very important; it improves your success rate. It can be the only force that makes you continue reading that book when you are about to stop. You can put up your resolution to finish a book every week on your doorpost.

No matter how trivial it looks but that motivational poster helps you to stay motivated and to get rid of procrastination.

4. Clear youR To Do

To-do lists are usually written to guide you on what to do daily. If you have good things listed out, completing them daily will go a long way to improve every aspect of your life and can cause a drastic change. When you clear your to-do every day, it helps you assess yourself and decide your next move.

Hence you should ensure that your To-Do is cleared before you retire to bed daily. This way, you set yourself up for progress.

5. Exercise daily

The magic behind exercises comes when you are faithful to it. You tend to see its effect after being consistent for at least 21 days. Exercises will help reduce your stress level. Also, during exercise, your body will secret hormones that will help your body relax and prepare it for the day’s activities.

Exercising in the morning increases your chances of completing your To-do listings, thereby improving your productivity. No matter how busy you are, at least go for a 10 minutes walk.

6. Set your alarm 1 hour early

This trick is simple; if it has been difficult for you to get up at a particular time, then you should learn to set your alarm 1 hour before the time you want to wake up. This way, when the first alarm wakes you, you sleep back. Then the second alarm will have more effect, and then your sleep may not be profound.

Sleep can be refreshing sometimes that it can make you miss your appointment.

7. Volunteer

Find a cause you are passionate about and spend time volunteering. You can never experience true acts of kindness until you learn out to give your time and money for something you are passionate about with the expectation of nothing in return.

8. Grow a garden


Nurturing plants teaches patience. Not only will gardening give you something to do, but you’ll also be contributing to your environment. Imagine waking up, looking out your window, and seeing beautiful flowers and plants. You feel pride when you know that you are responsible for such a beautiful environment.

9. Reply all your mails

Sometimes, our mailbox can tell how lazy we are, especially if you accumulate your mails without responding to them. Unimportant emails should not be left unattended to, open them, read them, and take the necessary action.

Ensure that you do not sleep without attending to all your mails, even if you can’t get the information being asked for immediately, you can fix that on your To-Do for the next day.

10. Drink a glass of water before and after sleep

Water is good and can be used when thirsty. But it can also be used as a therapy. Taking water before bedtime has a way of reducing your stress level, and when you wake up, it helps you improve metabolism.

It is free, in your reach and will cost you nothing to take a stroll to the refrigerator before and after sleep.

Small activities go a long way to how we handle big things. Hence we mustn’t lose the touch of these little things; the more we are perfect in them, the more productive we become.

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FOOD FOR YOU TO THINK!

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People want a M.B.A. = (Massive Bank Account), However they are clueless on how to create wealth and be R.I.C.H = (Residual Income Compliments Health/Happiness) 😁

It’s because they continuously surround themselves with H.A.T.E.R.S = (Having Anger Towards Everyone Reaching Success) 🤬 and then wonder why they are P.O.O.R = (Passing Over Opportunity Repeatedly) 🤕 and B.R.O.K.E. = (Being Ridiculous Outlawing Knowledge Everyday) 🤦‍♀️

You can’t have a P.R.O.J.E.C.T.S. (People Relying On Just Enough Cash To Survive) type of mindset. You have to be willing to make that C.H.A.N.G.E = (Choosing Happiness And Never Giving Excuses) 🤓 and exercise true F.A.I.T.H (Finding Answers In The Heart) 🤗 along with H.O.P.E (Having Only Positive Expectations) to make that P.U.S.H (Persistent Until Something Happens) 😎

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