Taking Resistance Out of the Picture

In the month of the January I thought a lot about resistance, as it was the focus of The Remarkable Leadership Learning System for the month. Due in part to that fact, I also wrote this article (Why We Avoid Resistance) for my newsletter, Unleash Your Potential.

When I read this quote, I shook my head an said "YES!" Even though no one was around. Buckminster Fuller was a smart guy and this quotation only confirms that fact:


"You never change the existing reality
by fighting it. Instead, create a new
model that makes the old one obsolete."

-- R. Buckminster Fuller

While resistance isn't a negative thing, only energy to be understood and channelled, this thought takes resistance out of the picture. When we create a new model that is compelling and provides an extremely desirable picture of the future, we bypass resistance build energy quickly.

Don't try to create change - create something so compelling and so new that the old is obsolete.

Also posted in Creativity, Leadership, Learning, Teamwork, and Training.

Labels: change, creativity, resistance

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