Week 17
We have never done it that way!
If someone asks you to come to office at 8 AM in place of 10, you would take it as an affront into your freedom. And if your Boss asks you to sit in the office till 9 PM, you hardly find a reason to protest. We still type on "QWERTY" keyboards, even though we have been taught "ABCDE…" from the school. We refuse to confront corrupt officials when they demand bribes for our legitimate and right acts and promptly pay up a bribe. There are a lot of useless or not-so-effective things, we refuse to let go. Whenever, there is a new process or procedure introduced in place, we fight like hell to resist.
The enemy of all good changes in life is the father of all excuses, " We have always done it that way." Period. No argument beyond that. In reality, that is where we put a handbrake on our growth. Experimenting with new changes is the only doorway to innovation and therefore better productivity. It is true that majority of the new changes fail miserably. But the recompense you get from a few that work overwhelmingly transforms your productivity and creativity to another orbit.
This statement "We have always done it that way" can be easily replaced with "There is always a better way. Let's try the new initiative." And it works wonders in our lives to embrace changes and kick off inertia.
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Brgds
Capt Rath
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