We haven’t specifically talked about The Pain of Change for a while.  It is true that often in TRIPLE III TIME messages there is a hint of a change pain that comes from innovative activity, leadership decisions, communication challenges and/or just plain personal/professional growth.  Hopefully the pains should not come as a surprise…but today lets talk about the pain particulars and potential “remedies”.

Are you ready?

First let me be clear that my area of change pain specialization is NOT centered in the lower “back-side” of your body.  Second, if your change pains are directly centered in your head…almost migraine-like, then aspirin, Motrin or a visit to your real doctor may be the only answer.  However, if The Pain of Change you feel is a unique “hunger-pain” that has many of the following symptoms:

• A sensation that something is missing.
• A consistent need for more
• There is a regular hunger to try something new/different…possibly innovative.
• That you experience a regular, sharp, nagging, disappointment-driven pain…when change doesn’t happen.
• Or The Pain of Change hunger does NOT subside until old mind muscles are pushed to work in new ways.

Dinosaurs became extinct because they couldn’t deal with The Pain of Change!  Today more than ever before we all need to accept that personal and professional change is a daily life/work function and you can only remedy it’s pain with a “BRING IT ON!” attitude.  Additionally, as part of the cure process one should regularly “LFA” (Lead-Frog-Ahead) of the change pain and position yourself in a new trend-setting area that directs the change pain…rather than be held hostage by it.  Finally, I believe the ultimate answer to eliminate The Pain of Change disease…is to become a CHANGE AGENT.  As a CHANGE AGENT you become the driver/controller of change in and around you…and creatively The Pain of Change hunger is satisfied.