@Lauchlan – Wow! I’ve never been compared to Tony Robbins before. Thanks so much. I really appreciate the suggestions for looking at Robert Fritz. The article you linked to is fascinating and could provide some good posting material.

@Matthew – There is definitely a sweet spot between being accepting of change, prepared for change, and just dealing with what comes along. We can’t be prepared for everything, so it’s important to have tools for dealing. Good luck with your site.

I like how your addressed how to deal with change when we are not ready for it… as usually most people talk about being prepared for change, or just letting it happen regardless.

Thanks,

Matthew
http://www.InspirationToAchieve.com

I am enjoying your site.

With regards to this post, if you have not looked at the work of Robert Fritz, you might find his work interesting. Fritz talks about the creative process (you could view this as his version of the change process) in terms of developing a creative tension between where you are and where you want to be. This tension could be developed through either or both of invalidating the current state and saying it’s not good enough, and developing the vision of where you really want to be. Both are imputus’s for change. An example (this one in the organisational context rather than personal growth) is at http://www.thwink.org/soft/info/process/structural/StructuralTension.html

Also, a few of your posts that I read today sound very much like Anthony Robbins. Robbins says personal change arises through one of two sources: either through “desparation” (what you call “suffering”) or “inspiration” (what you call “excitement”).

Best

Lauchlan