Wisdom For A Better Tomorrow

‘It is the very nature of knowledge that it changes fast and that today’s certainties will be tomorrow’s absurdities.’

‘The most effective way to manage change successfully is to create it.’

‘Any attempts to base today’s actions and commitments on predictions of future events is futile.’

‘To survive and succeed, every organization will have to turn itself into a change agent.’

In turbulent times, managers cannot assume that tomorrow will be an extension of today.’

‘Systemic innovation requires a willingness to look on change as an opportunity.’

‘Predicting the future can only get you into trouble. The task is to manage what is there and to work to create what could and should be.’

‘Balancing change and continuity requires continuous work on information.’

‘We need a new concept of information and a new understanding of learning and teaching.’

‘Innovating organizations speed neither time nor resources on defending yesterday.’

To make the future demands courage.’

Source:

Bruce Rosenstein (2014). Create Your Future The Drucker Way: Developing and Applying a Forward Focused Mindset

How To Embrace Change

Whether you like change or you do not like change, it is happening right now.

If you want to renew yourself, to grow yourself, you have got to embrace change.

How?

You’ll have to deal with the tension between the stability that gives security and the adaptability that opens up opportunity.’

We must be willing to let go of what worked yesterday and learn new ways of seeing, doing, and leading.’

‘… We must stop wishing and start working. Instead of looking for the ‘secret sauce’ of success, we must start sowing seeds of success.’

Don’t hesitate to help another person by sowing a positive seed in his or her life.’

Don’t allow failure to be a bully in your life.’

You must be willing to admit where you’re wrong so that you can discover what is right.’

What you think about yourself determines the investment you will make in yourself.’

No matter what you want to do in life, you have to face reality, and you have to be willing to pay the price required to go uphill.’

Having the right attitude is essential because your actions often carry more weight than your words.’

If you fall down, you should learn from it, get up, and step forward.’

To stand up is to stand out.’

Source:

John C. Maxwell (2019). Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace