9 Reasons why we don't change

Each living being born on this earth has to be prone to change.

From an egg to fully fledged human body is the highest level of change we experience in shortest span of time. Then from sleeping to crawling to walking to running, from no teeth to milk teeth to food teeth are all changes we experience in very initial stage of life.

We adapt to learn languages in fact in India we get multi linguistic at very early age.

So why are we afraid of change when we grow up? What stops us from accepting change of life style, our behavior, our manners, our habits, a change of job etc.

As we grow up we become so rigid with our routine that we are not able to sleep on other place then our bed, without our pillow, food is not satisfying if it not served in plate we eat daily and so on.

Source: https://www.steinertechnologies.com/blog/resistance-to-change

Hereon we will discuss reasons why we don’t change.

Why we discuss reasons when solution is what needs to be discussed. Solving a problem or curing a disease without knowing its roots may lead to failure. So understanding root cause of any problem is essential.

Reasons why people resist to change

1.       Perceived risk: We always perceive a risk and discomfort in change. The fear in mind about adaptability, risk to losing, risk to failure. All these perceived risk leads to resistance to change

2.       Too much thinking: Too many thoughts too soon are greater risk to change. We think and create a whole life play without even knowing the whole procedure of change. Too many assumptions works as greatest obstructions

3.       Losing power and status: Doing same work for long time brings expertise, hence change brings new lessons to learn which often lead to change in position and power, it is difficult to digest

4.       Assuming we can’t learn: We often after a certain age resist to learn new things, long break from learning cycle develops walls in mind towards learning attitude. We perceive we can’t concentrate we can’t adapt, things are difficult, as extra efforts need to be put to achieve the extra mileage.

5.       Our habits: Doing same work daily makes our body and mind lazy blocks us to accept change

6.       Ego: Most silent, dangerous, unseen and unacceptable clot to change is one’s ego. Unless it is realized it exist it is very difficult to change

7.       Excuse: We often present excuses when faced with change, our whole energy of mind is used in finding excuses for not accepting change, thus the positivity required for adaption is lost.

8.       Environment: When change is presented in atmosphere of distrust, hatred, dis-confirmation, negation it often hard to accept. The leader bringing in change also works at catalyst to transformation. A non-supportive leader often not liked by many can hinder change

9.       Emotions: When we are emotionally attached to something or someone, our mind does not permit to look beyond it, which works as obstacle to change

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