Key Internal Requirements for becoming a Change Agent
by Howard
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Thursday, 11 December 2014
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Published in Agility, Articles, Awareness, Community, Continuous Improvement, Excellence, Flexibility, Fulfillment, Health, Leadership, Lifelong Learning, Meaning, Personal Effectiveness, Personal Satisfaction, Pride, Purpose, Rethink Strategy, Self-Actualization, Vision
from Tim Kelley’s famous True Purpose Institute – a detailed assessment of what it really takes. Great read!
The “inner game” of becoming a powerful change agent is of paramount
importance. In its ordinary configuration, the ego is not properly tuned and optimized to be able to stay on course in the face of limiting beliefs, resistance and fear. Most people’s self‐image just doesn’t include the degree of power and impact that is necessary to manifest a global mission!
Even if you can accept the mantle of “change agent” and wield the necessary power cleanly, other inner obstacles remain. Without substantial internal transformation, it is nearly impossible to do anything other than reinforce the prevailing paradigm. Those who attempt to create a new world by judging and attacking the current structures and institutions of society simply polarize and solidify opposition to change.
read the detailed handout here
