Change happens. That’s a given.
Yet change has variability in its timelines.
Conditions Change. Conditions can change very quickly. Weather conditions can change in a heartbeat. A protest can turn into a riot almost instantly.
People Change. People usually change more slowly. Sometimes a person will change after a traumatic experience, or as result of illness, or in the wake of a religious experience, or concluding that they’ve been very wrong.
Systems Change. The slowest change clock of all is that which alters a system. This is the stuff of culture. The IRS won’t change very quickly, if at all. An ideology (political or religious) will only budge at a snail’s pace. Dogma is an extremely slow learner.
For those of us interested in a better tomorrow, we’ll have to commit long-term to tinkering with System Change, because People Change and Conditions Change almost always occur downstream.
In all areas where humans are involved, it’s the habits that matter.
Pack a lunch…
*If you’d like tor read more of nc’s blatherings, go to www.nelsonwcoulter.com
Nelson Coulter
Nelson Coulter has held a lot of titles: rancher, educator, author, musician, entrepreneur, coach, mentor, consultant, and professor. He has coached, taught, and been published in many settings. He has served in public schools of all shapes, sizes, and contexts. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Louisiana State University - Shreveport. His most cherished titles, however, are the ones not attached to career identity: son, husband, dad, and granddad.
