Anxiously Awaiting “Switch”
It will be a long time before a business book compels me like A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink did, but Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
I’m a die hard optimist and, despite massive problems, believe that the best of human beings will always compensate for the worst. I trust people and they generally don’t let me down. Generally. I adore the positive psychology movement and focusing on what is going right versus wrong is the theme of this book (clearly boiled way down).
Chip and Dan talk about finding a “bright spot” in a problem (the thing that IS working) and trying to do more of that. Seems simplistic, right, but human beings generally focus on trying to fix what’s wrong instead of “cloning” what’s right. We do the insanity thing (same thing over and over expecting different results) because we don’t know better. I think this book will really offer to a wide audience a new way. Reminds me of Marcus Buckingham’s series on focusing on honing your skills instead of trying to fix what you can’t do well.
Times are tough. Change is hard. Yet we will all still find a variety of successes in each day. Looking at why that is and making more of them seems like a fantastic way to structure a day and a life to me.
