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TYE – Transform Your Environment

September 18, 2007

TYEHave you ever seen a speaker or read a book and been really inspired?  Did you want to make all kinds of positive changes? 

The problem is that after a short while the energy and enthusiasm starts to diminish.

And you have been told a lie:  Change is all about you.

Most motivational speakers and books tell you it is all about you.  I guess you could become a Buddha-like master of shutting out your environment, but that is not very practical. 

This time positive change will work for me!

Recently, I read a few books that got me excited about positive change, better health, etc.  I also started listening to David Lorenzo’s success audio package.  It is really a perfect storm of inspiring, motivational and realization.

The realization is that it is not about me.  I want to change.  My environment does not want me to change.  Here are some examples of what I mean.

  • My wife and I both cook, but when she cooks, she always wants to give me big portions.  She was programmed from childhood that the father eats first and a lot.
  • When I say I want to have more fun and travel more, my daughter does not want to go because of the stress on the dog.
  • We all agree to have less stuff and throw away a lot of things, but someone always has a reason not to throw THAT particular thing away.
  • I do not eat sweets, but extended family thinks that does not apply to parties.

Likewise, a business environment can be challenging.

  • Employees are more concerned about putting in the time than getting results.  Changing to a results oriented workplace is hard.
  • Some processes can be improved.  But the improvement may take initiative to design and launch, as well as the willingness from the people that must do it a new way.
  • Getting non-marketing people to create buzz is challenging because it has never been part of their job before.

This boils down to something fundamental and different from what others have been teaching.  You must put most of your effort into bending your environment, not yourself, to where you want to be.  And your environment will always try to wait out your change attempt and push you back into your usual place.

Because you must lead by example, you will change yourself better than you ever have before.  In the mean time, you will also be transforming your environment to one that will resist you changing back to the status quo.  That is your recipe for success.

So with that in mind, and believing in small acts towards big goals, I am launching TYE. 

Each week I will write on a TYE Template an inspirational quote that I make up and has meaning to my family.  I will put it on the refrigerator for the week.  It may start conversation, it may make people think – or I may get made fun of.  The goal is to keep us all on the positive change train.

You can get involved too.  If you like this idea, here is how it works.  I will post mine to the blog and I will also post links to anyone else’s below it each week (Up to the first 100 I receive.). The key is it must be a picture of the quote on your refrigerator in the office or at home.  Feel free to add additional commentary if you want in your post, but TYE is transforming your environment by publicly inspiring your environment and questioning unwillingness to change.  Email me at ron@buzzoodle.com with the link.

In your post, you must also cite and link to this post so that people know what it is all about. 

Here is week #1
Transform Your Environment
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- Thank You!

Posted by Ron McDaniel | Filed Under Blog 

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2 Responses to “TYE – Transform Your Environment”

  1. Kimberly Clay on September 19th, 2007 7:47 am

    Hi Ron-

    Enjoyed reading this post. Very interesting perspective on self-empowerment rhetoric we hear these days. Enjoyed visiting your blog. I’ll probably be back:)

  2. Dante Sabatucci on September 24th, 2007 4:33 pm

    Ron,

    Very good post. We are trying to make some changes in our organization and you gave me some excellent food for thought.

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