Karen Kaiser Clark

 
“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.”

We simply don’t have the option of everything remaining the same. A business editor recently changed the header of my monthly column of change articles from Managing Change to Managing Growth. Initially I thought this was an error. However, after some reflection I realized that there is a significant relationship in the two terms. Change is growth, and growth is change. My personal definition of success is having choices. We do have the choice between being buffeted by the winds of change like a leaf in Autumn landing in a ‘new’ environment while thinking ‘old’ thoughts or to control our flight path and ride the winds of change to a destination in line with our choices.