Every so I often I read something and a great “a-ha” goes off in my head as it did this morning at this passage, from a New York Times article Can You Become a Creature of New Habits:
“Whenever we initiate change, even a positive one, we activate fear in our emotional brain,” Ms. Ryan notes in her book. “If the fear is big enough, the fight-or-flight response will go off and we’ll run from what we’re trying to do. The small steps in kaizen don’t set off fight or flight, but rather keep us in the thinking brain, where we have access to our creativity and playfulness.”
I often find myself trying to achieve huge new goals. After a promising start, I come up against something, and I seem to shrink from the task, afraid to continue — it’s a kind of black out of activity. Now I’m curious about what kind of continuous improvement (kaizen) regimen might be right for me. Have others out there tried this?
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