Too Much Change? Here’s How to Avoid a Victim Mindset
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015Change is a constant. Whether it’s the annual stress of open enrollment for health care (“Wait, what? My coverage is changing again?”) or an unexpected shift in your job focus (“But I thought the lime green widget was a priority. When did we change to the purple gizmo?”) — the one certainty is that change is going to happen.
And there’s one thing we do have control over: how we respond to change, even when it comes at us out of the blue.
We can get stuck being a victim. You know those people, right? They’re the ones holding a pity party in the break room. Or, we can respond positively and keep moving forward. You know those people, too. They’re the ones who are more fun and interesting to be around!
Here are five tips for staying out of a victim mindset, even when it seems like everything is blowing up around you. (more…)
