Personal Growth--The only way to keep up with constant change

In any industry, with technology increasing the pace at which our environments change, our ability to keep up with that change is dependent upon our own openness to personal growth.  I was speaking with a friend yesterday who described a very challenging work situation where he has a set of colleagues who appear to setting him up for failure, in an attempt to advance their own careers.  To address this, he has taken the approach of including other parties on their dialogue, but remaining factual at all times, while still being helpful.   This served effectively as a way to disarm the other party, as they found that they were in a different position with their activity known to the word.  For this to be effective, this required that my friend not take anything personally, and remain committed to this person's success in spite of their apparent motives.   The ability to take this approach did not come overnight, but required many evenings of frustrating discussions, until the solution became obvious to them.  Whether we look at someone's willingness to return to school for a career change, someone's ability to step up their level of performance for a new position, or their ability to deal with a difficult person, personal growth is common to all of these situations.

Danny