{"id":2760,"date":"2018-10-25T01:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T06:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2018-10-05T07:41:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T12:41:44","slug":"change-significant-and-slow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2018\/10\/change-significant-and-slow\/","title":{"rendered":"Change: Significant and Slow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n<p><strong>It can be disappointing to admit, but if we want significant change, we must bring it about slowly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Significant change\u2014the kind that brings big benefit over a big period of time\u2014occurs slowly. Those two adjectives concerning change\u2014significant and slow\u2014appear inseparable.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t like that. When I have a great idea for a great change that will bring great things, I want it quick, immediate is even better.<\/p>\n<p>In my experience, however, when I bring about quick change, it isn&#8217;t significant. Something good comes, but it only lasts a little while. Or something comes that last a while, but it isn&#8217;t that good for us.<\/p>\n<p>Thought. Effort. Plant seeds. Let them grow. Time. All these slow things. Little by little. Enough cliches. I hope the idea is coming across.<\/p>\n<p>Leadership requires thought.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Where do I want us to be one day?<\/li>\n<li>What should I do little by little each day that pulls us there?<\/li>\n<li>Do I have the desire, energy, and patience to continue on this path?<\/li>\n<li>Do I believe this change is good?<\/li>\n<li>Do I want to go to that place out there in our future?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The questions continue, and they don&#8217;t become any easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Dwayne Phillips It can be disappointing to admit, but if we want significant change, we must bring it about slowly. Significant change\u2014the kind that brings big benefit over a big period of time\u2014occurs slowly. Those two adjectives concerning change\u2014significant and slow\u2014appear inseparable. I don&#8217;t like that. When I have a great idea for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20,9],"tags":[143,142,132],"class_list":["post-2760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-change","category-learning","category-management","tag-change","tag-learning","tag-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2761,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2760\/revisions\/2761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}