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It used to be death and taxes that you couldn’t avoid but now, if you are breathing, expect change. No one so far has found a way to prevent change in themselves, in their families, in their friends, in their work or in their world. Change is endemic and here to stay. As we don’t have a choice about it and it’s unavoidable, the only possible thing that is negotiable is how we manage it.

Resisting change

As humans, once we have learnt to do something, even simple things, we become very suspicious of change and the older we are, the more resistant to change we become. Most people when confronted with change will say ‘No’, before they say ‘Maybe’, ...

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