CHAPTER 1
How Change Changes Things—and What to Do About It
Making Friends with Change
We have to make friends with change.
—RAM DASS
Like the rip current, everything in life isn’t always going to go according to plan. No matter how well-manicured your plans, they are going to change.
The Tao says it perfectly, “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” That’s a painful lesson I had to learn after one of the foundational success stories of my entire life.
In 2016 I wrote a book called Pivot, which became a bestseller. The book was about reinvention, a guide to transforming your life when your life no ...
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