An important quality of great people is their willingness to change. In fact, great people thrive on change. Change is the willingness to give up who you are in order to become what you can be. It is in the willingness to give up the life of a caterpillar so that you can become a butterfly. 

That which does not change does not grow. Grow – we must. So, change – we must. Growth and change are inseparable. If change is the way to growth, and growth is the way to greatness, then why do people always resist change? 

When you were a just-born, you were comfortable because you were completely dependent on your environment. To learn to crawl was an uncomfortable transition because you would have bruised your knees so many times. But this transition to learn to crawl was a needed one for you to grow. Once you learnt to crawl, you were completely comfortable. Now learning to walk was another uncomfortable transition because you would have fallen down and hurt yourself so many times. But again, this transition to learn to walk was a needed one for you to grow. Once you learnt to walk you were completely comfortable. Now learning to cycle was another uncomfortable transition because you would have injured yourself so many times. But again, this transition to learn to cycle was a needed one for you to grow. So it was from blabbering to talking to communicating…So it was from scribbling to writing to drawing…So it was from school to college to work…So it was from adolescence to young, adulthood to complete adulthood…

Comfort zone – uncomfortable transition – again a new comfort zone – another uncomfortable transition – another new comfort zone – and one more uncomfortable transition – This is the cycle of growth. Grow – you must. So, Change – you must. We cannot avoid uncomfortable transitions. It is the reluctance to go through the uncomfortable transitions that make people resist change.

Change is the willingness to give up an existing comfort zone and the willingness to take up an uncomfortable transition. Giving up an existing comfort zone is never easy. That's why leadership is all about helping people to expand themselves, by challenging them to go beyond their limitations.

This is where all great people stood out from the rest. They were willing to change and grow. They never sought comfort zones. They were willing to help others to change and grow. Good leaders never allow people to settle into comfort zones. Their mantra is a lingering, 'What next?', 'What more? 'What else?'.

Don't settle. Keep looking. Don't settle. Keep changing. Don't settle. Keep growing. Lift yourself and lift others too!!