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Change is Uncomfortable. Not Changing Can be Regrettable.

Daniel Burrus
5 min readDec 16, 2021

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Close your eyes and think about your daily routine.

On a workday, what does that look like? Do you get up, have some breakfast, have some coffee, get dressed, and either log in or drive to an office?

And during that routine, do you generally assume that everything will go according to plan? Your computer will turn on in the same amount of time it always does, or you’ll arrive at the office with some time to spare before punching in and getting to work. Odds are, the answer is a derivative of “yes” to all those questions.

Here’s a bigger question for you to consider while you read this blog: are you happy when your workday routine goes according to plan? Of course you are!

Change Is Uncomfortable

Change may be the only constant in our lives, but that doesn’t mean we are happy about it! After all, they don’t call us “creatures of habit” for nothing. We are always striving to find stability in life.

Think of your routine again for a moment, and picture how you would feel if while rolling out of bed, you realized you had set your alarm incorrectly and were now late to log in or get to the office? How about if you were on time but out of eggs, so had nothing for breakfast? What if your computer crashed while…

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Daniel Burrus
Daniel Burrus

Written by Daniel Burrus

#1 Bestselling Author, Global Futurist, Innovation Expert and Keynote Speaker. One of the World’s Leading Futurists on Global Trends and Innovation.

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