“Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.” – John Wooden
Some of us are obsessed with change. When asked, “Why did you change that?” a Change Inclined Person responded, “Because it needed to be changed because it has always been that way”.
As for me, I don’t like change for the sake of change. I know the things I know. If someone changes what I know and calls it something I do not know, I become confused.
Long ago an Employee became an Associate. Is someone who is an Associate a better worker than someone who used to be an Employee? I think not but I need not worry about whether or not it was better because the changers have now changed Associate to Team Member.
“Manager” is a term that I am comfortable with. I am comfortable because I think... I’m sure glad there is a Manager in charge of what goes on here. It means we are not stumbling around trying to figure out what’s going on here.
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I walked into my local grocery store the other day and was greeted by the usual Welcome Sign that told me the name of the Store’s Manager. I thought to myself...
Self, this is good. Someone is in charge here. Things are in order here. I am going to find Bananas somewhere very close to the Oranges because they are both Fruits. If Snidely Whiplash were in charge here, all of the different Fruits would be spread all throughout the store. I would find myself thinking, I don’t like Oranges. I like Bananas but I can’t find the Bananas so I’ll have to buy the Oranges because I can’t find the Bananas.
Actually I lied (again) when I said above. “...was greeted by the usual Welcome Sign that told me the name of the Store’s Manager”. I did not find the comfortable words “Store Manager” which I am familiar with. Instead I was greeted by the sign below...
I found myself thinking to myself... Is a Leader better than a Manager? If a Leader is not better than a
Manager, why not just leave it a Manager?
I panicked! I rushed into the store to get my Bananas before it was too late. I was too late. I could not find the Bananas. I could not even find the Oranges. I ended up buying 12 Kumquats and I don’t even know what a Kumquat is.
I used to enjoy my rides home from my Local Grocery Store because I was comfortable knowing I had bought my stuff and my stuff was safely tucked away in my car's Way Back.
This day was different. Not only was I sad that I could not find my Bananas but I also had this uneasy apprehension about what future visits to My Local Grocery store were going to be like.
John Wooden was smarter than today’s Quick Change Artists. Quick Change Artists are the people who say to each other, People are starting to get comfortable with our last batch of changes! We have got to move quickly! Let’s change everything before they get too comfortable and then where would we be?
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
