If you always do what you always did

If you always do what you always did, you'll always always get what you always got...

At the moment it's an interesting time at Cobweb, one day you'll be happily continuing on your way and then the next thing you know you're picked up, spun around and bang! You end up back on your feet, but this time hitting the ground running and perhaps in the opposite direction.  Sound familiar to you? Then congratulations you're in the right place and doing something right.

It's a strange topic of conversation but a positive one.  Some people are scared of change and if that's you then perhaps we're not quite right for each other... change, it's good for the state of mind (and companies) and the best thing about it is, it doesn't have to come from you, you just need to learn from it and move with it.

Here at Cobweb we are always changing but at the same time, we know exactly where we want to be and where we're going, it just takes time to get there.  We're certainly not there yet and I'm not sure we will ever be "there".  We have the mentality as a company to keep going and keep changing and that's what's so exciting and exactly what we're going to do.

Some people like to think of it as an emotional roller coaster, which I guess is perhaps the slightly negative ones - where the glass is half empty. I like to look at it as the glass being half full and although we all worry about it at times, we all know change is for the best and that's what makes things happen. At Cobweb we have the routines, processes, commitment and stability, but we also have the exciting changing times, which we aim to achieve for the good.

Someone once said to me, do something you enjoy for 30 minutes every day, first thing in the morning and that's your routine that will get you started. Then... do something differently everyday, during the day, as part of the change and things will work out just right in the end. So, this is where I'm going to start...

Comments

[James H]

Perhaps you should create a category called 'Free Psychotherapy' - then Michael could do his 7 part lecture on the habits of successful people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_habits ;)

Change is undoubtedly the norm in the IT industry and with the advent of the web it has accelerated exponentially. The downside of that is that we tend to repeat the same mistakes that much quicker, as the nature of what we do is prone to the type of 'irrational exhuberance' and 'herd behaviour' that led to the first dotcom bubble.

In fast moving, complex environments, the art of critical thought is often mistaken for negativity and 'blink' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(book) chosen in preference to 'think'.