Change Artist: Surviving Change 'Who am I? Why am I here? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Will I be there by next week?' Aren't these the questions of life? And these are some of the questions and ruminations posed by Coyote in the 21 very colorful and whimsical full-color illustrations by Sandy Gullikson. I sit here today in my Northern California home, having survived several life-altering events to include a major career shift, loss of a mate and lifestyle, suicide of a close friend, and temporary loss of health. Are things great? Well, they are not as I had hoped. But are things better than they were for a while? Definitely!!! I wrote ChangeArtist in response to the many changes in my own life. Writing the book was perhaps my own Lifeline. In this book, I offer you snippits of things I learned while going through these changes, as well as ways to cope and to make the most of this change as it impacts your future. First, I give some perspectives of what change is. When things change, it is so easy to get caught up in 'why me?' thinking, if indeed those changes are negative. One thing I learned is that life is a journey and change is just part of the process! ChangeArtist provides some insights, tactics, and strategies for understanding, surviving, coping with, and making the most of change. In the section Understanding Change , I give some thoughts about and definitions of change, transition, and transformation. Initiating Change presents some of the catalysts of change, such as success, loss, failure, LifeShifts, and Defining Moments. Structuring Change presents some shapes of our behavior in response to change: resisting or turning back; doing nothing; going forward by shifting, transitioning or transforming; plateauing; and enduring the 'wilderness' between endings and new beginnings. Then, I provide a background of coping with change, based on strategic business principles (of which I am a professor). I realized that much of what I was teaching about businesses [...] Autor: Jonel Mundt Wydawnictwo: Xlibris US Rok wydania: 2003 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 78 Wymiary: 21.6 x 21.6 x 0.7 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781413414462