Dont be left behind

Dont be left behind Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be. ~ John Wooden Youve likely said at one timeor another,Im not changing my style to that! or You wont catch me there! or Im happy with what Im using and I wont consider changing it! It is human natureto become comfortable with the old and resist the new butchanges, specifically technological and generational need to be acknowledged if you dont want to be left behind. Fighting it is simply a waste of energy because resistance is futile! Fuelling this era of change are the amazing advances in technology.In your grandparents or great grandparents day, the centre of information was attending a one room school orgathering around the family radio. It wasnotso long agothat an entire roomneeded to beallocatedto house one computer and todaythat same computeris small enough to carry around with us wherever we go.We find ourselvessearching for the remote control toturn on theTV, radio or stereo,textingor emailing on our cell phones and our computers provide access to all of that and more. Before you know it social media will be the top venue for communicating, email will become obsolete and there will no longer be a need to maintain ahard drive. As few astwo generations ago, changes from one generation to the next were notnearly as significantastoday. Communication was limited and families weremore isolated, tight-knitand focused on tradition. The vast amount of information available today and the opportunity to easily connect with others haveinfluencedmillions of people creating a stronger desire and curiosity to learn, experience change and embrace all that is new! The most recent example is the new IPhone; Apple sells more than 1.7 million iPhone 4s in the first 3 days. Statistics also show no generation iscompletely left behind in the age demographics for the 500 million users on Facebook, 100 million on Twitter or 70 million on Linkedin. Will generation Y be aware that previous generations were resistant to change? Dont be left behind! Your success whether professionally or socially is strongly influenced by your willingness to embrace change.Resistanceor fear of changewillnegatively impact your ability butacceptance of changewill provide themostpositiveelementin your life.