Change Above Everything else &..........(Ashutosh Labroo December 2013)

I am going to share a dream for a new 2014 with you all today.2014 must become the year of Passion, Performance & Loving Change. Especially Change of approach, style & thinking. CHANGE is here to stay & it will bother us more if we do not start loving it. Everyone loves to talk about CHANGE, till it does not impact them. The moment change impacts us as individuals, we start reacting, complaining & finding faults. Learn to love change. It is the only thing that has survived & it is the only thing which remains the truth of life.

Within the times we are living in, I am expecting 2014 to bring a kind of change that is going to stare at our faces. The best of us will thrive, grow & get above the rest. Those of us who do not understand the need & are busy complaining can keep complaining because change will filter those who love it from the rest.

In the new world order, the best of us will thrive, grow & get above the rest. Those of us who do not understand the need & are busy complaining can keep complaining because change will filter those who love it from the rest.

When I was growing up, my first mentor in life (one of the Country’s Renowned HR Practitioner) taught me a lot of good things & he told me once that people who do not know when to change, can never grow because they are busy finding reasons - why they should not change? He went on to state, not to take three things for granted – Our Jobs, Our Bosses & Our Seat (Position & Role). I literally see this challenge in pockets of Corporate World at times. We have grown to a phenomenally large size in terms of global business. However, in 2014, we will not be able to sustain the past years of success if we do not change at the speed at which the world out there is changing as well. I must reinforce here that when you look around the world & see the world’s best leaders, managers & professionals, you will find three skills common – Passion, Performance & Loving Change. These are the three things that have got all the best leaders ahead of the rest of the crowd in their lives. Passion – It is the spirit & drive to keep becoming better & better. Fact is if you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse. Performance – It no longer is enough if you do your job well. Perhaps in 1950 you were called a TOP PERFORMER for doing your job well. Today that is mandatory & considered average performance. Performance simply stated means exceptional actions at exceptional speed with exceptional results. Change – I remember in a workshop, a fellow participant said that I have worked for this company for 6 years & I am the best there & I am not happy with how the company treats me now. The Trainer replied – You are a frog in the well, jump outside & you will find there

are thousand others much better than you & perhaps your company knows it too. Get real in life. Fact is “This is a new year. A new beginning. Things will change”. If any of us wants to be treated the best, we need to adapt & become the best & rise to the level where our company takes note that we are worthy of more. If we can’t change, perhaps there will not be many options too.

Change now. It is in our face, staring at us & telling us that 2013 will be soon dead & gone. Salute 2014 as the new year of passion, performance & change.

Here is to Loving Change!!!! Cheers!!!! Ashutosh..............................