I love this quote! Change sometimes really stinks. Sometimes you have to try to "influence" others to want to change -- bottom line is -- you can only change yourself. With this mind, one of the best books on change in the history of mankind is "Switch" by Dan and Chip Heath, brothers who also wrote "Made to Stick", another awesome book with huge implications for educators. In Switch, the Heath brothers use an analogy of an elephant and a rider to represent what we need to do and what we want to do. The rider is the "Type A" part of our personality -- the one that gets your butt out of bed and to the gym, to work, etc. The elephant represents your desires to sit still, eat chips, basically "eat, drink and be merry". You can learn more about this analogy by clicking here. They have tons of freebies, scroll down and check out the right hand column.
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