If You're Milling
It's Good to Bitch and Moan but Not Forever
Choose Carefully Where You Put Your Attention
Avoid Shame by Remembering That Difficulties Can Happen to Anyone
Don't Waste Precious Time or Energy on Blame
Experience the Comfort of Forgiveness
What Helps You Expand Your Thinking?
How Does Your Self-Concept Need to Change?
Seek Information Outside Your Box
What Other Resources Are Available?
Don't Go into the Wilderness Without Your Compass
Watch the Road, Not the Potholes
Make Deposits into Your Hope Account
Think Through the Implications
If You're Not Stretching, You're Probably Missing Something
Create a Change Masters Circle
Use an Inspiring Mantra to Keep Up Your Spirits
Focus on the Upside of Scaling Back
Allow Your Circumstances to Open Your Heart
STEP 4: STRENGTHEN ADAPTABILITY
IV. Twenty Quick Tips for Surviving Change You Didn't Ask For
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Welcome to “Permanent White Water”
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
—Charles Darwin
THESE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES. If you're reading this, chances are you're confronting some change you never asked for—perhaps a loss of job. Or some dream. Maybe you have to learn to work in new ways or find a new place to live. I'm sorry if
