Are you acquainted with the concept of Painge? No? That's probably because I made it up! It's a word that mixes change and pain, because as I've journeyed through leadership and through life, I've found that the two seem to go hand in hand. Today I want to share insight on how change and pain tie together and what we can do to manage the process on the path to cracking the code of the driven mind.

So let's jump right in and learn the art of Change/Pain Management starting with some stories I've witnessed first hand.

[00:01 - 03:06] Opening Segment

• Welcome back!
• • Change Management Pain
• What we'll be talking about today
• • Change is painful
  • Examples
  • We all handle change differently
  • Sharing insights on the tie of the two concepts
• Change and pain muscles
• • Creating fatigue vs. tolerance
  • Reducing pain

[03:07 - 09:10] The Mindset

• Growth vs. Fixed based mindset
• • Growth wants to get better
  • Fixed accepts everything given to it
• How changes create a dip
• • Visual analogy
  • As long and deep as you allow
  • Change curve
  • What affects the dip
• My story working with a manager
• • Challenging status quo
  • Stirring up the pain
• Insights on pain and change
• • It can lead to greatness if you dive in
  • Don't follow the false sense of comfort

[09:11 - 11:31] Closing Segment

• Think about this for yourself
• • How are your people leading?
  • You workout analogy
  • • Intentional pain
• Summary of our lesson today
• • A promise of pain
  • Embrace it and set yourself free!
• Final Words

Tweetable Quotes:

"We have these 'change and pain muscles'… if we overuse them we get fatigued." - Kenny Chapman

"Most change is created and most pain is created outside of people's desire. If you would step into change more, if you would step into pain more, you would step into greatness more." - Kenny Chapman

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