The document discusses dealing with constant change and the transition process. It distinguishes between change, which is external adjustments, and transition, which is the internal psychological process of adapting to new situations. The transition process involves three phases - an ending, a neutral zone where old patterns fade and new ones form, and a new beginning. It provides tips for managing constant change, such as embracing it as the norm and looking at disadvantages as challenges. It also gives advice for self-care during transitions, like finding stability and short-term goals in the neutral zone and experimenting daily.

1. Dealing with
Non-Stop Change

2. Change vs. Transition

3. Change vs. Transition
Change is best defined as situational.

4. Change vs. Transition
Change is the external adjustment
made to routine roles.

5. Change vs. Transition
Transition is the psychological process
people go through to come to terms
with a new situation.

6. Change vs. Transition
Change starts with a beginning –
transition starts with an ending.

7. Change vs. Transition
Letting go of the old reality must
take place before real change can
take place.

8. The Transition Process

9. The Transition Process
The first phase when dealing with non-
stop change is “The Ending.”

10. The Transition Process
The second phase is called
“The Neutral Zone.”

11. The Neutral Zone
If you run from the neutral zone
too early, you’ll lose an
opportunity for creativity,
revitalization and development.

12. The Neutral Zone
It’s an intermediate space that occurs
when old ways are removed and new,
better-tailored patterns of habit begin to
form.

13. The New Beginning
This third phase occurs if you were
successful at letting go and have
embraced “The Neutral Zone.”

14. Managing Change

15. Managing Change
Try to foresee as much as you can.

16. Managing Change
Make the transition to “change
as the norm.”

17. Managing Change
Non-stop change demands a new
mind-set that requires a very
significant transition.

18. Managing Change
Non-stop change is simply a
new level of what has always
been in existence.

19. Managing Change
The whole point of change is
to preserve the things that do
not change.

20. Managing Change
Learn to treat your disadvantages
as challenges.

21. Taking Care
of Yourself

22. Taking Care of Yourself
Find out what is actually
changing, or has changed.

23. Taking Care of Yourself
Spend time letting yourself
experience the uncomfortable
feelings.

24. Taking Care of Yourself
Distinguish between current
losses and old wounds.

25. Taking Care of Yourself
The relation between the present and
unresolved issues from the past is
called “resonance.”

26. Taking Care of Yourself
Identify your continuities – not
everything is ending.

27. Taking Care of Yourself
Recognize the symptoms of
“The Neutral Zone.”

28. Taking Care of Yourself
Provide yourself quiet times and
special places as a retreat from the
chaos of “The Neutral Zone.”

29. Taking Care of Yourself
Look for islands of stability.

30. Taking Care of Yourself
Create a kind of structure in the
emptiness by constructing short-
range goals.

31. Taking Care of Yourself
Look at “The Neutral Zone” as a time
between one set of purposes in your
life and another.

32. Taking Care of Yourself
Look at your priorities and ask
yourself if they still make sense.

33. Taking Care of Yourself
Experiment a little every day,
starting today.

34. Taking Care of Yourself
Plan to do something you’ve never
done before.

35. Taking Care of Yourself
Design a learning venture
for yourself.

36. Taking Care of Yourself
Make a plan to change your life.

37. The “Four Jewels”

38. The “Four Jewels”
Rules to live by that may make a
positive impression during times
of transition.

39. The “Four Jewels”
Rule #1
Show up and give things a try.

40. The “Four Jewels”
Rule #2
Be present. Make sure you give
things your best shot.

41. The “Four Jewels”
Rule #3
Tell the truth. It’s the most
powerful action you take.

42. The “Four Jewels”
Rule #4
Let go of outcomes. Learn to do
all that you can; then let go.

43. Dealing with
Non-Stop Change