Triggers: Sparking positive change and making it last

by Marshall Goldsmith

trigger is any stimulus that reshapes our thoughts and actions. In every waking hour we are being triggered by people, events, and circumstances that have the potential to change us.

Meaningful behavioral change is very hard to do.

No one can make us change unless we truly want to change.

Getting better is its own reward. If we do that, we can never feel cheated.

If we do not create and control our environment, our environment creates and controls us. And the result turns us into someone we do not recognize.

This is how feedback ultimately triggers desirable behavior. Once we deconstruct feedback into its four stages of evidence, relevance, consequence, and action, the world never looks the same again.

The boxer-philosopher Mike Tyson said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” As we wander through life, what punches us in the face repeatedly is our environment.

HAHAAHAHAHA

“Never complain because the airplane is late. There are people in the world who have problems you cannot imagine. You are a lucky man.”

I don't like this line of thought. The fact that other people are having it worse doesn't invalidate my problems.

“Every decision in the world is made by the person who has the power to make the decision. Make peace with that.”

There wasn’t a dry eye in the room, I’m told.

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