You don’t need to hate something in order to want to change it.

You don’t need to be angry to affect change.

This week, I heard this from three different podcasts, and in two different conversations. I figure if the universe is repeating something, one should listen and share.

There is a lot of ‘transformation’ talk going on, in corporations, local government, personal growth/coaching, etc. Often, the narrative is to rage against the machine, rage against the company, or rage against the current state of being. Be a rebel against the evil empire.

It is easy to tap into this energy, demonize what you want to change and mobilize against it. This mode of thinking is often the first one that comes to mind.

The opposite mode is a mindset of love and gratitude. Often people think that in this mode, there is complacency. We think ‘oh the world is perfect and it doesn’t need to improve.’ But gratitude or love can be a powerful spark for change. The drive to affect change because we desire to see the company, politic, person live up to what can be its best self.

At Target much of my motivation to drive change was because I wanted Target to be successful, out of love of its core mission, out of the loss I would feel if the company wasn’t in the world. This I found was powerful, and energizing.

There is a need to constantly change, evolve, create, not out of anger of where we are but from gratitude that we are here, and the love of what we can become.

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