This is the second and final part of You Can’t Handle the Change.
“People will NEVER trust a stranger and get in their cars.”
Isn’t that what they all said?
You remember how you tried to explain that change is part of life, that these inventions are born out of necessity, and it’s because the cab licences were too damn expensive that it would require a lifetime to payout their debt that above all were caused by the ridiculous incompetence of the central planners.
But your arguments mostly drew blank stares. In fact, you were just wasting your time back then but you didn’t know it.
The game was over before it has even began, because back then, you miss-read the game entirely.
But now for the first time, you’re starting to learn the nature of the game.
No one was interested in learning more and picking each other’s brains.
Confirmation-bias is what they were looking for.
Facilitated to them by the usual suspects: Mainstream media. The undefeated heavyweight champion of wrong predictions and failed apocalypses.
If they say that a currency is doomed, then you know it’s gonna boom. If they say that Gold is going to boom, then the prices would probably tank. If they say that the real-estate market is as strong as ever, that means that a big crash is coming...
It’s fascinating how many times they keep getting it wrong and it never slows them down from delivering all sorts of inaccuracies all day every day.
What’s even more fascinating is how they keep a straight face while doing it.
Sometimes an industry can generate billions of Dollars in revenue, hundreds of millions of customers worldwide… And they keep claiming it’s just a phase.
It’s mind blowing really.
The largest transportation system in the world, and it’s just a phase. And the same with Amazon or Airbnb… What’s the song the media and society kept banging on?
“Oh, yeah! People will never trust strangers in their homes! Can't you see how dangerous this thing is ?”.
Here we go again.
You’re still at the window and your friends are still trying to convince you that cryptocurrencies will never replace the monetary system we were born into, that there will never be any alternative to central banking, and that this is crypto-thingy even though it’s reaching millions in users and billions in transactions... It’s all just one big phase.
Pretty sure, we’ve heard that song before.
Earlier than that when most businesses refused to launch a website and start selling their products online to generate an extra income source.
This is not how people buy stuff! They claimed time and time again.
This is not how people do business! Why can’t you see that e-commerce is just a phase?
And their arguments were pre-packed arguments as well, arguments such as
That people would always want to see the merchandize first and touching, instead of just ordering it online.
Oh yeah, do the Blockbuster mistake, refuse to buy Netflix for a small amount of money because people will never change the way the rent movies.
"People will never accept change!"
Fast-forward a few years...
You see, it’s always the same song, “People will never change the way they do things” which really means “Change terrifies me, and I need to wait until enough people accept change first… Then I’ll accept it as well”.
Now it’s cryptocurrencies and smart contracts, before that it was online commerce.
“People will never trust their credit card information on the internet”. Do you remember that one?
And before that it was plastic credit cards and digital money.
In the 1990s. very few businesses in the accepted credit cards in most part of the world, and despite their convenience most people would rather wait in line for hours in the bank then use the ATM machine right outside.
Until they saw enough public adoption that was.
This phenomenon is not exclusive to technology by the way, it’s in every industry or aspect of life. Even in Hollywood the very same thing is taking place, new independent studios, new production companies, DVD-on-demand..etc.
Do you remember how a few years ago it was almost a shame or a perceived step-down if some A-list actor took a role in a television series?
People could not see how fast TV shows were improving and how fast they could get to their fanbase to such point that those who saw this early reaped most of the rewards, while their contemporaries were thinking it was a downgrade.
Let me give you an example, this from when Matthew Mcconaughey won the Emmy award for True Detective.
That was back in 2014, but it’s curious to observe that in this very night the 2017 Emmy awards are taking place. so it’s really not that long ago.
Nowadays, almost every A-lister is taking roles in TV Show, from Dwayne Johnson to Robert De Niro, everyone is moving to TV now.
And just like everything else in life,it’s those who identified the opportunity early and accepted change are the ones who will reap the bigger rewards, because they saw the change and adapted quick despite the insistence of their contemporaries that… Well, just a phase.
Take Gary Vaynerchuk for example, it may be hard to imagine but Gary was not born the social media mogul we know today. In fact, he used to run a wine store before all this innovation came along.
So a few years ago when social media just came out, no one wanted to learn new skills or open social media accounts for their business. But not Gary.
Instead of refusing change and listening to what everyone around him was saying. He embraced the change and he adapted, he launched wine.com and started selling online when everyone was saying that e-commerce would never work.
He also created a presence in every social media platform for his products.
When Youtube came around, he was amongst the first people who create wine channels… And he also invested in a lot of new companies that everyone was assuming would never work because this is not how we’re used to do things.
Instead of fearing change, he embraced it, and his story speaks for himself.
Closing Thoughts
Innovation is part of life, for most people however, it always seems to be something that is always hard to entertain, let alone accept, though sooner or later they will adopt it.
Not until they see everybody else doing the same.
But here’s a question for you, would you rather be early or would you rather be late?
An amazing post to check out today and you ended on a great note no doubt that the revolution will be decentralized
Yes it will!
Thanks for the nice comment!
Early adoption is and innovation in like getting your foot in the door at a workplace, you're creating what doesn't exist/barely exists and you are rewarded with the job, maintaining your work and continuously providing support and improvements to the people using it.
The amount of things we have seen come out over the years, some failing and some succeeding. The Blockbuster example is my favourite as a Blockbuster lover from back in the day, was always where I went to hire games for consoles like the Nintendo 64 etc.
Oh I was a big fan of Blockbuster for years as well, I used to rent movies all the time!
Yeah you're right early adoption has it risk, some fail some succeed. For those that failed maybe we learn something and those who succeed then the efforts must've paid out :) And more importantly, it beats the hell out of not trying at all.
More importantly, enjoying the process when you can and as you said, continuously providing value to others.
Thanks for the awesome comment man!
Definitely worth the risk of trying than to sit back and do nothing and possibly get nowhere in life etc. Failure provides a massive lesson as well, learn from mistakes and grow instead of folding under the failure.
Always welcome mate, awesome articles as usual and they warrant awesome comments! :)
Your'e right, absolutely right. Doing something about it will provide you either a lesson or experience if you fail, and a great prize if you succeed. Inaction will only guarantee you stay in the same situation.
Thought provoking article... I must admit i'm guilty of falling in the lazy category in the past. I remember people saying that Tesla was a fly-by-night concept, that was when their stock was only worth $8 (wish i hadn't listened)... As the gap of knowledge widens, knowing what you don't know turns into not knowing what questions to ask in order to fill the gap... and then it slips into not knowing what you don't know.
Wow! "As the gap of knowledge widens, knowing what you don't know turns into not knowing what questions to ask in order to fill the gap... and then it slips into not knowing what you don't know."
Haha I think you're the thought provoking one here ;)
Yeah I think many of us have regrets like that and want to "time-travel" back to that time and buy on the cheap. The important thing is to keep that as a reminder and use it as acquired experience for the next time.
Thanks for the amazing comment man.
@the-alien i came across this video of Jack Ma (the founder of Alibaba.com) and the one powerful point that resonated with me was..
He said, "try not to be the best but be the first to try". That hits the nail when it comes to changes. Remove the fear of failure out of thre equation, what you get is that you have the opportunity to learn from the new change and grow from it.
You may gain success from that or fail terribly as there is no other experience that you can tap from. But hey, you didn't fail cos u are bad at it but because there is no other way of learning about it but to try it.
I used to be apprehensive of changes and never liked the constant change of how things are done around me. But as i grew older, learnt to accept that fact and be a little wiser in handling them.
After all, even in failures, we can learn from them and grow .. what do u think?
Man, I'm loving the mind-stretching comments today, everyday you learn something new :) Thanks for this!
That's an amazing quote, try to be the first! People will tell you "don't invent the wheel" but nevermind them :P
And you're absolutely right even in failure we learn. After all, you may fail or you may succeed, but if you don't try you remain in the zero. So why not give it a shot?
Imagine what they told the guy who wanted to bottle water. His friends must have told him he was nuts. There is a law of physics that states" What we resist persists" . Change is one of those things that always persists. Its a basic human need to be right. The "masses" are always right, until they are wrong and then they just jump onto the right side.
You're right. It's almost as if certain people were programmed to fear anything new until they see many others around them doing the same, then the fear is gone and they embrace it. :P
check out this video. Its shows how easy it is to program people
Oh yeah, this is like The Asch Experiments in the 50s, it's pretty creepy :P
Thanks for sharing!
Yup teal creepy. They interviewed the girl at the end and asked her why she did it. She said she felt uncomfortable not doing what they were doing.
hahahahah what a nicely experienced
I've seen a version of this. It's crazy how people will follow the person "in the know" instead of question it and see what the why is.
"The "masses" are always right, until they are wrong and then they just jump onto the right side."
Great quote
thank you @princeso
Nice post
@the-alien I enjoyed reading your 2 part series here on handling change. From your picture I figure I am probably old enough to be the age of your grandfather. I am new to Steemit, less than a week, and don't have a clue about crypto- currencies. I do embrace change and that is exactly why I am here on Steemit, to learn and also to give my thoughts on a variety of random subjects that interest me.
I do believe that crypto-currencies will replace fiat , it is just a matter of time, maybe not completely in my life time but it will happen. To give some perspective on my position: back in the mid 80's of the last century before there were laptops and cell phone and the only apple you had came from a tree I invested in a penny stock called AOL, America Online . They pitched an idea of people all over the world connected together sharing information through some type of network, eventually it ended up being called the internet. I would like to tell you my $500 investment for 12,500 shares made me a millionaire but such was not the case, the initial founders got the capital they needed and then bankrupted the company, moved it to Virginia and relaunched it, it became a huge success. Naturally my stock was worthless, but a lesson learned.
Right now I look at crypto-currencies kind of like a poker game. I enjoy poker , even play online, but before I jump in and start playing I like to look and see who the players are, how they play, what their tendencies are and if it is alive game what their body language reveals.
So if you or some of your close friends have a suggestion on what game I should be watching it would be much appreciated. I hope you don't mind me following you on here, and if I comment again I promise to keep it short. Thanks ,
@sultnpapper
First of all, thanks for the amazing comment! And you're right, absolutely. It's like a poker game, some currencies are better managed than others. Some would make people very happy in the future and others will fail, but just like the AOL example you gave, the internet will take over someday, maybe not with that first company, but it sooner or later it will.
As in which game you should be watching, that's a question I get a lot, and while I cannot give any advice on that since it's a personal decision and everyone has to do their due diligence, this what I would do: I invest in a quite a few, always money that you can afford to lose so you don't mind holding for a long time, and also some put small cash into new currencies that can either crash or can increase their value dramatically. I have friends who spend like 5 bucks from time to time (they call it coffee money) to buy highly volatile currencies, if they lose it's ok they don't mind, but if it skyrockets they're happy depending on how much coffee money they put into it.
It's similar to poker in many ways, but not like it's one game only, it's like you're playing everyday and you need some bankroll management to use gains for savings, profit and to keep playing in new tables each day.
Steem is game worth watching by the way.
Anyways, sorry for the long comment. I hope you're having a great day!
Thank you for your kind response and perspective on the crypto currencies, it is very much appreciated. If you do run across a full house or royal flush be sure and show me your hand when your done. Thanks again.
They are also changes we fight against, in my case is my body.
I am 22 and my metabolism is slowed down by a lot, most people would bang their heads against a wall and wait for obesity to kick in or blame it on doctors.
I will do the best I can to lose the extra pounds and maintain my weight after, even if that means eating less than others because my basal metabolical rate is smaller, working out more or not touching simple carbs.
Yeah that's also a big fight. I was just reading about that recently how Ryan Reynolds for example eats 6-8 times a day, very small portions to train his body to not store fat.. It's like re-programming the hard drive of one's own metabolism.
It's a fascinating subject actually. When your body needs food, some people treat it as a baby who is crying and you have to educate the baby step by step, don't feed him right away because it's not good for them, and little by little they get used to it.
Looking forward to read about your experience if you're writing about it. :)
Thought provoking article... I must admit i'm guilty of falling in the lazy category in the past. I remember people saying that Tesla was a fly-by-night concept, that was when their stock was only worth $8 (wish i hadn't listened)... As the gap of knowledge widens, knowing what you don't know turns into not knowing what questions to ask in order to fill the gap... and then it slips into not knowing what you don't know. Resteemed.
Thanks!! Well we all wish we invested in something we had the chance to but didn't... It's great that your'e aware of that, and it's even better that there are a lot of new opportunities now and in the future and you have already a great experience to learn from :)
Thank you for the great comment btw.
Indeed @the-alien, thank you! And thank you so much for checking out and upvoting my work!
Haha I can say the same to you :)
Do you realize that, under this post ankapolo wrote exact the same reply as rahuljoy did?
Maybe they are twins lol.
Exelllent post. It's time that I took some action here and there, thank.
brilliant thought
10Q!
Too bad that fear of failure keeps the masses from great success.
Haha yeah! The other day a friend of mine was telling about a study he saw where they measure the heart beat of people when they're afraid... They found out the fear of approaching a woman in a bar was similar to that of sudden death :P
It sounds crazy, but you're right! The fear of failure causes people to miss on so many great thing!
I'm not afraid of changes, I love changes I take it like a learning process and adaptation , for that reason I m fan of btc is start of a new system and a new way of freedom
Haha yeah, it's a very exciting too for freedom, that's for sure!
That's an interesting point about A list actors, a TV role was normally as telling as a straight to DVD movie in that their career was doomed.
As far as the news goes it should be seen as nothing more than entertainment, the drama of the world seen through the eyes of whichever corporation is funding it at that time.
Haha it is entertaining indeed. Hopefully they become irrelevant soon.
Like they say - "The only thing constant in life is change"
I see so many people around me who are resistant to change. Change is inevitable. Its just people who are inflexible causing themselves pain by refusing to adapt.
We recently saw a huge economic change in India brought around by the new government. They made a huge move called demonetization, where they literally cancelled half of the currency notes, forcing people to move to electronic money (e-wallets, cards etc.) There was wide spread outrage about reducing the dependancy on cash.
Switch to a year later, and you see even small road-side hawkers carrying cell phones with mobile wallets enabled and card machines - something that was unheard of a year back.
Thank you for your post. Truly got me thinking :)
@baconbaba
Foodie. Carnivore. Couch Potato.
Thank you for talking the time to read it and sharing your thoughts!
I hope demonetization would push people more towards crypto-currencies as well :P
How to overcome resistance to change?
There are two main factors that help overcome the obstacles of change, especially the initial resistance to reject the change:
• The sense of imminent disaster or emergency in this area of business.
• The senior management's commitment to change for the better.
Methodology of change
The methodology of change required should be based on:
• The participation of workers in changing their workplaces and communities by creating a collective sense of the desire to change, exchange the necessary information, assess the participation of individuals and achieve the desired results.
• The use of a systematic approach to change depends on who knows who will be affected and who will benefit from the change because change will not happen in an isolated area, but we must seek to change in the interest of all and will happen only with the cooperation of all.
• Maintaining the successes achieved while continuing to improve continuously, which is the change for the best continuously
Thanks for the great feedback! This could be a great post on its own :) I think people would love it.
Thank you for this!
When Bitcoin was at $900 I sat around a large table with every one of my workmates. This is now the time to buy Bitcoin.... I said. I bought several and no one else bought any. They all remember though so now anytime I mention cryptocurrencies everyone's ears perk up.
I gotta say though, they're wise enough to pay attention now. Not everyone is willing to learn from the past.
Good on you btw!
people always have fear of changes!
True that
i would rather try to be early as i don't wanna miss :) great post buddy once again.
Me too :) Thanks btw!!
Great content and work once again.
Keep steemin' on!
Thank you @blazing, you too :)
a very interesting post to read and contemplated. changes and changes will surely happen in the future. we need to prepare ourselves to accept new things. thanks for sharing @the-alien
Oh you're right, change will always keep coming, it might be the few constants in life.
yes, I guess so I get a lot of knowledge from your post. a bright forward view of the shadows.
Change is constant in cycles and loops.
Get wiser, use knowledge, break out of the boot!
I like your perspective!
Haha I like the rhyme!
Thanks, have an amusing day!
very cool done!
Thanks man!
That video really was a great addition to the post completely awesome :)
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
changes and changes will surely happen in the future.its really interesting post
Thanks Magic Bot!
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wow , i saw first time this type of context , i really appreciated! coz its not an easy work!
Thank you! I appreciate it.
so welcome
Those who are not afraid of change, and moves progress. But most people will always be afraid of this new.
Yeah progress always is started by a few and it keeps growing :)
Nice post @the-alien ...Bless
Thank you!
very good post......
Thank you.
amazing post
Thank you! :)
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Its very nice to read all these nice post @the-alien
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
Good
thanks!
Great post, new here, first read :)
Oh welcome to steemit then! I hope you're enjoying the platform so far :)
People will never trust strangers in their homes they may be afraid of something to the stranger, or they think that the stranger can make them fall ,,
Haha!
My be.. Hehehe
Nice.
Thank you
I go to foreign cars. For example, taxi drivers are foreigners
Interesting...
Yes, yes
nice post
Thank you!
No one would ever will trust any stranger even if they didn't have any bad experiences it the psychology of mind nowadays
I guess you're right bad experience tend to cause mis-trust, but lucily platforms like AirBnb offer somehow re-fund mechanisms for people to be able to trust strangers with their keys.
Congratulations @the-alien!
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And I really love your post. Great!
Change means something new or modification of the old rules or systems or even regimes.
The change also facilitate the life makes it easier and quicker.
I noticed in the the last 5 years, the change affect the people more especially the poor countries the get affecte by the changes especially the social media it affects their life style.
Oh yeah, for some reason it's much more predominant in those areas latel
Early adoption is and innovation in like getting your foot in the door at a workplace, you're creating what doesn't exist/barely exists and you are rewarded with the job, maintaining your work and continuously providing support and improvements to the people using it.
Wise words!
Tnx fror the part 2 and that many more may follow :)
Thank you @zoef! I'm glad you like it :)
I sertanly do
hi, nice to read about you.
i am, sajedul ahmed, from bangladesh,am also new on steemit and welcome you to steemit.
i have followed you. so, can also follow me plz.and plz upvoted my post.
best of luck...
Change is inevitable because just within self we change everyday just like the world around us.. Mindfulness is not something that is practiced enough but thats why we have people like you and i to keep helping to shift our many reflections of life
Yeah that's true. It comes in many layer, inner changer, outer change...etc.
This is awesome !
Please check my last post and share your opinion
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