“Change is the one constant in our lives.” – Dan Gilbert
Psychologist Dan Gilbert explained in his TED Talk how we are forever changing, but we tend to think we aren’t. We underestimate the amount of change we think will happen to us in the future. He performed a study that showed people later in their lives found that they observed much more change in their lives than they originally thought ten years prior. They also realized that change wasn’t necessarily wasn’t as big of a thing as they thought it would be when they were younger.
When asked how much they would pay to see their favorite musician in ten years, on average they said one hundred and twenty-nine dollars, but when asked how much they would pay to see their favorite musician from ten years ago, on average they said about eighty-dollars. As you can see your views and ideas for the future aren’t going to be stationary as it turns out.
We have the ability to have a say in how our future is going to turn out. There is absolutely no way to prevent the change from occurring, so we just have to make the best of each and every situation we find ourselves in. If it is one that isn’t desirable, change it or live with it but make it better than it is at the moment. You can’t just sit back and complain about something without trying to do anything to fix it. There is only one person with the ability to change your life and future and that is you.
It is better to just accept the change, because it is forever and there is absolutely nothing to stop it. Personally, I would rather take control and make the most of the situation, than just let everything happen and sit back and do nothing when life throws the worst at us. It is our life, so lets have a say in some of it.
Gilbert is saying that the change we experience everyday is always going to be there. We underpredict the amount we of it we will experience as his studies show. My advise would be to make the most of everything that crosses your path and if you don’t like it, do something about it.
Here is a link to Psychologist Dan Gilbert’s TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_you_are_always_changing
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