Sometimes The Biggest #Reinvention That Needs To Take Place Is That Which Deals With Us #Newness #NewLife #LifeCycle

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In a sense, almost everything has a life cycle.  Everett Rogers' Technology Adoption Life Cycle depicts the stages as a new product grows and declines in popularity before another new product displaces it. It is the up and the down and the start and the end of a cycle we call life.  Looking at this process and analyzing it closely is certainly nothing new to books and blogs.  Many have written about the life cycles of products, cultures, individuals, and organizations.  I want to focus on the last item in my list.

Where is your organization in its life cycle?  If you feel like you are climbing uphill, having to generate a lot of creativity, often ending each day with more questions than answers, but excited to forge ahead toward a brighter tomorrow, you are probably in the early phase, still headed upward.  On the other hand, if you feel like you are coasting downhill, preserving instead of inventing, relying on yesterday's solutions, and not that sure that tomorrow is going to be that great, you are dealing with a decline.

It is easy and takes little effort to slide down the backside of the life cycle curve as the organization slowly ebbs away.  In some cases the process might be long enough to allow you to cash in your chips before the ship completely sinks.  But perhaps a better way to look at those days of ease and coasting is to see them as a loud and clear alert signal calling for reinvention and rebirth.

You see, the problems to solve, adversity to overcome, and walls to scale are actually good signs.  It is when things begin to seem too easy that an inner warning should prompt you that it is time to reinvent.  So, where is your organization?  Is it the season to start something new?  Is it a new product, a new system, a new idea, a new market, a new location, a new service, or ... is it a new you?

Sometimes the biggest reinvention that needs to take place is that which deals with us. Maybe this is your day to get out of the rut that you have been in and start anew.  If you are reading this then it's not too late.  A new you takes quite a bit of effort and you must be ready for a climb.  But a new you just might begin to restore you to that place of purpose and fulfillment that you thought was only a distant memory.  And a new you can give you more than a productive company or a growing organization, because a new you creates a brand new, beautiful, powerful, meaningful, and vibrant life![2]

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[1]  The image depicts Everett Rogers' Technology Adoption Lifecycle.  The image is being used through the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license which can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode.  The image was not changed in any way.

[2]  I am a follower of Christ and when I started a relationship with God, my life was made completely new.  If you would like to find out about the promise of eternal life through a relationship with Jesus Christ, you can go to this non-denominational site (http://www.allaboutgod.com/plan-of-salvation.htm) or email me at ekschroeter1@gmail.com.