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The Kaizen Wayby Robert Maurer |
“All changes, even positive ones, are scary. Attempts to reach goals through radical or revolutionary means often fail because they heighten fear. But the small steps of kaizen disarm the brain’s fear response, stimulating rational thought and creative play.”ROBERT MAURER |
BIG IDEA
Kaizen Versus Innovation
FROM THE BOOK“Kaizen and innovation are the two major strategies people use to create change.
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Where innovation demands shocking and radical reform, all kaizen asks is that you take small, comfortable steps toward improvement.” |
Brian's Notes
Kaizen.
You’ve probably heard about it by this point.
It’s awesome.
Here’s how Marci Shimoff puts it in her great book, Happy for No Reason (see Notes): “To make the quickest progress, you don’t have to take huge leaps. You just have to take baby steps—and keep on taking them. In Japan, they call this approach kaizen, which literally translates as ‘continual improvement.’ Using kaizen, great and lasting success is achieved through small, consistent steps. It turns out that slow and steady is the best way to overcome your resistance to change.”
Small, incremental change.
Continual improvement.
That’s where it’s at! :)
Big Ideas
01: KAIZEN VS. INNOVATION
02: TIPTOE PAST YOUR FEAR
03: SHHHH...
04: START SMALL
05: WHAT ONE SMALL STEP
“As one client often said to me, “The steps were so small I couldn’t fail!””ROBERT MAURER |
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