Today I read a blog titled "Are you really willing to change?"
It chastened those who responded to a previous blog in which the author emphatically stated that lockboxes should not be used and that the listing agent should always be present at showings in order to point out features to potential buyers and "sell" them the house.
A few of the commenters agreed with him, but the vast majority of the 200+ comments disagreed, some of them strongly. Some of them apparently attacked him personally, which is unfortunate and immature and out of place in this forum.
I disagreed with both posts. In the first one, he presented an idea which many people have come across in practice and found to be impractical and unproductive. In the second post, he poked fun at the people who disagreed with him and hinted that they were simply unwilling to change. Just because people had already come across his idea and rejected it, doesn't mean they are unwilling to embrace new ideas and adopt change.
We've all heard that people resist change - if it takes them out of their comfort zone. If they are already uncomfortable, however, they will probably welcome change if it seems to be an improvement on their current situation. For example, divorce is often a welcome change for couples who are unhappy together.
If the current situation is comfortable, however, that's when we don't want to change. If what we're doing works well, we don't want to go through the "pain and anguish" of learning a new way to accomplish a task we're already good at or removing something from our lives that we hold dear.
I think it's wise to keep an open mind to NEW ideas and assess whether it's worth the effort to adopt them. If they won't give us the right ROI (personal or financial) in the long run, why should we bother?
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