To change or to transform?

As well as running training courses for TFPL, Ruth Sanderson [pictured below] runs her own business called Blue Pea Pod (great name!) specialising in change, cultural capital and branding.  Here, Ruth writes about how transformation differs from change:

Change is doing something a [slightly] different way.  Sleeping on the other side of the bed or getting dressed in a different order are simple examples of change.  The end result is still the same - you have slept or you are dressed.  Transformation is when there is a major shift - like a caterpillar waking up as a butterfly! 

When you set a goal the courageous question to ask yourself is 'given everything I am right now, can I achieve this goal?'.  And in some instances the answer will be no.  If you still choose to achieve your goal you will begin the journey of transformation.  This journey can take months, it can take years, and because it's transformation you are undertaking, it will have moments of pain and vulnerability.  As you keep moving through and towards your goal, you realise that it is this process of transformation that is teaching you the resources which will enable you to reach your goal.  There is no by-pass or quick fix.  It just helps if you're clear beforehand whether you are embarking on change or transformation.

On further discussion here with my colleagues, we decided that Faking It is almost always about real transformation while What Not to Wear is usually about change (although sometimes about transformation too!).