Kaizen Approach
Kaizen is Japanese for change (Kai) towards good (Zen). Kaizen is all about bypassing the fight or flight response when moving toward change. Robert Maurer, Ph.D., in his awesome book, One Small Step Can Change Your Life (Workman Publishing 2004) says the way to do this is a simple 5 step approach:
- Ask small questions
- Think small thoughts
- Take small actions
- Solve small problems
- Bestow small rewards
Certainly I’d heard of ‘fight or flight’ before but had not appreciated how this mindset is a fairly normal reaction everyone feels at some point to greater or lesser extents.
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