Merry-go-round

It’s always been done this way.  These six words make me cringe when someone uses them as an excuse.  They are usually in reference to something the other person does not want to do differently and has no valid reason why they won’t accept new ideas on the subject.  I hear these words often at work.  My next question is always the same…why is it done this way?  What reasons can you give me that make this way better than any other ideas out there.  If someone tells me I have to do something a certain way, as long as they can prove their point, I will admit that their point has merit.

Some people might call it being stubborn, but I don’t look at it that way.  Albert Einstein said “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”  I don’t like to put a band-aid on a wound that needs stitches.  It seems pointless to me.  Let’s take a deeper look at what’s wrong, and fix it.  I like to mark things off of my “to-do” list.  I don’t want to see the same set of problems come back around over and over again like they are on a merry-go-round.  It’s time to get off and take a look around.  I just wish I knew why some people are so afraid to get off the ride.

My hope for the next work year is that new ideas are looked at with fresh eyes and I don’t hear the same thing I always hear.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

~Albert Einstein

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