After living with their dysfunctional behavior for so many years (a sunk cost if ever there was one), people become invested in defending their dysfunctions rather than changing them.

Quote by Marshall Goldsmith

Topics: People Change Quotes

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...

All is connected...no one thing can change by itself.

All is connected...no one thing can change by itself.

When youre finished changing, youre finished.

When youre finished changing, youre finished.

Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization...

Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization...

Your success in life isn't based on your ability to simply change. It is based...

Your success in life isn't based on your ability to simply change. It is based...

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

I'll go anywhere as long as it's forward.

I'll go anywhere as long as it's forward.

Life doesn't change but people do, so learn to accept that not everybody is who...

Life doesn't change but people do, so learn to accept that not everybody is who...

I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any...

I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any...

Sometimes you just outgrow people. Don't try to fix or repair, just accept it and...

Sometimes you just outgrow people. Don't try to fix or repair, just accept it and...

They say people come and go. But the truth is, no one really disappears from...

They say people come and go. But the truth is, no one really disappears from...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed...

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who...

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who...

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.