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What does it mean?
Improvement requires change; without change, things cannot get better.
In plain terms
You can't improve without making changes.
What can you take from it?
Change is necessary for progress.

Where it applies

  • organizational reform
  • personal development

Putting it to work

  • initiate change
  • evaluate stagnation

Questions to consider

  • What needs to change?
  • What if change makes it worse?

Another view

Change does not guarantee improvement.

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