Changing Minds with Owen Fitzpatrick Rerun: How to Handle Change
Jul 21, 2025
Change can be daunting, but understanding its psychological underpinnings makes it manageable. Explore a five-step framework for developing 'change confidence' and learn why our brains resist shifts. Discover the importance of reframing change as part of your journey and the power of embracing discomfort. From practical strategies like negotiating resistance to adopting a growth identity, gain insights that empower you to thrive in an unpredictable world. Uncover how navigating change can catalyze personal and societal transformation.
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Adopt A Change-First Philosophy
- Change is inevitable and part of living, so adopt a philosophy that accepts and dances with it.
- Seeing life as a series of change-driven stories reframes disruptions as opportunities to grow.
Brains Prefer Efficiency Over Change
- Our brains prefer energy-saving automatic thinking (system one) and resist effortful change (system two).
- Change forces us into slow, costly thinking, which produces internal pushback and discomfort.
Uncertainty, Not Change, Drives Fear
- We don't fear change itself as much as we fear uncertainty about future outcomes.
- The brain is a prediction machine, and uncertainty triggers threat-focused attention and stress.
