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OLYMPIANS’ PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHANGE

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In his book Rules of Thumb, Alan Webber writes that change is a math formula. Change happens when the cost of the status quo is greater than the risk of change: C(SQ)>R(C) This is valid both at a personal level and at a professional level. And of course at an individual level as well as at an organizational level. At a more persona level Anais Nin says the same: And the day came when the risk it took to remain in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom . Another rule which is essential in this respect: I cannot change other people or the past. I can only change myself. Now lets see how these rules of changes have worked out in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Here in The Netherlands the whole country was depressed by the disqualification of Sven Kramer at the 10 km speed skating. His coach publicly admitted that he had made3 a mistake and that he had sent Sven to the wrong lane. That is a professional reaction and he showed to be very vulnerable as we