Summary: Set in Our Ways: Why Change is So Hard
What conditions allow and motivate us to embrace change and what makes us resistant to it? Are some people more open to change than
others? According to the research in Nikolas Westerhoff’s article, “Set in Our Ways: Why Change is so Hard,” published in the December
2008 issue of Scientific American, there are several factors that affect our relationship to change. However, How we relate to change helps
determine our health and well-being.
In brief, this article talks about the obstacles to change and how it relates to age and different personalities. Some people react to the world in a certain way because that's the way they always have making their lives no longer healthy and adptive. For that to be able to able to change it is important to identify the obstacles that prevent …show more content…
Westerhoff states that we become less
receptive to change as we age. After thirty, stability becomes more important, especially as people get married, pursue a career, and start
families. Also, He argues that though people may seek change or something new as they grow older and they actually become more reluctant
to invite change into their lives.
Overall, This article brought up some points that really made me think about how much I accept change and how the people I know accept
change. I tend to agree with what the article says about how young adults seem to seek adventure while older people who have settled down
have done exactly that - settled down. But I, personally, think that sometimes it's hard for people to change, because they associate what they
do with who they are. That's what people expect of them because "that's who they are". But I think we can encourage each other to help people
achieve their goals. It's easier for anyone to take one step at a time when someone is beside him, cheering him
What conditions allow and motivate us to embrace change and what makes us resistant to it? Are some people more open to change than
others? According to the research in Nikolas Westerhoff’s article, “Set in Our Ways: Why Change is so Hard,” published in the December
2008 issue of Scientific American, there are several factors that affect our relationship to change. However, How we relate to change helps
determine our health and well-being.
In brief, this article talks about the obstacles to change and how it relates to age and different personalities. Some people react to the world in a certain way because that's the way they always have making their lives no longer healthy and adptive. For that to be able to able to change it is important to identify the obstacles that prevent …show more content…
Westerhoff states that we become less
receptive to change as we age. After thirty, stability becomes more important, especially as people get married, pursue a career, and start
families. Also, He argues that though people may seek change or something new as they grow older and they actually become more reluctant
to invite change into their lives.
Overall, This article brought up some points that really made me think about how much I accept change and how the people I know accept
change. I tend to agree with what the article says about how young adults seem to seek adventure while older people who have settled down
have done exactly that - settled down. But I, personally, think that sometimes it's hard for people to change, because they associate what they
do with who they are. That's what people expect of them because "that's who they are". But I think we can encourage each other to help people
achieve their goals. It's easier for anyone to take one step at a time when someone is beside him, cheering him