What Have You Learned Since We Last Met | Joseph Grenny

Joseph Grenny explores why so few of us are successful at changing habits that cause pain in our lives -- and how becoming a little more skillful at it can change our lives for good. Watch Joseph Grenny's twenty-minute BIG Idea Session from REACH where he discusses two important questions that have been on his mind the past year: 1) What enables some people to change while most of us just stay stuck? 2) Why is it so difficult to Master My Story? Joseph discusses how shame gets in the way of our ability to change our own behavior and remove the self-inflicted pain in our lives. Too often we believe our inability to change is due to a lack of nobility when the real problem is our lack of skill. In his speech, he shares the moving example of helping a woman and her daughter lift themselves out of poverty by changing their behavior. And when it comes to mastering our stories, Joseph has found that clever stories are so compelling because they come with two embedded lies: 1) I am true, and 2) I am permanent. Until we acknowledge that we believe our story to be true and that it feels permanent, we'll be powerless to escape our strong emotions about the other person. Watch, to see how Joseph found the grace to suspend and challenge a story about his wife.