The leopard changed his spots! Can it be? How can it be? What does this mean?

In terms of human nature, this saying is about someone’s ability to change their nature or repetitive behaviour. “Well, a leopard can’t change his spots.” They say this as though this obvious truth about an animal’s skin has any relevance to human behaviour, and you know what? We will agree with the sentiment, and there you go. With our agreement, another one of these false and irrelevant beliefs are propagated. For the want of a clear mind and reasoned focus, the ship was lost.

Yes. You can change, but will you? Usually not, unless it’s that slow and gradual decline into a kind of entropy of the person or the mind. What about skills acquisition? Is that change? Yes, it is. The sum of the skills is the new measure of the man or woman. What about changing habits? Yes. One can change habits. A business can change direction. A person can change careers, and change is all around us—free for the taking. Grab a hold of some change and internalize it. Make change your game. Become all that you can become and shed everything that defines you in any way that is not to your advantage.

Whiners can’t change, but winners are always changing. So are you a whiner or a winner? No need to answer. We can tell just by observing you from day to day. You have been betrayed by your behaviour. We know through observation which you are.

I say you are warriors, and have winning minds. You will change. You will embrace change. You will change the status quo, and enjoy the surprising results.