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\"AThe song\u00a0Turn! Turn! Turn!”(To Everything There Is a Season)<\/em>\u00a0echoes as the weather warms up, Spring\u2019s delicate buds open and a new season is upon us. The tune was written by Pete Seeger in the 1950’s and\u00a0first recorded in 1959<\/a>. The lyrics are based on the first eight verses of the third chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible.<\/p>\n

The song only became an international success six years after it was composed, in late 1965, and somehow that\u2019s a fitting message for our theme this month, \u201cA time to every purpose\u201d.<\/strong>\u00a0Often what we want to happen quickly takes time and a certain amount of faith!<\/p>\n

When considering everything under the sun is affected by the different seasons we realise how integral change is to life. Yet so often we cling to the same old way of doing things, which will not propel us forward. As Albert Einstein said, \u201cInsanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"A\u201cIt\u2019s only after you\u2019ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.\u201d Roy T. Bennett<\/strong><\/p>\n

Becoming comfortable with change, making friends with it, will help when external changes impact on business. It\u2019s how ready we are to respond to change which will determine our future.<\/p>\n

External factors such as the economy, technology, politics, urbanization, education, cultural changes and new generations entering into the workplace affect all businesses – from corporate to small business to entrepreneur.<\/p>\n

\u201dA time to plant, a time to reap.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Knowing we\u2019re always in the \u201cseason of change\u201d prompts the question, is it a time to plant or a time to reap? Is your business in a nurturing or radical change phase? These are some of the questions we ask our clients:<\/p>\n