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Who is The System?
“I’d like to see consumers have more control over their
lives, but The System keeps all of us in line.”
“We try to truly listen to our consumers, but The System
won’t let us spend the time.”
We came into this profession to do
good for people, but we have to deal with The System."
Who Owns It?
Is it Government, requiring a form for every
move you make?
Is it a Lawyer, waiting in the wings to
sue you for giving people the freedom to fail?
Is it
Policy, the rules of the organization where you work?
Is
it Funding Sources, requiring that you do things their way?
Is it Insurance, the way it won’t pay for This and will pay for That?
The System is all of these plus one more very important thing:
The System is the way things have always been done.
The System
is our own perfectly normal human resistance to change.
“We tried
that once and it didn’t work.”
The System is us!
How can we change it?
We can make a small start by asking
ourselves three sensible questions, heart to heart:
- What is it? What is it specifically, that keeps me from doing
what I know is right?
- Who will suffer if I do it?
- Who will suffer if I don’t?
- Then do it, or not.
It sounds simple.
Maybe it is.
from the MOUTH magazine, Free Hand PressInc. 61 Brighton St. Rochester,NY 146077-2666
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