By Robin sharma

The Wisdom of Disturbance
Tue June 09, 2009
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Natural disturbances like fire, wind, insects and disease occur in forests. And they happen for a powerful reason: by showing up, these disruptions create areas of dead trees - making room for a new forest to grow. Business and life follows similar natural processes.In business, disruption - and sometimes outright chaos - shows up. We call it bad but actually it's good. Old ways of doing and being need to die before new and better ways can be installed. The very nature of innovation and advancement calls for this kind of a clearing out process. Yes, it's confusing and often painful. But progress can't happen without it. It just can't. We're seeing this phenomenon happening right now as outdated/sedated institutions crumble. Space is being made for better ones to grow.And within our personal life, from time to time, various disturbances (sometimes small - once in a while really big) appear. Again, we fight them. We label them as bad. But may I suggest that they are ultimately good. Very good. Because they cause our evolution. They make us bigger. Stronger. And they introduce us to dormant powers we didn't know we had. Like the forest, the curveballs of life clear out the old to make way for the new. And better.Nature's a great teacher. And just as it runs under a series of immutable laws, so does business. Along with life.