Adam Grant, organizational psychologist, talks about Blockbuster and Blackberry, two massive companies that lacked expansive innovation and being able to evolve. Their philosophy being that what was working for them, during years of significant growth, would always work - aka the “Blockbuster Effect.” Growing evidence was provided to these companies that their model wasn’t sustainable. The future would bring movies steaming online and smart phones changing the way we live and communicate. Both companies chose not to change with the times and more or less resulted in their demise.

In comparison, our lives and relationships will provide signs and options for course corrections, as long we’re attentive and open to adjust to the early signs. We need people that we trust to give us feedback, help us with our blind spots, greet our vulnerabilities, encourage self-compassion, while guiding and encouraging us along the way to readjust the parts within, and in our environment, that we may be overlooking.