Highfill Performance Group

“We’ve always had things this way, and sometimes change is NOT good!” As those words rang through the sanctuary on that called business meeting following the Sunday service, you would have thought we were getting ready to tear down the steeple at the church. Instead, we were discussing changing the hymnals since most of them [...]

Watching Glee‘s holiday special on televison last night (I’m a moderate Gleek), I was surprised by the emotion a certain song evoked in me. When the group sang Welcome Christmas from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. My eyes welled with tears, and I remember the courage of Whoville and those who sang with cheer even though they’d [...]

Change requires a powerful beginning and a clear destination. Trying to control what will happen in the middle could make change a no go.

How perfectionism is the enemy of change, causing us to delay when change is most needed.

Why it’s important to move forward through inevitable change, even if it’s unfair.

Ambiguity is the enemy of change. Want forward movement? Provide clear steps.

To those of you who have been following our change journey together, we’ve spent the last three weeks following three signposts: 1. No Complaining 2. No Excuses 3. No Fear Why are we talking about this change trifecta? Because, as Scott Peck said in the first line of The Road Less Traveled, “Life is difficult.” [...]