I grew up during a country's transformation.

In the 1990s, Hungary was rebuilding itself from the ground up. A political system collapsed. Economic rules were rewritten overnight.

The world my parents had learned to navigate simply stopped existing.

I remember one summer, our attic was full of pumpkins. My parents had taken on harvest work on top of their day jobs just to make ends meet.

No complaints. No waiting for things to go back to normal. Just: what do we do next?

I watched that as a kid and something stayed with me forever.

Some people froze. They waited for the old rules to come back.

The difference was never intelligence or talent. It was the willingness to let go of what used to work and figure out what comes next.

That is exactly what I see when I work with people going through change. The ones who struggle are holding on the longest to what no longer fits.

Most consultants study change. I grew up in it.

PS: Picture from Budapest from yesterday. A country, that has decided to move on and has chosen its next chapter once again. 🇭🇺 🙏

Change never really stops, does it?