Resilience in the Face of Change our wishes, needs, obligations, goals, and responsibilities. Such frustrations may result in losses, failures, and humiliations that seem too painful for us to accept. To manage the perceived threat, you can deny stressful changes exist and thereby avoid them. But, you then risk losing valuable opportunities to utilize your brain's resources to learn and grow. To be resilient, you need to hold your fears of change at bay and capitalize on the opportunities that come with change. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOUR LIFE NEVER CHANGED? Similar to the evolution of the computer, the remarkable human brain evolved and grew in its ability to manage complex living requirements. The brain needs to function along its evolutionary design, namely, as a processor of new information. If workplace disruption and unpredictability overwhelm you, you may prefer no change. Imagine your life without changes. Everything is predictable and nothing ever varies. This may sound great, but upon close inspection, a life with no change can be empty. Day after day, month after month, nothing changes, noth- ing new happens, everything is the same. Over time, the bliss of a predictable, unchanging routine gives way to boredom and empti- ness. And, before long, you may look toward self-destructive activ- ities, such as drug or alcohol abuse, just to shake up things. If this happens, you forgo many chances to advance your life in satisfy- ing, purposeful, and meaningful ways. Novel, changing stimuli make best use of the brain's resources that otherwise lie dormant. You can sink into boredom, apathy, meaninglessness, depression, and incapability with insufficient sensory input. The saying ``use it or lose it'' applies here. 11