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Last fall, a friend of mine was wearing a custom colored rubber bracelet.

His was purple.

I knew what most of the colors stood for, but had never encountered a purple one before.

He told me, "It's a reminder to stop complaining. Every time I complain I move it to the other wrist. The goal is to keep it on the same wrist for 21 straight days. After that, I should be able to live pretty much complaint free."

Now, I've known this guy for over a decade. He has elevated complaining from a pastime to a serious craft. So I laughed it off and said, "Good luck! You're going to need it."

Twenty-one days without complaining?

I couldn't go 21 seconds. And why would you want to? What would there be to talk about? I just didn't get it.

And that's when I got it.

All transformation, whether personal or organizational, goes through the same three phases:

First you "get it," then you "do it," and then you finally "live it."

In complaining about not complaining, I sounded like many of the people I run into everyday they just can't get accustomed to a new idea or a big change.

They don't get it.

And if they don't get it they certainly won't do it, much less live it.

Management guru Tom Peters says that all significant change begins with mindset. And Albert Einstein said that the significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that created them. Both men point to the need to elevate our consciousness. That is, before any transformation is possible, we must engage the mind in a new perspective.

And rubber bracelets do just that.

It seems that every day I find another reason why people continue to wear rubber bracelets.