Change WE Need: Let's move to Venus,eh?

collage by marguerita
“Most of us think that we can change our lives if we just summon the willpower and try even harder this time around,” said Alan Deutschman, the former executive director of Unboundary, a firm that counsels corporations on how to navigate change, and the author of “Change or Die,” a book that asserts that even though most people have the ability to change, they rarely do. “It’s exceptionally hard to make life changes,” Mr. Deutschman said, “and our efforts are usually doomed to failure when we try to do it on our own.”Time for a Change? Few of Us Ever Make Good on Resolutions - NYTimes.com

Note:Venus is the only planet in the Solar System named after a female figure,^[a