“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” – General Eric Shinseki – Former U.S. Army Chief of Staff
“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.”– General Eric Shinseki1,2,3,4,5
General Eric K. Shinseki served as the 34th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from 1999 to 2003 and later as Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 2009 to 2014. He was the first Asian-American four-star general.4
This quote emphasizes the importance of embracing change in **leadership** to avoid becoming irrelevant, a theme Shinseki applied during his efforts to modernize Army technology despite resistance.3
The quote appears with slight variations across sources, such as “you’ll like irrelevance even less”1,2,5 or “you’re going to dislike irrelevance even more,”4 first documented in a 2001 National Review Online article.4
References
1. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8074749-if-you-don-t-like-change-you-ll-like-irrelevance-even-less
3. https://www.insidearm.com/news/00045509-if-you-dont-change-youre-going-irrelevanc/
4. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eric_Shinseki
5. https://quozio.com/quote/7315ee76
