What happened to my paradigms?

What happened to my paradigms?

Everyone has paradigms. What is a paradigm? A paradigm is a very clear pattern or typical example of something as per Longman English Dictionary. But here it is referred to a thought pattern to the things existing and happening around us.
Our paradigms are not still. They are changing from one pattern to anther. This happens when things are viewed one way, then new information comes in and the way things are viewed changes in response to the new information. For example, the discovery of that the world is round greatly changed the view of the world from the one when people thought it was flat. Same rules apply to the personal paradigm shift when new information obtained, such as a learning experience. Learning Project Management for past 10 weeks has greatly changed my paradigm of project management. Before taking the course, I thought information technology project management was the job of somebody else, who would organize a group of technical staff to finish an IT project. It was far away from my role in an organization. I thought it was a task of purely technical, mysterious and with a lot of difficulties. If I were asked to join a team, I would like to accept a certain duty, of which I would be capable, to focus on it, and to complete it. By this way, I would fulfill my role in a team. But now I have a quite different view of information technology project management. When I think of information technology project management, I would see a larger picture from the organization’s perspective; I would analyze and assess benefits and costs of the project; I would consider human resources and tools needed for the project; I would consider outsourcing and performing procurement; I would consider the cost budget and time frame of the project; and I would consider the overall quality of the project including meeting the requirements, user friendliness, integration and security issues. These changes are positive and beneficial to future career and personal life. I feel they have brought in quality and energy to me. So basically, I have switched my role in a team from a team member to a team leader (or at least I could see farther and wider). This is because my paradigm has shifted from one pattern to another.

I believe that learning, training, working, and interacting with environment in other ways are the sources of getting new information, which will trigger the paradigm shifts. On the other hand, human beings don’t like change. There is often a battle between “need to change” and "don’t like to change”. So we are the owners of the changes. If we believe that our paradigm shifts in positive way, we should let go of the old thought pattern and make it happen.

Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm
http://www.learntovisualize.com/Articles/How%20Change%20Occurs%20I.htm