embrace change

Accept the new

To embrace change is to accept or welcome new circumstances rather than resist them.

The phrase appears constantly in corporate and self-help contexts, often as an imperative: We need to embrace change if we want to stay competitive.

It implies that change is inevitable and that adapting to it is both healthy and strategic.

Related

grow · flexibility · openness · open mind · pivot · shift · welcome · acceptance · comfort zone · step outside · renewal · risk · leap · courage · turning point · metamorphosis · reinvent · flow

Categories
Opposites
orientation toward stability vs. novelty

embrace changedig in one's heels

Refuse to change position

hold fast · stay the course · stand pat · conserve · stay put

psychological flexibility

embrace changebury one's head in the sand

Avoid acknowledging uncomfortable truths

innovation orientation

embrace changetraditionalism

Adherence to inherited customs

conservatism · backward-looking · regressive · stagnation · ossification

Family

embrace, change, embraced, embracing, embraces, embraceable, changed, changing, changes

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G