"Done to me" Vs "Done by me"

Not everyone sees Change as bad. People see Change as good or bad depending on whether they or someone else initiates it.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter (Harvard Business School professor and author of SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good) observes that Change is "always a threat when done to me, but it is an opportunity when done by me."

In her HBR Voices article, Rosabeth continues "Many people hate change because it is inflicted on them; someone else is making them do it. On the other hand, people change all the time and love it, because they go after something they want - a new venture, a new book, a new spouse, a new baby, a new home, a new career step. In fact, when change is someone's chance to act on personal goals, it is not even called change. It is just my project."

Do you think this simple observation is a helpful tool for Change leaders?