I have seen great changes--not necessarily good ones, tho de-segregation was far more good than bad--that began, apparently abruptly, just when it seemed that change was impossible; when that which could not possibly ever happen--but many passionately desired--suddenly began to happen.
If you do not want merely to be secure & comfortable, no matter what is happening to your neighbors in the world, or which of your precious potentials you must surrender; if you do not want merely to be a prominent person doing what someone else would do if you did not do it--& maintaining & extending the status quo, while taking bows: then it takes longer to become who you must be, & to do what you must do.
I can heartily recommend reading Chaet. You'll find him on-line at:
http://www.geocities.com/eric_chaet/
or at amazon.com or trace him through your local bookstore:
People I met Hitch-hiking on USA Highways
Eric Chaet, 2001
Turnaround Artist Productions
De Pere, Wisconsin
ISBN: 0-9706965-0-7
He reminds me uncannily of Irving Thomas, and I might suggest Malcom Gladwell's The Tipping Point (2000, Abacus, London) as an enlightening follow up (will Chaet prove to be a tipping salesman?).
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