Check out Encountering Resistance to Change? Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing by Heather Stagl. Here is an excerpt:
The dictionary definition of Resistance is: Any force that slows down or prevents motion. Resistance is a scientific term that stems from Newton’s laws of motion. An object in motion stays in motion until subjected to an outside force. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction….
The full article is available here.