Quotes About Adaptability

Modularity permits the efficient discrimination of context.

Though I try to avoid generalising about gender, it is fair to say that men are less adaptable to disruptions in their work routines than women, and more liable to vent their anger politically. To anyone who doubts that, I have a flying car to sell you. Meanwhile, remind yourselves of the impact manufacturing job losses have had on Western politics. Way more than half of Trump's voters were male. The same applies to the Brexit electorate.

chose young smart people just out of university because they were not set in their ways from previous jobs. Better to teach a young athlete who comes fresh to his sport than to retrain one who has learned bad form.

Our dependence on culture means that our minds need to be open to others, so that we can learn from them.

Photography suits the temper of this age—of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.

For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear -- when you are the hammer, strike.

For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike: When you are the anvil, bear-When you are the hammer, strike.

In a world where Murphy's Law reigned, be prepared for all contingencies at all times.

a world where Murphy's Law reigned, be prepared for all contingencies at all times.

Isen wasn't a two birds with one stone kind of guy. More like one stone, two birds, a rabbit, a fox, and maybe that deer will trip over the fox and we can get him, too.

Don't try to control the future," he would say. "Work on the one thing you can learn to control: your own responses.

The most effective and resilient organizations are those that have created cultures in which continuous learning is a foundational element of their mission and guiding principles.

when I am too withdrawn, I would like to stay home for the rest of my life. But it is self-destructive. So I go out to meet the rest of the world, then come back to incorporate them. Creative people need time without people. But they can't go too long. When you retreat, you lose your sense of reality, your adaptability.

It means you are aware of subtleties in your surroundings, a great advantage in many situations. It also means you are more easily overwhelmed when you have been out in a highly stimulating environment for too long, bombarded by sights and sounds until you are exhausted in a nervous-system sort of way.

Meanwhile, your body was learning not to respond as if threatened by each new experience. And in the absence of a response, the body did not experience distressing, long-term arousal. You found that your body was a friend to trust. At the same time, you were learning that you had a special body, a sensitive nervous system. But you could handle things by learning when to push yourself a little, when to take your time, when to back off entirely, when to rest and try later.

Introverts] are also more flexible in a sense, in that sometimes they must do what extraverts do all the time, meet strangers and go to parties. But some extraverted people can avoid being introverted, turning inward, for years at a time.

without people. But they can't go too long. When you retreat, you lose your sense of reality, your adaptability. Getting older can also take you out of touch with reality, cause you to lose your flexibility. You need to stay out there more as you age. But as you age, grace develops, too. Your basic traits become stronger, especially if you develop all of yourself, not just your sensitivity.

Aptitud suple antigüedad.

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

If we can keep that flexibility of mind, that hospitality toward new ideas, we will be able to welcome the new flow of thought from wherever it comes, not resisting it; weighing and evaluating and exploring the strange new concepts that confront us at every turn. We cannot shut the windows and pull down the shades; we cannot say, "I have learned all I need to know; my opinions are fixed on everything. I refuse to change or to consider these new things." Not today. Not any more.

None of us can afford to stop learning or to check our curiosity about new things, or to lose our humility in the face of new situations.

Travelling, one accepts everything; indignation stays at home. One looks, one listens, one is roused to enthusiasm by the most dreadful things because they are new. Good travellers are heartless.

The defining factor [for success] is never resources; it's resourcefulness.

Management problems are not respecters of the company organization, nor of the talents of the people appointed to solve them.