Quotes About Adaptability

I always try to leave room for improvisation and responsive musicianship. That's what makes the music feel alive every night and makes playing fun every time. You're not just doing the same thing you performed the night before, even if it's the same song.

A great pilot can sail even when his canvas is rent.

Whatsoever thing confronted her, whatsoever problem encountered her, whatsoever manners became her in novel situations, she understood in a moment. She solved the problem, she assumed the manners, she spoke and acted as the need of the moment required." Andrew Lang, "The Maid of France."

we have made work disagreeable because we have allowed conditions to obtain which force us to continue to work after we are tired, or at something for which we have no taste, take no interest in and have no adaptability for. For this reason we lose pleasure in work and it becomes irksome to us;

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo - far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

Be history, instead of just watching it happen from the sidelines.  Try something new, even if it scares you to death.  Learn because you love to learn, not because you're being tested.  Don't whine – there is always someone who's having a worse day than you are.  Be honest with yourself, and you'll never have anything to hide.   

I think half the battle is figuring out what works for you

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness,' he wrote. 'Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.

In functional families the roles are chosen and are flexible. The members have the choice of giving up the roles. In dysfunctional families the roles are rigid.

I agree with John Holt that the true test of intelligence is not what you know or can regurgitate from memory on an exam. It's not what you know how to do, but "what you do when you don't know what to do." Harold Gardner has convincingly shown that we have eight or nine different kinds of intelligence. Unfortunately we only measure literacy and mathematical intelligence for our IQ.

Great leaders always seem to embody two seemingly disparate qualities. They are both highly visionary and highly practical.

As Thomas Jefferson proclaimed, "In matters of fashion, swim with the current. In matters of conscience, stand like a rock.

Henry Ford, who said, "Don't find a fault; find a remedy.

H. Nelson Jackson said, "I do not believe you can do today's job with yesterday's methods and be in business tomorrow.

Leaders who leadershift must be like water. They have to be fluid. Water finds a way, then makes a way.

God, when I am wrong, make me willing to change. When I am right, make me easy to live with. So strengthen me that the power of my example will far exceed the authority of my rank.

Learn to be flexible. Thomas Jefferson once said, "In matters of principle, stand like a rock. In matters of taste, swim with the current.

make the most of the difficult situation of working for a bad boss, learn to think like a leader yourself. Think people, think progress, and think intangibles.

Successful leaders help their people find their right seats. Sometimes that requires moving people around to find where they make the greatest contribution. Sometimes it means trying and failing. As a leader, you have to take it all in stride. Positioning people correctly is a process, and you have to treat it that way.

Leaders recognize the abilities in people and work fluidly with them. They are able to mentor people with different talents, temperaments, and styles. While average leaders try to lead everyone the same way, level 4 leaders lead everyone differently. That takes creativity and confidence.

Contrary to popular belief, I consider failure a necessity in business. If you're not failing at least five times a day, you're probably not doing enough. The more you do, the more you fail. The more you fail, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get. The operative word here is learn. If you repeat the same mistake two or three times, you are not learning from it. You must learn from your own mistakes and from the mistakes of others before you.4

As you communicate with people—whether individuals or groups—ask yourself these questions: Who is my audience? What are their questions? What needs to be accomplished? And how much time do I have? If you want to become a better communicator, become audience oriented.