Quotes About Adaptability

It's a good thing I work well under pressure.

Es la logica Adrian Ivashkov. No trates de entenderla, solo rueda con ella.

No point stressing over what hasn't happened. Just work on what you can control now.

I]t would have been impossible to predict or plan how to develop TerraCycle so that it would make it to the place it stands today. The trick was to be ever vigilant in seeking opportunities and to be ready to jump on them if they felt right inside and consistent with our core mission, even before they could be well thought out.

small initial investments to explore opportunities, following up later with more substantial investments as the opportunity warrants. They are also willing to abandon a particular initiative if it doesn't appear to be developing effectively. Overall, the firms tended to move earlier than competitors into spaces that appeared attractive

access to assets, rather than ownership, provides flexibility and scalability without having to commit to a particular path

The temporary or "disposable" organizational form is all around us, and it fits well with strategies of rapid prototyping, quickly capitalizing on opportunities, and being willing to exit fast.

We hire for learnability—we deliberately select people for their capacity to learn new things.

innovators and experimenters who are comfortable with ambiguity and prepared to learn.

Prediction and being "right" will be less important than reacting quickly and taking corrective action.

I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I?

A man does not rise to become the Queen's butler unless he is gifted with extraordinary ingenuity, adaptability, versatility, dexterity, cunning, sophistication, sagacity, discretion, and a host of other talents than neither you nor I possess. Mr Tibbs had them all.

Because sometimes you need a biologist, and sometimes you need a poet. Sometimes you need a scientist, and sometimes you need a song.

Laugh at yourself. It's the single most important aspect of surviving this crazy business. And that's from the man that gave Cap[tain America] boobs.

Specialization is for insects

Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what you have instead of panicking and being shot in the tail. People who fight this way win more battles than do intentional heroes; a glory hound often throws away the lives of his mates as well as his own.

That's the beauty about this business. You don't have to know anything; you just have to know where to find out.

Don't anybody mention ice skating; Grandmaw is too old and frail and it wouldn't be polite. Hilda, you suggest dominoes and we'll all chime in—Grandmaw likes dominoes. We'll go skating some other time. Okay, kids?" Jubal

Never try to outstubborn a cat

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." ? Robert A. Heinlein, writing as Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love

Women are more rugged than men; they have to be.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

The absolutist One True Faith came out of the Dark Ages and should get sent back there. We live with varying perspectives, especially if we have to deal with people of varying cultures.

He winced at the realization, then took a deep breath. This was no time to be self-conscious or self-critical. One had to be prctical. Very practical, very careful, very calm.