Quotes About Adaptability

Zhuangzi said, "Affirming some things as right and negating others as wrong are what I call the characteristic inclinations. What I call being free of them means not allowing likes and dislikes to damage you internally, instead making it your constant practice to follow along with the way each thing is of itself, going by (5:23) whatever it affirms as right, without trying to add anything to the process of life.

All things have different uses. Fine horses can travel a hundred miles a day, But they cannot catch mice Like terriers or weasels: All creatures have gifts of their own. The white horned owl can catch fleas at midnight And distinguish the tip of a hair, But in bright day it stares, helpless, And cannot even see a mountain. All things have varying capacities.

Be firm on principle but flexible on method.

A leader is firm enough to be responsive to changes.

To be knowledgeable, learn new things every day; to be wise, unlearn things that you learn with wit and love.

Do not get angry, stubborn, and imperious. Get curious.

In Visa, we tried to create an invisible organization and keep it that way. It's the results, not the structure or management that should be apparent

no tenemos una «configuración inflexible». Nuestro cerebro es increíblemente adaptable; el maravilloso proceso de la neuroplasticidad te da la capacidad, gracias a tus pensamientos, sentimientos y acciones, de desarrollarte en cualquier dirección que elijas.

Puedes calcular la adaptabilidad de una persona observando su capacidad para dejarlo pasar, ser flexible y tomárselo con calma cuando se enfrenta a dificultades. Del mismo modo, puedes saber que las personas se adaptan mal cuando el predominio de las viejas costumbres y el condicionamiento las mantienen estancadas.

Los estudios sobre la gente que ha conseguido mantener un buen estado de salud a los cien años indican que su mayor secreto es la capacidad de amoldarse. Los centenarios han sufrido los mismos reveses y decepciones que todo el mundo, pero parecen tener más facilidad para recuperarse y quitarse de encima las cargas del pasado.

When you become defensive, blame others, and do not accept and surrender to the moment, your life meets resistance. Any time you encounter resistance, recognize that if you force the situation, the resistance will only increase. You don't want to stand rigid like a tall oak that cracks and collapses in the storm. Instead, you want to be flexible, like a reed that bends with the storm and survives.

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.

Yellow cat, black cat, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat.

And I also trust that there's more than one way to do something.

Adaptability is the top secret of survival. As per Charles Darwin, neither the fittest nor the smartest but only the most adaptable species wins at the end. So do your best to be most adaptable, in your personal life as much as in professional relationships. That's the secret to survival and success!

l'adaptabilité est le secret de la survie. Selon Charles Darwin, ni le plus fort ni le plus intelligent mais seulement les espèces les plus adaptables gagne à la fin. Alors faites de votre mieux pour être le plus adaptable, dans votre vie personnelle autant que dans les relations professionnelles. Qui est le secret de la survie et de succès!

Make the most of everything that's available, especially during the challenging times. If life throws lemons at you, make sweet lemonade. Lay down a solid foundation with bricks that your enemies throw at you. And most importantly, make the most of yourself, because that's all there is for you right now.

The differentiating attitude of Winners is their exceptional ability to look at any situation and come up with novel ways to make it better, using their expert touch and value add innovation. While the losers live in their past glory, the winners move on with life - perfectly in sync with present, and always striving to create better future. Winners are those visionaries, in my view, who never quit.

If there is a problem you can't solve, then there is an easier problem you can't solve: find it.

Creativity depends on a number of things: experience, including knowledge and technical skills; talent; an ability to think in new ways; and the capacity to push through uncreative dry spells.

Agile methods derive much of their agility by relying on the tacit knowledge embodied in the team, rather than writing the knowleadge down in plans.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic

There's so much knowledge to be had that specialists cling to their specialties as a shield against having to know anything about anything else. They avoid being drowned.

I like down-to-Earth characters, but I also like being able to get outside my box of knowledge.