Quotes About Adaptation

We know and accept this fact or principle of process in the area of physical things, but to understand it in emotional areas, in human relations, and even in the area of personal character is less common and more difficult. And

La gente reactiva suele verse afectada por el medio ambiente. Si el clima es agradable, se sienten bien. Si no lo es, su actitud y desempeño se modifican. La gente proactiva lleva el buen clima consigo. Si afuera llueve o sale el sol, para ellos no hay diferencia alguna.7

In the words of Abraham Maslow, "He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.

Our personal environment is also changing at an ever-increasing pace. Such rapid change burns out a large number of people who feel they can hardly handle it, can hardly cope with life. They become reactive and essentially give up, hoping that the things that happen to them will be good.

the pressures of circumstance

can be happy and accept those things that at present we can't control, while we focus our efforts on the things that we can.

And what happens when the source of borrowed strength—be it superior size or physical strength, position, authority, credentials, status symbols, appearance, or past achievements—changes or is no longer there?

Difficult circumstances often create paradigm shifts, whole new frames of reference by which people see the world and themselves and others in it, and what life is asking of them.

Lord, give me the courage to change the things which can and ought to be changed, the serenity to accept the things which cannot be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Life is, by nature, highly interdependent. To try to achieve maximum effectiveness through independence is like trying to play tennis with a golf club—the tool is not suited to the reality.

frustration is a function of our expectations

With a mission statement, we can flow with changes. We don't need prejudgments or prejudices. We don't need to figure out everything else in life, to stereotype and categorize everything and everybody in order to accommodate reality.

And the metamorphosis taking place in most every industry and profession demands leadership first and management second.

People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.

The world has changed dramatically since The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was first published. Life is more complex, more stressful, more demanding. We have transitioned from the Industrial

Y qué ocurre cuando cambia o desaparece la fuente de la fuerza, ya consista en el mayor tamaño o la mayor fuerza física, en la posición superior, en la autoridad, en credenciales, en símbolos de estatus, en el aspecto personal o en logros pasados?

Jei koki? nors aplinkybi? negalime pakeisti, turime ramiai jas priimti ir dom?tis tais dalykais, kuriuos pakeisti galime.

We began to realize that if we wanted to change the situation, we first had to change ourselves. And to change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.

Yesterday's meal will not satisfy today's hunger. It is regular input that provides energy and health.

To change the situation, you must first change yourself. To change yourself, you must first change your perceptions.

in an artificial social system such as school, you may be able to get by if you learn how to manipulate the man-made rules, to "play the game.

And to change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions. T

I can change. I can live out of my imagination instead of my memory.

Not facing reality would have been to accept the idea that what's happening in our environment had to determine us.