Quotes About Adaptation

The Norwegians have a saying that I think captures their attitude: There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.3

To be effective, leaders must always be learners. You can never arrive - you can only strive to get better.

No matter how much I know (or think I know), I can learn from this situation.

One of the paradoxes of life is that the things that initially make you successful are rarely the things that keep you successful.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an invasion of ideas." —Victor Hugo

The Norwegians have a saying that I think captures their attitude: "There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.

What happens to a team when one or more of its members constantly play out of position? First, morale erodes because the team isn't playing up to its capability. Then people become resentful.

Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven't learned a thing until you can take action and use it.

If you want to get your message across, you have to learn how to communicate in someone else's world.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

If your habits don't line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream.

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment you first find yourself in." —MARK CAINE

Management expert Tom Peters gives a perspective on this. He suggests, "Don't rock the boat. Sink it and start over." If you desire to be creative and do something really innovative, that's sometimes what it takes. You must destroy the old to create something new. You cannot allow yourself to be paralyzed by the idea of change.

El problema que tienen la mayoría de las personas es que quieren que las cosas sigan siendo iguales y al mismo tiempo que mejoren. Obviamente, eso no es posible. Si verdaderamente quiere crecer, comprométase no sólo a aceptar el cambio, sino a buscarlo.

Leaders are change agents, not change resisters.

Only when you make the right changes to your thinking do other things begin to turn out right.

Don't ever be too impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But, take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's probably not really a change.

A leader who loves the status quo soon becomes a follower.

Are you at the head of your class? If so, then you're in the wrong class.

Leaders who have reached the top of their profession or the top of their organization cannot take anything for granted. No matter how good they've been in the past, they still need to strategize, weigh decisions, plan, and execute at a high level.

No matter where you are in your leadership journey, never forget that what got you to where you are won't get you to the next level.

Adapt to them—don't expect them to adapt to you.

Any time there is change, there is opportunity. So it is paramount that an organization get energized rather than paralyzed.

There is a willingness to change: Clayton G. Orcutt declared, "Change itself is not progress, but change is the price that we pay for progress.