Quotes About Flexibility

To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which "life" is made.

Don't take life so serious. It ain't no-hows permanent.

What I find is that you can do almost anything or go almost anywhere, if you're not in a hurry.

When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have.

Preparing for the ups and downs of life.

I call it the Etch A Sketch life. Every few years, you should shake that thing up.

In an unmoored life like mine, sleep and hunger and work arrange themselves to suit themselves, without consulting me.

You can learn much about life from a checker game: surrender one to take two; don't make two moves at one time; move up, not down; and when you reach the top, you may move as you like.

Strange how, after deciding to take life as one finds it, life comes fawning to one's hand.

I'm as strong as I'll ever be without change of interests and surroundings.

What bends does not break.

The successful parents I saw were able to redefine who they were and renegotiate their needs and roles as humans, parents, and partners.

Parenting is constant readjustment.

For many of us, once we have made a decision, then we are attached to that decision forever. I have found that often the last thing a really dominating left hemisphere wants is to share its limited cranial space with an open-minded right counterpart!

But though we must pretend otherwise in order to function, none of us can know the script for any day.

Life with kids is unpredictable. Their propensity to live "in the moment" clashes easily with our "perfect plans.

Accept that some days you're the bug, and some days you're going to be the windshield.

No one ever died from an open mind.

The difference between my beliefs and having a religious faith is that I am prepared to change my views in light of new evidence, but someone of a religious faith will just stick their fingers in the ears and say: 'I'm not listening, there's nothing you can say that will make me change my mind.

Your ability to blank slate is directly related to your ability to rid yourself of expectations and assumptions, two very bad words in my system of negotiation.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

What we will allow—"Feel free to join us for your next meal as soon as the lawn is mowed." What we will do—"I'll be glad to read you a story as soon as you've finished your bath." What we will provide—"You may eat what is served, or you may wait and see if the next meal appeals to you more.

A traditional project manager focuses on following the plan with minimal changes, whereas an agile leader focuses on adapting successfully to inevitable changes.

In a self-organized team, individuals take accountability for managing their own workload, shift work among themselves based on need and best fit, and take responsibility for team effectiveness. Team members have considerable leeway in how they deliver results, they are self-disciplined in their accountability for those results, and they work within a flexible framework.