Quotes About Flexibility

So one extreme is chaos, where there's a total lack of control. The other extreme is rigidity, where there's too much control, leading to a lack of flexibility and adaptability.

zigzagging back and forth between the two.

Aborda el mundo desde lo que hemos llamado un cerebro afirmativo, interactuando con nuevas oportunidades y retos desde una postura abierta, curiosa y receptiva, en lugar de rígida, temerosa y reactiva.

Implicit recollections without explicit processing may be the source of the experience of flashbacks in the extreme case; more commonly it may serve as the origin of rigid implicit mental models that block a parent's ability to remain flexible and attuned to a child.

Cuanto más ancha sea su ventana de tolerancia a las dificultades y a las emociones desagradables, más resilientes serán frente a la adversidad, en lugar de desmoronarse si las cosas no salen como es debido.

resiliencia consiste también en saber recuperarse, en pasar rápidamente de la zona roja o de la azul a la verde: en abandonar el caos o la inflexibilidad para recuperar la armonía dentro de la ventana de tolerancia.

develop the ability to live with balance, to face adversity with resilience, to

We want to intentionally respond to a situation in a way that considers what works best for our child and for our family, even if that means making an exception to our normal rules and expectations.

Presence may require that we move both our neural and our mental sides of experience flexibly toward the open plane of possibility. Rather

You get the information, and it's not your job to judge it or not judge it. You adapt, and you do it. That's what we do as actors. We're just as surprised as the viewers, sometimes.

I hope viewers see me as an actor who always strives to try new characters and reinvent myself.

You realize, no matter how great, books are not shows or movies; each operates on their own different rules. 'Game of Thrones' is no different. Being forced to come up with those scenes on short notice helped how we were viewing the show and forcing it to come into its own.

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.

When I spend a lot of time reading, discussing, or thinking about an area, I'll often really appreciate why a strong viewpoint is true and come to very firm conclusions. But if I am later exposed to a strong opposing view, I frequently find this countervailing view persuasive as well.

I don't have clear-cut positions. I get baffled by things. I have viewpoints. Sometimes they change.

I am not a completely stubborn person. But I have views.

I might say 'let's get married' because I am not rigid, I live moment to moment. These are my views and it is person to person, one should not get influenced with what I am saying.

The ability to change one's views without losing one's seat is the mark of a great politician.

I'm constantly asking for alternative views on most things that come to me.

Reagan is held up to us as an example of never raising taxes. Correction: Reagan raised taxes six of his eight years as president. Why? He was a pragmatist, not doctrinaire. He saw problems emerging, and when his policies faltered he changed his views. Flexibility, not rigidity.

I'm totally open to changing my beliefs. I could grow up to be a total communist. I could grow up to be a Neocon. I'm looking to have my views challenged. I'm looking to be corrected.

Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.

My predictable stable routine completely changed once I retired. I went from a regimented and vigorous daily training program to a routine where every day was different.

I have no qualms about doing a character who may be below the lead in the pecking order, whether it's a hero or a villain or a comedian.