Quotes About Flexibility

Don't be predictable. Be a change every time.

Just because those around you have changed, doesn't mean you need to.

And since Habit, among all the plants that grow in human beings, is the one that has least need of nutritious soil in order to live, the first to appear on the most apparently arid rock, had he begun by treating the rupture as a pretense, he might eventually have become genuinely accustomed to it.

Of a different order again were those of M. de Charlus, as we shall presently see, with people wholly unlike Mme. de Villeparisis. In spite of which we must bear in mind that the opinions which we hold of one another, our relations with friends and kinsfolk, are in no sense permanent, save in appearance, but are as eternally fluid as the sea itself.

Imagine: If a man who shakes hands up and down meets a man who shakes hands side to side, what will happen? Nathan looked perplexed but he extended his hand all the same. As they shook, their clasped hands went round and round in circles.

Si mucho te contentas con el orden, se dice, te vas convirtiendo en piedra.

La fidelidad: ¿indispensable o necesaria? Lo segundo es más hermoso, implica opción, no tiene la fealdad de la norma. Entre lo indispensable y lo necesario corre un chorro de agua prístina que no solo refresca, sino que arremete contra la rigidez, la ablanda, la amolda y la baña de una superficie que al endurecerse la convierte en confitura y no en piedra.

but often discovering that the recipe had to be wholly reshaped to make room for the perceptions and experiences gained in the intervening years of cooking and teaching.

A inteligência tem a capacidade de surpreender e se readaptar a todas as situações

In a world of rapid change, we each need to garner as much useful information as possible, sort through it in a way that meets our unique circumstances, calibrate it with what we already know, and re-circulate it with others who share our goals.

The truly skillful politician is one who, when he comes to a fork in the road, goes both ways.

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.

The hardest thing about being a manager is realizing that your people will not do things the way that you would. But get used to it. Because if you try to force them to, then two things happen. They become resentful — they don't want to do it. And they become dependent — they can't do it. Neither of these is terribly productive for the long haul.

Good news, bad news.

Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.

Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.

Create your own permission slip for joy. Write three words: Accept. Adapt. Depend. Carry this permission slip with you. Tell your friends you're working on becoming more content, more joyful. Take a nap. Live with a messy house for a time. Order takeout. File an extension on your taxes. Stare out the window. Linger in the company of a friend. Breathe in the fullness of life. Use those words to fight back with joy.

Lighten up" (don't) turn prayer into a work but listen for God and let oneself be surprised. Overly rigid adherence to a spiritual direction built around formal liturgical adherence and highly structured prayer time can work against the sanctification of the ordinary. Christ is effectively imprisoned, to be visited at stated times and otherwise ignored".

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality. Reality is above all else a variable. With a firm enough commitment, you can sometimes create a reality which did not exist before.

I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed.

The nature of the global business environment guarantees that no matter how hard we work to create a stable and healthy organisation, our organisation will continue to experience dramatic changes far beyond our control.

I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control.

I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation.

The things we fear most in organisations – fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances – are the primary sources of creativity.