Quotes About Flexibility

Coyote never loses. Because I change the rules of the games my enemies play. What are the rules of your game?

Coyote never loses, Coyote told me. Because I change the rules of the games my enemies play. What are the rules of your game?

There is no necessity to live by the clock.

Control.... is not what we need. What we need is to bend to the tempest like pine and palm trees - flexible, adaptive, attuned, yet fully rooted in our principles.

If something is not to your liking, change your liking.

To respond to a question or start improvised scenes, begin immediately using the first words that come to you. Trust your mind. Your first thought is a reasonable starting place; it is good enough. Don't hesitate. Once you begin speaking, you have something to work with and build on. With the first-thought method it is as if the idea selects you rather than the other way around. The improviser focuses on making that idea into a good one, rather than searching for a "good idea.

By stabilizing things you defeat the point of the exercise. Stay with the uncertainty, please. Really, it's all about the struggle.

Certainty is the enemy of knowledge.

You don't have to use the Common Core or other standard curricula; as long as your children learn to read, write, and calculate it won't matter how and where they learned to do so. Every

Recall that improv is about accomplishing a shared goal. This requires flow, working together, and accepting what other people bring to the table regardless of what it is. That's the essence of "Yes, AND…" and the opposite of "Yes, BUT…

People don't enter conversations, work or social, with the same intentions. You must understand and cater to that.

Don't force things, but this doesn't mean that you can't make a real effort.

Put your sails up and prepare them for action, but recognize that the wind will blow when it chooses to, not when you want it to.

The best way for a person to live, according to Taoism, is to submit to whatever life brings and be flexible.

If a person adapts to the changes in life easily, that person will be happy;

In response to someone else's suggestion, thought, or topic, always say "Yes, AND…" which means that you drop your train of thought, adopt theirs, and add something to keep the conversation flowing.

Flexibility and the ability to adapt to fit someone's mood are paramount to any great conversation.

It's your right to change your mind. What was possible when you agreed to something might not be possible anymore. This is normal in a world where things are constantly changing. It's a shame to inconvenience someone, but you have to look after yourself.

Rule of Improv Comedy: Never lead with "No." because it disregards the direction that someone wants to go and makes it more difficult to work towards a common, shared goal.

As quickly as possible, write three associations for that word. Take the last word you came up with, and then as quickly as possible, write three associations for that new word. Repeat three times, and then move to the next set of words. Napkin -> table, spoon, fine dining. Fine dining -> France, Michelin Star, butler. Butler -> Jeeves, white gloves, Michael Jackson. And so on. Practicing

Flexibility and the ability to adapt are paramount to any great conversation.

Life does not have to go how you think it will," Tomasz says. "Not even when you are very sure what is going to happen.

Life does not have to go how you think it will...Not even when you are very sure what is going to happen.

It is always easier to keep a rotten tale than to learn a new one.