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Carolyn Smagalski
Ignite Your Passion
Founder - Editor - Host
Mahatma Gandhi was a great teacher to the world. He was
internationally recognized for his views on nonviolent protest
in a world where the strong arm of brute force reigned. He
would point out to those he led, "Adaptability is not
imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation."
He would continue, "You must be the change you wish to see in
the world."
Peter F. Drucker, American management guru, suggests that
change, sweeping change, is nature's way of organizing those
patterns of behavior that need revision. "During periods of
discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation
involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned — not
what should be changed or introduced. A willingness to depart
from the familiar has distinct survival value."
Ralph Waldo Emerson was, perhaps, the most prolific of any
who dared write about the power of adaptability. He said, "A
man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre as you
turn it in your hand until you come to a particular angle;
then it shows deep and beautiful colors. There is no
adaptation or universal applicability in men, but each has his
special talent, and the mastery of successful men consists in
adroitly keeping themselves where and when that turn shall be
oftenest to be practised."
You need to develop a strong ability to adapt to mental and
physical pressures. The ability to bounce back like a
prize-fighter is what separates the truly great from the
mediocre. Anyone can fall when pushed. Anyone can give up
when circumstances seem beyond their ability.
A true leader does not give up. A true leader analyzes the
situation, determines the flaws, rewrites the script, and
adapts to a more sophisticated plan, with the final
compensation being the rewards of success.
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