Why is becoming more adaptable so crucial to success in business and life? Jeff Bogaczyk gives three quick reasons:
- Circumstances are always changing
- People are always changing
- We are always changing
Source: Medium, January 18, 2018.
Typically, people dislike and don’t want to change or adapt to new environments. Changes disrupt our autopilot habits. This disruption forces us to become aware of new behaviors and figure out how to adapt.
In much the same way that others are always changing, we also are changing. Things happen to us in life; we have new experiences and new relationships that force us to adapt and change. Our perspectives and outlooks change, our values sometimes change, and even our behaviors and responses change.
INSIGHTS: Bogaczyk offers guidance in learning how to be more adaptable:
- Recognize your biological predisposition to adaptation.
- Make adaptability a habit by itself.
- Commit to time and repetition