Quotes about Adaptability

The leader's prayer written by Pauline H. Peters: "God, when I am wrong, make me willing to change. When I am right, make me easy to live with. So strengthen me that the power of my example will far exceed the authority of my rank.

Perhaps the most important problem-solving skill that I have learned and practiced over the years is mental agility.

Teachability is an attitude of wanting to learn from every experience and every person.

The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does.

Leaders have to grow into their roles, and if the role becomes more demanding, the leader has to keep growing. Leadership is never a right. It's a privilege and a responsibility. But it's one that is open to anyone who's willing to work hard enough to get it.

When I was hired, I was urged] not to seek a clear definition of what I'd be doing because that would also make it clear what I was not supposed to do. Be careful not to define yourself out of an interesting job.

It's a skill to navigate uncertainty.

One who cannot swim must not blame the water.

Entrepreneurs see the thing they want or need, then try to figure out a process of how to get it. People who shouldn't be entrepreneurs see the standard process they need to go through to get the thing they want or need then decide if they want to go through that process.

That man's the true Conservative who lops the moldered branch away.

It's pretty neat to be able to help the team in different ways.

In the early stage, managers are puzzle solvers, not number crunchers.