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Traits That Undermine Flexibility

  • Rigidity: “It’s my way or the highway.
  • Competition with others:I’m smarter, prettier, etc., than you.
  • Discontent: “No, I don’t like it this way. Why can’t we…
  • Unapproachable: “Don’t bother me unless it’s worth my time and you agree with me.”
  • Difficulty with ambiguity: “Let’s nail this down right now.

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The Five High-Versatility Traits

  • Resilience: having the emotional strength and knowledge to overcome challenges.
  • Vision: the power to imagine and to be creative.
  • Attentiveness: awareness of elements in the environment. It’s knowing when to act and when not to. It means paying attention t...

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Traits Of The Highly-Flexible

  • Confidence: belief in oneself and one’s own judgement and resourcefulness.
  • Tolerance: acceptance of opinions and practices different from one’s own.
  • Empathy: ability to understand and somewhat share the feelings and thoughts of others.
  • Positive...

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Traits Of Negative Versatility

  • Subjectiveness: “This is the way it looks to ME.”
  • Bluntness: “That’s a stupid idea!
  • Resistance: “This is the way we’ve always done it.”
  • Single-mindedness: “It’s my goal and nothing else matters.”
  • Unreasonabl...

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Adaptability

... is a combination of flexibility, your attitude and willingness to adapt, and versatility, your ability to adapt. 

The effectively adaptable person meets the other person’s needs and his own by treating others as they would like to be treated.

Adaptability changes with conte...

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  • Subjectiveness: “This is the way it looks to ME.”
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  • Unreasonabl...

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