ADAPTABILITY
“Adaptability” is one of the self-management skills.
We live in a world of chops and changes. Here, old ways of living
and working yield place to new ones and we have to adapt ourselves to them or become
unfit to survive.
When
we move from a village to a city,or from one type of city to that of another,
or from a plain to a hill, or from our native country to a foreign one, we have
to show our ability to adjust to changing circumstances, conditions, or
environments
The
proverb “While in Rome do as the Romans do” has to be demonstrated in practice.
The world is evolutionary,
it is changing at very short intervals and is becoming more and more dependent
on rapidly changing skills and technologies. To show our adaptability to them
is essential for our physical, mental emotional and moral adjustments.
To
be adaptable means to be able to change or be changed in order to deal
successfully with new situations.
Adaptation
is the process of changing something ,for
example one’s behaviour, to suit a new situation. To learn this process one has
to be a constant learner from childhood to the last breath one’s life. Novelty
rather than tradition, progressiveness rather than orthodoxy should be our
latest rule. However, there are some eternal values even in a changing society
which we may continue to adhere to.
According
to the Canadian-American motivational public speaker Brian Tracy (1944--?) : In
an era of rapid change, standing still is the most dangerous course of action.”
And mind it we are living in an era of
most rapid changes.
Finally,
as somebody said: Adaptability includes flexibility, learning new skills,
problem-solving, effective communication, embracing change, and multitasking.
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G.R.Kanwal
23 November 2024
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