Things that are rigid break faster than things that can bend.
Life is full of circumstances that could break us if we are not prepared to handle them.
Our plans, no matter how perfectly mapped out and executed, rarely succeed without some adjustments and midcourse corrections.
If we are not willing to be flexible and adjust our original plan, we can become defeated, jaded, bitter, and accepting of our failure. We break.
“You have to have your goals in concrete and your plans in sand.” The goal doesn’t change, but how you get there might have to. In fact, it probably will have to change in greater or lesser degrees. If that variation in strategy derails you, then you will always be on a slower and harder path to achievement.
We need to be flexible—adjusting to overcome circumstances and respecting the teams of people we work with.
Remember, the goal does not need to be fickle, shifting in the wake of circumstance and emotion. It is the plan and execution that needs to remain flexible, so that the goal can be achieved.
- Exercise:
What current plan that you are trying to execute could benefit from some flexibility?
What would that flexibility look like? What would it help you to achieve?
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