One of the hallmarks of all successful people and businesses, is their ability to adapt, when new information comes along. Rather than continue with the ‘same old same old,’ they adjust their strategies and approaches whenever required.
Compare this to their less successful counterparts and you see a very different picture. You will see people and businesses that do what they are comfortable with, regardless of what’s happening around them. This inflexible thinking seems to impact everything they do.
For example, I saw a car crash today that could easily have been avoided; had the driver adapted his driving to match the severe winter conditions we are experiencing here.
Heavy snow and constant sub-zero temperatures have turned our roads into something close to ice rinks! Even so, I saw a car speeding into a corner close to where I live, and then spin off into a ditch. Thankfully, the driver was OK. He told me he lost control when he hit the breaks and that he was “probably driving too fast.”
In business, when people are too rigid or inflexible in their thinking, they too run the risk of going dangerously off track.
This is why it’s so important to listen, I mean REALLY listen, to the marketplace and our clients. Keep your thinking flexible and look for opportunities to adapt and grow.
What do you think?
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