When you think about change and managing or coping with it, it’s as if the challenges of today’s pandemic are wholly new.
It’s true that the scope of today’s challenges are unprecedented in modern times, but fundamental questions that keep a lot of people up at night . . .
What am I going to do?
How am I going to do it?
Am I going to make it?
. . . are as old as time.
Remember what Darwin said, “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive, but those who can best manage [to] change?”
Actually, it turns out that Darwin never said that. It’s a total misquote.
That “quote” is a paraphrase of Darwin’s writings from a presentation given in 1963 by Louisiana State University business professor, Leon C. Megginson. That paraphrase by Megginson reads, “. . . it is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.”
Why we share this with you now is to emphasize that your ability to not only survive in today’s new normal, but thrive, depends on your capacity to adjust and adapt.
That means getting your mind and actions aligned and primed for what you need to do to do your best so you can be your best, no matter how the environment is changing.
But shifting your mindset and changing behavior require a lot more than a list of top ten tips, no matter how good those tips are.
That’s why we created Be Your Own Best Coach, our unique 5-week group coaching program.
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Glen and Deborah
Adapt and Adjust