How does personal flexibility (PFL) help to manage uncertainty? First, let’s look at what uncertainty is and how it arises. What uncertainty is Firstly, uncertainty can be positive as well as negative. Why positive? Not knowing who your future soul mate is, or whether you will even find one, makes life exciting. And probably changesContinue Reading Managing Uncertainty and Personal Flexibility
Flexibility and friendships One form of personal flexibility (PFL) is in the crossover between personal friendships & workplace relationships. This blogger has first-hand experience of several professional relationships developing into personal friendships, forged from helping a friend-in-need, or through shared-conflict experienced. In this blogger’s view, the relationship combination works better where both parties are evenlyContinue Reading Human Relationships and Personal Flexibility
What has flexibility got to do with options? Quite simply if you have more options, you have more flexibility. In uncertain situations, or if you are somehow keen to grow (wealth, skills, influence, reputation, character development), having options is valuable. Of course, having more options isn’t useful if you can’t make a decision when timeContinue Reading Real Options and Personal Flexibility
Roller coaster rides remain exciting because of their ups and downs. Ditto the stock market, alpine landscapes and city rooftops. Watching a loved one’s heart rhythm on a hospital heart monitor, is to hope for a steady pattern of highs and lows. Not a flat line. And so it is with life – the set-backsContinue Reading Handling Set-backs and Personal Flexibility
Parenting is both complex and practical. Having raised two step children from the ages of 8 and 10 years onwards (now aged 21 and 23 respectively) and with the benefit of hindsight, I’d like to share some insights about how personal flexibility (PFL) can help people become better parents. Like many parents, I’ve said thingsContinue Reading Parenting and Personal Flexibility
It’s hard to talk about flexiscribes without first referring to flexibility. Flexibility like air, fitness or financial savings is invisible. But vital. We go to great lengths to monitor our personal savings. We aren’t so good at monitoring our air quality, our fitness, or our levels of personal flexibility (PFL). Perhaps now is the timeContinue Reading Flexibility and Flexiscribes
‘We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don’t want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.’ Barack Obama This particular blog centres on personal flexibility (PFL) inContinue Reading Poverty of Ambition and Flexibility
You hear a lot these days about the need for businesses to pivot quickly and be agile. Use agile techniques to develop software, or run projects. Be lean. Be observant. Watch for opportunity. Be bold and creative. The same applies in sports, to win the game. There is a lot of online coverage relating toContinue Reading Thinking Flexibly
‘A flexible mind has a better chance to think differently and take a unique path in the life journey.’ Pearl Zhu Have you seen the Jim Carey movie ‘Yes Man’ (2008, Warner Bros)? I thought it was a great idea to base a movie on, back when it came out. Essentially, the movie’s message isContinue Reading Personal Flexibility (PFL) Calling
‘The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.’ Albert Einstein ‘If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution to a problem you’re trying to solve.’ Jeff Bezos Hi and welcome to myContinue Reading The Personal Flexibility Journey Begins…