Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

FLEXIBILITY GIVES YOU STRENGTH
According to the Menninger Institute, the most important quality
that you will need to be successful in the twenty-first century is the
quality of flexibility, especially in the way you think. Flexibility
refers to your willingness to change and try new things. It especially
means that you have the ability to continually abandon old, out-
moded ideas in favor of new, more effective ideas.
Many people spend much of their time arguing, rationalizing,
and justifying their behaviors. They are determined to continue do-
ing things the same old way even when it is perfectly clear that the
old way no longer works.The way to avoid this tendency is to remain
flexible, especially when you are most convinced that you are right.
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