I’ve been working with different people, not only work wise, but other activities too. Everyone has their own unique style. I realize I do have a preference when choosing my work partners. For example, I don’t like to work with smart people because they make me more stupid. No, I’m just joking.
I don’t usually judge a person’s intelligence. And of course I don’t think someone who has high intelligence quotient (IQ) surpasses other individuals. To be honest, I really admire and appreciate someone who has high emotional quotient (EQ) than high IQ. It is especially obvious when situation is stressful when we know the waves of panic is about to sweep us. If your work partner is easily emotionally distracted, say he/she can easily throw a tantrum or become impatient at that time, it’ll make the atmosphere more unpleasant to deal with.
I regard someone with great flexibility and adaptability as someone who is truly “smart” with EQ. I’ve come across a number of people from this category. These people are usually very swift and efficient. Sometimes they are the ones who’ll come up with new suggestions and ideas; well, the idea may not be totally novel but it’s creative enough to be termed as something “new”.
We might encounter all sort of scenarios. If we are flexible with all these sudden changes and then adapt well to the adjustments, then we’ll be doing okay. Why did I say so? For instance, we were initially planning to cook a dish but we’ve forgotten an ingredient or two, yet we have no chance and time to go and get it. Do we give up the whole dish? This is how flexibility kicks in. If we can modify the dish, it’ll still be all yummy later. Who knows the modified dish could make a new recipe? Then what if when we have all the ingredients and we’re all set to prepare a big feast, then the stove’s broken down. What are we going to do? Well, of course we can put everything back to the fridge and go out to grab a bite. Alternatively, we can change the cooking method by using oven or microwave or whatever method you can name it. We’ll find a way as long as we are flexible.
I recall what my dad once mentioned in regards to a similar context. If you know how to drive a car, you shouldn’t have any problem in driving any car (any model, brand, automatic or manual). I see his point. It’s just like if you work with computers, then you should be able to more or less operate any computer models/brands and perhaps operating systems too. You may have your preference; but if you don’t get your No.1 choice, you’ll still do fine, if not better with option 2.
That’s right; we need some acrobatics skills in managing our life. No, no, it’ll be too much for me to ask you walk along a high wire or leap into the air. Ouch, my bones are too stiff for all these physical things. All I am trying to say is flexibility is significant. It comes hand in hand with adaptability. Although we might not have the skill to perform a graceful acrobatic dance to entertain people, we can at least survive well and handily not let any unpredicted scenarios defeat us. Do you agree with me?
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