Adaptability is a lot of work, and it can be difficult, but it’s worth it. Find out why being adaptable gives you advantages that inflexible people don’t have and why adaptability makes your life better.
Chances are there have been times in your life when people have told you that it pays to be flexible, but you might not believe them. It might seem counterproductive to adapt to suit other people or situations and it might seem like a better idea to stick to your guns no matter what. Some people disagree. So which is it? Join SpiritualBlossom to explore the ability to adapt. Find out what it means to adapt and what experts have to say about it. Discover what happens if you refuse to adapt and why being flexible helps. Finally, discover some tips and techniques you can use to adapt. But things change in life, sometimes we're called to change with them, and we will show you exactly how to do that.
What Does it Mean to Adapt?
The American Psychological association defines adaptability as “ the capacity to make appropriate responses to changed or changing situations,” and as “ the ability to modify or adjust one's behavior to meeting different circumstances for different people.” What this means is having the ability to change your behavior, change your mind, change your approach, or alter your attitude based on what's happening. The exact opposite would be to behave the exact same way no matter what happens, to treat everybody exactly the same regardless of their needs, and to refuse to be flexible when flexibility is called for. Adaptability can be magical. Find out all about magic and how to bring it into your life here: Using Practical Magic in Everyday Life
It doesn't mean changing who you are, how you feel about things, or your personality. It doesn't mean compromising your standards and it doesn't mean selling out. It just means that you understand that different situations call for different responses and it also means that you understand different people might need different treatment. When you have to break bad news to somebody, the way you deliver that bad news can be delivered differently depending on who's receiving the news. Some people want the information immediately, not wanting to wait on it. Other people will want you to break the news more gently and give them some good news first.
Do you have what it takes to be adaptable? If your job ends, can you do a different type of job just to make sure that you have a paycheck? Or are you incapable of taking a different type of job just so you can pay your bills? Do you have the ability to change the type of foods that you eat when your doctor tells you that you need to, or will you refuse to, and make yourself sick? Can you change your schedule to incorporate a new hobby into your life, or will you forgo bringing something new into your life because you don't want to change? Adaptability allows you to be flexible to situations and bring new things into your life. Adaptability can help make dreams come true. Find out more about making all your dreams come true here: How to Make All Your Dreams Come True
What Does Science Say?
NeuroLaunch has a lot to say about adaptability. First, adaptability includes thinking in ways that allow us to consider multiple things. Next, flexibility helps us manage our emotions better. Being open to new experiences is a part of adaptability, and the ability to problem solve in a variety of situations are part of being flexible. They say flexibility and adaptability are not exactly the same, however. They say that adaptability is more of a long-term thing that allows us to change and learn from experiences, whereas they say being flexible can be more short-term.
They say that flexibility helps with our mental health in multiple ways. Adaptability allows us to change as situations change and it helps with stress. We are less likely to be overwhelmed with stress when we accept that we have to be adaptable. Adaptability makes us more resilient as well. We can cope with the ups and downs of change better and we will face challenges instead of trying to avoid them. Read more here: Adaptability in Psychology: Definition, Importance, and Strategies
What if You Won’t Adapt?
If we don’t learn to be adaptable in life, it’s not going to be good. Change happens, and if we can’t move forward with the changes, we will get left behind. People will lose faith in us, and that will directly hold us back from opportunities. We also can’t grow if we don’t adapt.
You Get Left Behind
Some people say the only thing in life that can be counted on is that things will change. When a situation changes, continuing to do things exactly the way you always have might stop getting you the results that you want. When you stop getting results, things will move forward without you. When technology changes, do you cling to an obsolete form of technology just because you're used to it, or do you learn new technology? Your obsolete technology will soon be no longer available, So what will you do? Adapt and move forward with the way that things are! Read about how to manifest new beginnings in times of change: How to Manifest Your Life After Changes
People Lose Faith in You
Lots of people are stubborn, but stubbornness doesn't necessarily get results, and it's not always helpful. When you are called to adapt, and you won't do it, sometimes people get the impression that you're just not capable enough to. They will lose faith in your ability to get things done if you demonstrate that you cannot or will not make necessary changes based on what's going on. You may lose opportunities that you'd like to have if you can't adapt. The more adaptable you are, the more different things you can do, and if you refuse to try to learn to do different things, people will see that, and step away from you.
You Don’t Grow
Growth is a lot of work, and it's not always fun. It's a lot easier to do things one way and never deviate, but when we're adaptable, we learn different ways of doing things, and we grow. We discover talents we never knew we had, and we learn new skills. We discover what things we need to do better, and we find out what we shouldn't do at all. When we adapt, we grow into better versions of ourselves. One way to grow is to face grief. Read about how to do that here: Conscious Grieving: Why Facing It Matters
Why Flexibility Helps
Being flexible and adaptable helps us in countless ways. There are a few things that are extra important that it helps us with though. Adaptability gives us advantages that we would not have if we refuse to adapt. We get to learn new skills if we're adaptable that we wouldn't bother to learn about if we didn't. People value and appreciate us a lot more when we're adaptable.
It Gives You Advantages
Being adaptable allows us to effectively handle changes, tackle challenges, take advantage of new opportunities, and adjust our approaches to things. When there are problems, if you are adaptable, you will see multiple different ways to solve problems. If you don't automatically know how to do it yourself, you will be open to asking other people for ideas. If you are adaptable, you change with the changes instead of fighting them. This allows you to move forward with changing times and to benefit from the changes instead of struggling against them. When you're adaptable, and you see that your approach doesn't work for a situation, you will have the ability to try again using a new approach and have a greater chance of success. Challenges will be easier to overcome if you're adaptable. Adaptability gives you the mindset that you will try multiple different ways to solve a problem until you succeed. Unify with other people for even more advantages. Find out how to make group unity work for you here: Teamwork: The Power of Strength in Numbers
You Learn New Skills
Adaptability allows you to learn new skills. If you believe that you don't need to change or alter your approach to things, you will believe that you're perfect. Your mind will be closed to learning new things, thinking about things in different ways, and changing. The more skills you have, the more different things you can do, the more opportunities will be available to you, and the more successful you will be. The human mind is like a sponge, designed for soaking up knowledge and the more you learn, the more fulfilled your mind will be. Speaking of learning, how would you like to learn to develop your psychic abilities? Find out how here: Developing Your Psychic Powers
You Are More Valued
When people see that you're adaptable, they will see your skill set constantly growing, they will see that you are flexible instead of stubborn, and they will respect and appreciate you for these things. They will understand that your adaptability makes you capable of more things and they will want you on their team helping them. Some people think that they won't be respected if they're adaptable or that people will think they're wishy-washy. Most people appreciate and respect adaptable people who do what it takes to get things done properly more than they appreciate stubborn people who will only do things their own way. When you are valued you get a great sense of belonging. Find out how to discover where you belong here: Connecting to Where You Belong
How to Adapt
So, just how do you adapt if it's so important? If you follow a few easy steps, it will make you much more adaptable. Accept that it is necessary to be adaptable, and then embrace the inevitability of change. When adaptability is called for, don't focus on difficulties, focus on learning. Then have the attitude that you will do whatever it takes to make sure that you get things done well. If you follow these four easy steps you will be a highly adaptable individual.
Accept The Necessity of Adaptability
If you don't believe that it's necessary to be adaptable, will you ever adapt? Probably not. If your attitude is that adaptability is necessary, important, and a good thing, you are much more likely to adapt when the times call for you to. Even if it's not fun, even if you feel like the way you've always done things is the best way to do things, if you accept that it is necessary to be adaptable, you will be. Adaptability is a way to practice self-love. Read more about self-love here; Practicing Self Love
Embrace Change
When we personally want a change, it's typically very easy to accept changes. When we are not the one initiating the change, sometimes it's very difficult to accept. However, embracing the necessity of change and not fighting change when it happens is very important if you want to be adaptable. Changes provide new opportunities, help move us forward in life, and they also help make things interesting sometimes. If things never changed, we would never get to make new friends, we would never get to go new places, and we would never have new opportunities. So embrace the changes when they come your way, and adapt. Wonderful things await.
Focus on Learning
Instead of focusing on difficulties, focus on learning. Learn about what is happening, learn about yourself while you're adapting, and learn better ways of doing things. Always have your mind open to learning new facts, new techniques to do things, and be open to new experiences. Sometimes when you adapt you have to learn new ways of doing things. Allow yourself plenty of time to learn these things, and take it one step at a time. Be patient with the learning process, and enjoy it. Learning is one of the Tenets of Wicca, learn all the seven Wiccan Tenets here: Seven Spiritual Tenets of Wicca
Pledge to Do Whatever it Takes
People who are adaptable share one quality- they want to do whatever it takes to get the right results. As you're adapting, try new things, and see what seems to be working. If something doesn't seem to work, try something else. Ask different people to help you, find different resources, and assess the progress to see what is working best. If something doesn't work, stop doing it and try something else. Don't be impatient with this process. Take your time with it. Great results aren't necessarily instant. Sometimes they take a very long time. So, starting with the attitude that adaptability is necessary, embrace the inevitability of change, and focus on your learning. No matter how long it takes, adapt. It's worth it.
It's not always fun to be adaptable and it's not always easy, but if you can be an adaptable individual, your life will be so much easier. Being adaptable helps with stress management, learning, coping, and growing. If we don't adapt, we get left behind when life changes, people will lose faith in us, and we won't grow. The first step to being adaptable is to accept that it's necessary, embrace the reality of regular changes in life, focus on learning, and do whatever it takes to survive, thrive, and make the most of every situation. The most adaptable people are the best at seizing opportunities, and rolling with the changes that life brings. So, adapt when the situations call for it. You will be glad you did.
If you're looking for more techniques to help you to adapt and grow, reach out to one of our talented psychics today. They can help you to find the way forward no matter what the situation is.
About the Author: Lady Saoirse has studied magic and lore for most of her life but started walking her own Magical Path after being spiritually reborn in the desert. Today she is a High Priestess for The Temple of the Goddess, she is a psychic advisor and spiritual counselor, she shares her gifts as a Psychic and Content Writer for Mysticsense and SpiritualBlossom, and she writes for The Green Egg Magazine and PaganPages.Org emag.
