PeopleSmart in Business eBook - The Platinum Rule

Lower versatility is characterized by these personal aptitudes:
• subjectiveness
• bluntness
• resistance
• single-mindedness
• unreasonable risk-taking
Flexibility
Th e fl exibility dimension of adaptability is the half that involves
your personal attitudes toward yourself, others, and the situations you
face. It indicates your degree of willingness to change your perspective
and/or position, when appropriate. Examples follow of a lower and
higher level of adaptability in a person, and the way each one is likely
to respond.
Here’s a brief summary of some of these key diff erences between
such people:
Higher fl exibility attitudes indicate . . .
• a higher level of security and sense of personal worth or well-being
• an open-minded, searching attitude in dealing with people
and situations
• positive expectations about your own goals and desired results,
and those of others
Lower fl exibility attitudes indicate . . .
• a tendency to be reactive to people, conditions, or events—oft en
responding out of fear or anxiety
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