The Language of 21st Century

FLEXIBILITY
I was once planning and organizing a project for school, when I had the strangest idea. I had never made a plan in my life that had worked 100%. This realization at first got me feeling disappointed, but eventually it led me realize a vital aspect about life. I discovered that life was bound to change and that there was nothing I could do to stop it.
I also discovered that the only reason why 100% of my plans didn’t work was because I wasn’t fully ready for change in my plans. So the only way I could prevent all of my plans from being kaput was by adapting to life’s moments and being prepared for changes.  All of this led me to discover the importance of Flexibility.
Flexibility in psychological terms is the same as in physical terms; it means to be elastic or pliable.

Here are some reasons why flexibility is so important:

Flexibility allows you to face challenges
By being flexible you have the ability to change yourself when needed. This is fundamental when it comes to facing challenges.
Say for example you are typing up a report for work and your computer stops working. A flexible person will go the local library and finish it but a person who is not as flexible will simply stop.

Flexibility makes you more successful
If you are more flexible you have an advantage over the people around you. You adapt better to your surroundings, you face challenges more easily and most importantly you are more effective with changes. By having this edge over people your chances of success are a lot higher.

Flexibility gives you peace and reduces stress
Every “problem” in life is only worrying if you can’t adapt to it.
So if you are flexible, you will be able to mold yourself and will be able to overcome all of life’s problems. Knowing that you can face life’s challenges will reduce your stress level and bring you peace.
Try to become more Flexible.      

ADAPTABILITY
I honestly believe that there will be some kinds of skills that will always be required and they don’t necessarily need higher educational degrees.  Those are the ones that must be delivered personally.  You can’t outsource the plumbing in your house.  You can’t outsource the fact that your electricity isn’t working.  So we’re always going to need trades people close to home and we should never denigrate their value, because without them we are really stuck, and we know that because it’s so hard to get a really good one now.

So the future is not all about college education, higher education, things that can be outsourced, even at the more advanced levels.  You could spend so many years developing the skills to become a radiologist, but if that can be digitized and it can be shipped anywhere in the world, then you are at risk in terms of what you thought was a great set of skills and competencies.

So in the end, if we were to come down to the few things that you would need, regardless of what the future is going to deliver, in order to be successful the most important one.
Adaptability has become a personal trait that is so important for people, because you’re not going to be able to predict what’s going to happen next year.  Nor will you have one job or one career your whole life, you’ll have many. So adaptability is one of the most critical skills we need to survive in life and succeed in our various businesses.

CREATIVITY
Why is creativity important in everyday life? Simply put, it is because it makes life infinitely interesting and fulfilling. Creativity is a way of living life that embraces originality and makes unique connections between seemingly disparate ideas.
We often think about creativity as making something, but in fact the root meaning of the word means ‘to grow’. When we are creative we feel as if the world and all that is in it is vibrantly alive.
Human beings are essentially born creative–from infancy on we find innovative ways to negotiate life. The most creative people find ways around obstacles because they see them not just as roadblocks but also as opportunities. Creativity expands our perceptions and along with expanded perceptions come new ways of problem solving–from making an exquisite meal when you don’t know how to cook to painting an extraordinary landscape when you are living in a freezing attic and can’t afford a full box of paints.
Remember the words of Samuel Becket, on the secret to life-long creativity: “fail, fail again, fail better”!