Society is often driven by what we cannot achieve and by what the limitations to processes are. In my opinion these are both very restrictive processes.

I therefore refer to any ‘obstacles’ or ‘limits’ as ‘challenges’ or ‘guidelines’ which have to be mastered and met before one can progress to the next level or step. It just makes facing the task at hand less daunting for me.

Passion and belief in your own abilities often also cancels out limits which would otherwise have existed.

I will be reading the articles from the blogs you highlighted above with relish. Thank-you for that!

The guy is Peter Vaill and he wrote a book that talked about the changing nature of commerce causing companies and their people to be in a constant state of change.

He talks about the need to learn to constantly learn and adapt. He refers to it as navigating the “permanent white water”. The metaphor is that we don’t quite know what’s around the bend, how strong the current is, when the next rock will cause an upset in our journey or if we’ll sustain casualty along the way. Whatever we face, change is a true constant.

It may seem like a typical current thinking, but it might surprise you to know that he was writing about this back in the 1960′s. Talk about ahead of your time eh.

Anyway, he talks about 7 aspects of learning that help people be more adaptable, change responsive and learning oriented. It’s worth a read.

Andy