IFC S1 R30 - - Tie Breaker - - Flexibility

          Round 30 - - "most important issue" round. - - - Was a multi way tie, a five way tie, every judge liked something from five different people. We have had ties before in IFC, but I think this is a first. So Now for the tie breaker round.

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          @mr-bike, @plushzilla, @artgirl, @jbreheny, and myself @bashadow, have all been tasked to "create a blog post and tell us what you think the most important quality in a person is." We can only pick One quality. I find myself in some very very good company.

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Flexibility

          The wikipedia results of "human quality of Flexibility" google search.

Flexibility is a personality trait that describes the extent to which a person can cope with changes in circumstances and think about problems and tasks in novel, creative ways. This trait is used when stressors or unexpected events occur, requiring a person to change their stance, outlook, or commitment. Flexible personality should not be confused with cognitive flexibility, which is the ability to switch between two concepts, as well as simultaneously think about multiple concepts. Researchers of cognitive flexibility describe it as the ability to switch one's thinking and attention between tasks. Flexibility, or psychological flexibility, as it is sometimes referred to, is the ability to adapt to situational demands, balance life demands, and commit to behaviors. ^{source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexibility_(personality)}

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Flexibility Coping

         

Flexibility is a personality trait that describes the extent to which a person can cope with changes in circumstances and think about problems and tasks in novel, creative ways.

          Change is an ever present fact of life, when we become unable to flow with or to accept change then we become less than what we could be as a human being. We become despondent, angry, or morose over our inability to deal with change. We use our flexibility to cope with change, we look for, if needed, new and novel and/or creative ways to help ourselves overcome and cope with the changes in our life.

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Flexibility Unexpected Events

This trait is used when stressors or unexpected events occur, requiring a person to change their stance, outlook, or commitment.

          We all run into the unexpected events of life. Late for that important meeting, unexpected hospitalization, conflicting commitments, if we are not flexible enough toward ourselves we just tear ourselves up with self loathing at our inability to meet all the demands we have placed on ourselves. It is our flexibility that allows us to accept the unexpected event, find a workaround and move on with our lives. Through our flexibility we not only remove the burden from ourselves but from friends, family, and co-workers.

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Flexibility White Coat Concepts

Flexible personality should not be confused with cognitive flexibility, which is the ability to switch between two concepts, as well as simultaneously think about multiple concepts. Researchers of cognitive flexibility describe it as the ability to switch one's thinking and attention between tasks.

          Here the wiki-person tries to separate flexibility into a few different things, but it is all still a part of who we are whether it is personality, cognitive or psychological. Flexibility is still a "quality in a person". White coats and their language what can I say. In life when you are talking to someone, working at your computer, playing a game, watching TV, or reading a book, if you hear something that you were not expecting you are going to react. You just switched to a different concept, now you need to know what it was, you start multitasking and trying to discern what caused your interruption, you switched task, from relaxed mode to try and figure out if you need to go into fight or flight mode.

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Flexibility Hope

Flexibility, or psychological flexibility, as it is sometimes referred to, is the ability to adapt to situational demands, balance life demands, and commit to behaviors.

          We adapt, and react to the changes around us and in our lives. If we fail to adapt to the situation, or the demands of a balanced life, or are unable to commit to owning of our behaviours, then we have lacked the flexibility to lead a happy and worthwhile life and are a burden not unto society but unto ourselves. There is hope however, Flexibility can help, can put you on the road to that happy life, life is not all about champagne and caviar, it is also about guns and roses, about what's to eat, or what should I eat, or where should I go, or what should I do. We can all call upon our flexibility, it is sometimes as simple as looking at something then finding some of the choices, you don't need to find all the choices, just one that will work for you.

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My Conclusion

I see flexibility as one of the most important traits we have, it tempers all the other traits. Flexibility allows us to answer those hard questions, to re-exam the evidence, to alter our thinking when presented with new information. Most important about flexibility is it allows us to be able to deal with changes in our life. And our lives have changed will change and will continue to change until the day we die. We are not the newborn, we are not the teenager, (okay some of you may be), we move from various stages of life throughout our life. It is our flexibility that allows us to accept and live with all those changes.

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Links

Here are the links to Round 30 and the results:
IFC S1 - R30 : Most Important Issue?
IFC S1 - R30 Results

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