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Agility isn't a faster ship. It's a smarter sailor. #1256072
The sea doesn't care about the intention or plan. It only respects preparedness.
A sturdy hull for the gales. A deep keel for stability. And the wisdom to know when to run with the storm, and when to turn your bow into the wind that blows new strength into being!
The goal isn't to avoid the weather, necessarily. It's to dance with it.
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Agility isn't a faster ship. It's a smarter sailor. #1256072
The sea doesn't care about the intention or plan. It only respects preparedness.
A sturdy hull for the gales. A deep keel for stability. And the wisdom to know when to run with the storm, and when to turn your bow into the wind that blows new strength into being!
The goal isn't to avoid the weather, necessarily. It's to dance with it.
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You are right. Agility is not simply about speed. It is about perception, judgment and the ability to act at the right time in the right way. The sea will not honor our intentions but it will respond to our readiness. Preparation brings the calm of knowing that whatever comes we have the means to meet it...
The heart of this is designing your career or organisation for flexibility. That does not mean drifting without a plan. It means focusing on building transferable skills, cultivating diverse networks, and developing systems that let you act on new information without being paralyzed by the need for certainty. In practice it often looks like running small experiments, watching for signals, and being willing to change course before inertia locks you in..