What David calls "emotional agility" looks a lot like…
What David calls "emotional agility" looks a lot like the El competence "adaptability."
— from Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience) · *Optimal: How to Sustain Personal and Organization aExcellence Every Day by Daniel Goleman *
In the book
Close behind it is adaptability. It is not the strongest of a species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most able to adapt to change — so when you are knocked flat and stuck, learn to shift into neutral, regroup, and find the right next step rather than grinding the same gear, and train yourself to look for Both-And solutions instead of forcing every choice into either-or. Adaptability is, at bottom, emotional agility, and it grows from the same root as a growth mindset — the cognitive flexibility to reappraise a situation and see it in a different light. Plan for it, too: because you cannot predict the future, build margins and flexibility into your plans so a single shock cannot sink you. — Failure & Resilience (Challenge/Failure/Perseverance/Accountability/Flexibility/Resilience)