Chapter 9

The Eighth Flavor—Discipline

The importance of Personal Agility

We have all of these formal theories, exams, workshops, and everything that is process oriented with tools and methodologies for the word “agility.” But guess what, if the agile mindset is not inherent in a person, life can be quite a challenge. A simple example, from a mariner’s life. When they travel across longitudes, every 15 degrees is a one-hour change in the clocks that we need to do. Everyone complains about daylight savings in countries that change the clocks for just one hour twice a year. Imagine doing it multiple times a day and then doing this as and when the course of the ship changes. It takes a humungous toll on a human body and mind. So all of the 7 agilities ...

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