How flexible or adaptable are you
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Hmmm...
In my younger years, I've always adapted to other people.
As a result, I always acted different around different people.
Since I was not being myself, it kind of plunged me into depression.
Now, I see it as a mutual effort to adapt to each other when meeting new people.
I feel like I possess some ability to make others adapt to me. I don't know the term for this sort of phenomenon, but it would be 'reverse-empathy', if anything.
In my younger years, I've always adapted to other people.
As a result, I always acted different around different people.
Since I was not being myself, it kind of plunged me into depression.
Now, I see it as a mutual effort to adapt to each other when meeting new people.
I feel like I possess some ability to make others adapt to me. I don't know the term for this sort of phenomenon, but it would be 'reverse-empathy', if anything.
"For a man who wants to make a profession of good in all regards must come to ruin among so many who are not good. Hence it is necessary to a prince, if he wants to maintain himself, to learn to be able not to be good, and to use this and not use it according to necessity." Niccolo Machiavelli
I can be quite flexible and adaptable when it comes to people. However, when it comes to my physical environment. I am much less so. I always want my environment to be neat and tidy. I am also a very regular person. Perhaps it has to do with the "J" side of me, I don't know.
Difficult and interesting question [MENTION=1669]Carrie[/MENTION]
I am very mutable. I can be who you need me to be at any given time. I try and find the best possible way to relate to others. I don't hide who I am, they are all components of my personality, but I can be vastly different from crowd to crowd. I like to blend in and have learned how to be socially flexible. I think being in a culturally different environment all the time and having to adjust my sense of cultural norms is the reason why I tend to be mutable. For example, I consider it rude and unseemly to be loud--however, that isn't really something that is "frowned" upon in American culture--so I have to adjust my sense of what I consider normal.
I am however firm in my beliefs and my sense of honor and duty. I will rarely deviate from my own internal sense of honor to satisfy or appease others. I am not afraid to say when I think something is wrong.
I will listen and respect, even re-evaluate my ideas and perceptions when speaking with others. I think I am flexible in that I am always open to the idea that I am wrong. I am also open to the idea that I am right though.
In the end, adapation is a successful strategy. If you are unable to adapt to changing circumstances and information as it comes along, you might as well go through life banging your head against the wall.
I am very mutable. I can be who you need me to be at any given time. I try and find the best possible way to relate to others. I don't hide who I am, they are all components of my personality, but I can be vastly different from crowd to crowd. I like to blend in and have learned how to be socially flexible. I think being in a culturally different environment all the time and having to adjust my sense of cultural norms is the reason why I tend to be mutable. For example, I consider it rude and unseemly to be loud--however, that isn't really something that is "frowned" upon in American culture--so I have to adjust my sense of what I consider normal.
I am however firm in my beliefs and my sense of honor and duty. I will rarely deviate from my own internal sense of honor to satisfy or appease others. I am not afraid to say when I think something is wrong.
I will listen and respect, even re-evaluate my ideas and perceptions when speaking with others. I think I am flexible in that I am always open to the idea that I am wrong. I am also open to the idea that I am right though.
In the end, adapation is a successful strategy. If you are unable to adapt to changing circumstances and information as it comes along, you might as well go through life banging your head against the wall.
i tend to hold tight to my core beliefs. i will entertain new ideas and fit them where appropriate, but essentially i do not vary from what i feel is my life path.
other things - everyday things out side of that - i am pretty adaptable.