适应能力

Lessons of adaptability

by Santiago Agudelo

These latest days, I have had the opportunity to look back at my career and clearly understand my strengths and improvement opportunities. It has been quite an emotional ride, uncomfortable and humbling but, at the same time, enriching and powerful. I have learned more about myself in the last six months of my career than in more than twenty years of experience. 

One of the everyday things around the different stages of my life has been a continuous change. Not frenetic movements every two years, but a drastic shift in settings at the end of a stable period. Different companies, different industries, different countries, cities and different people, with their own set of values and cultures. I have become stronger because I had to adapt, learn, and rebuild myself. I have had to make new friends and understand different values, so I have had to become more active in seeking new contacts, meeting new people, and discovering the hidden potential of individuals who will help me in the process. I have learned how strong I can be and how determined, curious and passionate I become when I want to pursue something I like.

Adapting is not easy and sometimes hurts, but it makes you a much better professional and human being. It allows you to have empathy and learn from others to seek help. And when things go downwards, it makes you work on yourself to regain confidence, fixing what needs to be fixed and letting out your virtues.

Don´t be scared. What doesn´t kill you makes you stronger, and in every ride, you will learn. Sometimes it will be fun, some others hurtful, but you will always learn something.

Be prepared for change and embrace it with optimism. Good things await you at the end of the road, and the experience you will acquire will make you a very valuable professional and human being.

Good luck to all of you who are experiencing change these days. Drive safe.

有关适应能力的教训

最近这些天，我有机会回顾我的职业生涯，清楚地了解我的优势和改进机会。这是一段感慨良多的旅程，不舒服，卑微，但同时，丰富和强大。在我职业生涯的最后六个月里，我对自己的了解比我在20多年的工作经验得到的都要多。

在我生命的不同阶段，每天都在不断地发生变化。不是每两年间的剧烈波动，而是稳定期结束时状态的剧烈变化。不同的公司，不同的行业，不同的国家，城市和不同的人，有他们自己的一套价值观和文化。我变得更强大了，因为我必须去适应、去学习和重建自己。我不得不结交新朋友，理解不同的价值观，所以我必须更加积极地寻求新的联接，认识新的人，并发现那些在这个过程中会帮助我的人隐藏的潜力。当我想要追求我喜欢的东西时，我知道了我可以变得多么坚强，多么坚定，多么好奇和充满激情。

适应并不容易，有时还会受伤，但它会让你变得更专业、更有人性。它让你有同理心，并向他人学习寻求帮助。当事情变糟时，它会让你努力使自己重拾信心，修正需要修正的地方，释放你的美德。

别害怕，没有杀死你的东西会让你更强大，在每一次骑行中，你都会学到东西。有时会很有趣，有时会很受伤，但你总会学到一些东西。

为改变做好准备，并乐观地拥抱它。好东西在路的尽头等着你，你将获得的经验将使你成为一个非常有价值的专业人士。

祝你们所有正在经历变化的人好运。行车安全！