James Brown pens an article about three intangible skills that make you successful. Sometimes you can follow all the rules and processes and still find a project on the brink of failure. Without the intangible skills you may find yourself overwhelmed by a project and working long hours, long hours that do nothing but drain your energy.
Let's focus on the third skill he discusses: Adaptation — The ability to respond positively to unfavorable decisions and unfortunate circumstances.
One way to improve your ability to adapt to circumstances is to develop personal skills or product features that are flexible and respond to change. Like a screenwriter who knows how to plant and pay off story plot points, you should anticipate what career seeds to plant so they pay off later when you need to respond to changing plots.
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