Adaptation Quotes

“When we're talking about businesses adapting to change, it's not just about the processes and systems but also about people and their ability to practice new relationships, methods and behaviors.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“History shows us that reversing a decline is very difficult because it requires undoing so many things that have already been done. For example, if one's spending is greater than one's earnings and one's liabilities are greater than one's assets, those circumstances can only be reversed by working harder or consuming less. The question is whether we can face our challenges honestly and adapt and change to meet them.”
― Ray Dalio, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail

“The world is constantly changing and smart people change with it.”
― Steven Magee

“Change the clouds and you will change the world.”
― Steven Magee

“Some technologies take several decades to reach mainstream adaptation because they were waiting on many other things to reach a certain level of maturity or accessibility. For example, in order for video conferencing technologies like Facetime and Zoom to reach mainstream adaptation, it needed the following things to reach greater maturity and accessibility — camera technology, smartphone popularity, computer chip manufacturing, silica mining, copper mining, fiber optic cable distribution, 4G communication technology and more. The magic happens in the convergence.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“The rate of adaptation to change in response to the evolutionary forces increases incredibly when everyone in the organization gets aligned.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“Beyond science is also science, it’s just that the boundaries of science need to be broadened.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“Not every change will contribute to the evolution process, because evolution by nature only moves in a forward direction. However, change can happen in any direction.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“Our beliefs can paralyze our thinking abilities. The stronger the belief, the more severe the paralysis.”
― Sukant Ratnakar

“Trends are irrelevant in the process of evolution.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“Change can be reversed, but evolution only moves forward and once it moves forward, it can never be reversed.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“The future is change.”
― Steven Magee

“Life, by definition, is change.”
― Steven Magee

“Change or die.”
― Steven Magee

“To change or not to change, that is the question.”
― Steven Magee

“There appears to be an adaptation process that occurs in people that have been exposed to high levels of solar radiation. That adaptation makes them 'allergic' to the low levels of indoor light and may bring on symptoms of depression, such as fatigue. I call this process 'Magee's High Light Adaptation'.”
― Steven Magee

“Bright Light Adaptation Disease (BLAD) should be suspected in anyone that is from a dull climate that has spent significant time living in a sunny environment. They may be experiencing fatigue and depression from the much lower indoor lighting levels.”
― Steven Magee

“The continuous all year long fatigue and depression is what separates Bright Light Adaptation Disease (BLAD) from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).”
― Steven Magee

“Bright Light Adaptation Disease (BLAD) is not unique to high altitude workers and may be occurring in many other areas, such as welders, winter snow sports, sunny vacationers, window cleaners, solar workers, immigrants to sunny climates, and so on. Anyone in a bright environment is at risk of developing it.”
― Steven Magee

“Change made me the person I am.”
― Steven Magee

“Change is progress.”
― Steven Magee

“Change is to evolve.”
― Steven Magee

“Change is natural and we call it ‘Evolution’.”
― Steven Magee

“The longest relationship in my life has been with ‘Change’.”
― Steven Magee

“I love ‘Change’ and it loves me.”
― Steven Magee

“Embrace change, or it will overwhelm you.”
― Steven Magee

“Change keeps life interesting.”
― Steven Magee

“Bright Light Adaptation Disease may occur in high altitude workers due to the accelerated aging effects that increased radiation causes.”
― Steven Magee

“My allergies completely disappeared after moving to Hawaii. I had suspected Tucson was causing them, as much of the pollen is coming from cactus, which I know I have no genetic adaptation to. Numerous people report the development of seasonal allergies when they start living in Tucson. It is a known aspect of living there for many.”
― Steven Magee, Magee’s Disease

“That’s the funny thing about stories — like all living things, they need to adapt and evolve in order to survive in their environment. Consider for a second that you can drop the same exact species into ten different ecosystems and within a few dozen generations, they could be hardly recognizable from their original form or to each other. The same is true for stories. They mutate to fit the cognitive conditions of each person’s specific mental habitat. That’s why a group of people can experience the same exact event, and within a decade or two, the story of that event can be wildly different as told by each person who experienced it.”
― Sean Norris, Heaven and Hurricanes