Adaptation: Super Power or Kryptonite?

The Mindset Maniac: Episode 7

 

Adaptation: Super Power or Kryptonite?

 

On this episode of The Mindset Maniac, host Leslie Crevar talks about “Adaptation” and the power it has for better and for worse.

 

 

Episode Highlights:

 

• Leslie shares real-life incidents on the downside of adaptation, how it might also seem like we are taking things for granted.
• She says that we have biological and emotional plasticity as humans, which means we can adapt to any environment or situation.
• Leslie further adds our reflexes to something good or bad, highlights our capability to adapt to any situation. 
• She points out that adaptation can be grandeur or smaller; it can also happen over a lifetime.
• She makes us realize that there are so many different life phases; just when we think we are all settled, there is time for a new chapter.
• Her advice to listeners is to make two lists, one for the things they are proud to have adapted and the other about the adaptation that contributed to decreasing their quality of life.

 

3 Key Points:

 

1. We have biological and emotional plasticity as humans, which means we can adapt to any environment or situation.
2. Adaptation is our superpower - using this as a tool, we should live a meaningful life. Relationships, behaviors, thoughts, circumstances, whatever it may be, we can adapt for better or worse.
3. Adaptation is powerful, and it allows us to see that we are in charge of choosing or controlling what we choose to accept or what we adapt.

 

Tweetable Quotes:

 

“Your mindset is the most important part of your existence; it dictates your current experiences in life and ultimately your future.” - Leslie Crevar

 

“With a healthy adaptive and expansive mindset, you can achieve anything, and you can learn to use every challenge in your life to benefit you in some way.” - Leslie Crevar

 

“When it comes to adaptation, our superpower can also be our kryptonite.” - Leslie Crevar

 

Resources Mentioned:

 

• Leslie Crevar Facebook Instagram
• If you are interested in taking your personal development to the next level check out Leslie's courses and Masterclasses