Adaptability is one of the major skills highlighted as a much needed requirement for the future of the workplace. Embracing uncertainty will make any professional invincible, so to speak.

If you find yourself always rooting for the usual and little change, this is the time to brace up and welcome the unfamiliar waters of uncertainty. This is because, we live in a time when nothing is certain. Take the COVID-19 pandemic for instance, it all started off like a bad joke.

A lot of people thought it would be contained in China, however, the pandemic spread quickly across countries on different continents and real people lost their sources of livelihood, real families were affected, real futures became jeopardized as a result of the quick spread of a virus that scientists initially knew very little about.

It is for reasons like this that every professional has to be on their toes and stay teachable and willing to adapt to new methods and ways of life, so they do not get sucked into or get totally consumed by any uncertainty.

Deyemi is an Engineer. He is one of our clients from Nigeria and the pandemic has hit him hard. He lost his job recently and given the fact that he is prepared for any uncertainty, he was able to look around his immediate environment and figure out what he could do for money during the lockdown, so as to provide for his family.

At the end of the day, Deyemi was able to sell his skills as a home tutor to the children of his fellow estate occupants. He came up with creative ideas to help children stay busy as schools were closed as well as helping them improve their memory capacity, and after a month, his clientele grew and he started making good money from his tutoring.

This is a clear example of someone not falling victim to uncertainty. As a professional, this is a skill that will help you avoid becoming a victim of life’s challenges. As you are growing every day in your career, try to learn adaptability skills by being more open-minded, let go of a strict outlook on life and how it is supposed to go, and be open to learning a lot from those around you.

Source - https://lingoafrica.com/uncertainty-is-a-part-of-life-professionals-must-learn-to-adapt/

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