If you’ve ever experienced moments of intense stress, panic, or anxiety and have failed to successfully employ the typical techniques of calming the f down (deep breathing, closing your eyes, planting your feet firmly on the ground), it can feel like you’re just going to have to live with the fact that these moments are going to hijack your mind and body as often as they like.

If you’ve read my last two blogs and your interest is piqued, I hope you’ll find this final one on the topic of Adaptability Quotient (AQ) as interesting as I did researching it. AQ blog #1, Navigating the Fastest Period of Change in History, introduced the AQ concept, acknowledged the current period that is calling on us to adapt relentlessly, and explored the first key element of human’s capacity to do so: Ability. Then, in AQ blog #2, The Human Side of Adaptability, I highlighted the second – very human – key element of Character.

Following our exploration of Ability in my previous blog about the Adaptability Quotient (AQ), it’s time to venture into another dimension: Character.