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🐝 One Idea That Shifts You
Book #05 — Stability Is Not the Goal
📘 Inspired by: Master of Change by Brad Stulberg
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🌱 Ideas from one great book in 5 minutes
🎯 The Shift
The goal isn’t to avoid change —
It’s to adapt with integrity.
Most people think of life like this:
First, get stable.
Then stay stable forever.
But change is constant — biologically, psychologically, socially.
Brad Stulberg offers a better model:
“Rugged Flexibility.”
Strong spine, soft edges.
Unbreakable, but bendable.
🌀 Visual Insight: Rugged + Flexible
RUGGED FLEXIBILITY
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| Values = Anchor |
| Habits = Flow |
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←—— Stability in Motion ——→
You're not a rock. You're a tree.
Rooted but growing. Solid but swaying.
⚡ The Antidote
“Rugged flexibility is the ability to bend without breaking — and persist without being rigid.”
In times of change:
Rugged: Stick to your core values
Flexible: Adapt your behaviors
Don’t try to “return to normal.”
Build a new one.
🛠 1-Minute Practice
Ask yourself today:
What core value do I want to keep — no matter what changes?
Then:
What habit or method needs to evolve?
Hold on tightly. Let go lightly.
🧠 Quote to Keep
“The goal is not to resist change but to get good at it.”
— Brad Stulberg
💡 Closing Thought
Don’t seek a still life.
Build a steady rhythm inside a moving world.
📚 Other Books by Brad Stulberg
Peak Performance (with Steve Magness)
The Practice of Groundedness
Master of Change
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