How to Develop Rugged Flexibility

The Art of Manliness

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Change is a constant. Changes big and small are always happening in our lives, while the world also changes around us. We can either resist these changes as unmooring threats to our sense of self, or embrace them as chances to get better and stronger.

The key to taking that second approach, my guest says, is developing rugged flexibility. His name is Brad Stulberg, and he's the author of Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You. Today on the show, Brad unpacks why allostasis is a better model for dealing with disruption than homeostasis, and how healthy change moves in a cycle of order, disorder, and reorder. We then discuss ways to move through this cycle with rugged flexibility — an approach to life that keeps some things solid and stable, while letting others change and flow. We talk about the importance of adopting a being versus having orientation, managing your expectations, diversifying your identity, and more.

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0:00.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:12.0	Change is a constant.
0:13.5	Changes big and small are always happening in our lives, while the world also changes
0:17.2	around us.
0:18.4	We can either resist these changes as unmooring threats to our sense of self, or embrace
0:22.3	them as chances to get better and stronger.
0:25.1	The key to taking that second approach, my guest says, is developing rugged flexibility.
0:30.2	His name is Brad Stolberg, and he's the author of Master of Change.
0:33.9	How to excel when everything is changing, including you.
0:37.1	Today on the show, Brad impacts my alo stasis as a better model for dealing with disruption
0:41.4	than homeostasis, and how healthy change moves in a cycle of order, disorder, and reorder.
0:47.3	We then discuss ways to move through the cycle with rugged flexibility, and approach
0:51.1	to life that keeps something solid and stable, while letting others change and flow.
0:55.5	We talk about the importance of adopting a being versus having orientation, managing your
0:59.7	expectations, diversifying your identity, and more.
1:03.3	After the show's over, check out our show notes at a-wim.is slash rugged flexibility.
1:07.9	All right, Brad Stolberg, welcome back to the show.
1:22.0	Hey, Brad, it's great to be here.
1:24.0	So, you got a new book out called Master of Change.
1:27.0	How to excel when everything is changing, including you, and you take readers through research
1:32.2	practices and ideas to help them better navigate change and disruption in their lives.
1:38.6	And this change could be small change, or it could be big change, divorce.
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