Let me start with a quick story: One of my hobbies is collecting miles and points (e.g., airline miles and hotel points).

In this arena, opportunities open and disappear constantly. Programs devalue overnight (e.g., requiring far more points for the same flight), advantageous loopholes close, and new cards and promotions become available. It's a constant game of cat and mouse.

What was good advice or the best way to do something three months ago often isn't anymore.

Everything about the hobby is always in flux. For example, I was about to cancel a card because of a huge increase in the annual fee, and then the bank dropped an offer to receive a $359 health tracker for free, making me glad I hadn't yet.

Why am I telling this story? Because operating in that volatile environment is what has prepared me better than anything else in my life to deal with (a) corporations and (b) rapidly changing or fuzzy scenarios.

Thriving in a fast-changing world, characterized by imperfect (and sometimes unfair) systems requires being flexible and nimble in specific ways. Here are three that can help you navigate whatever volatile systems you’re operating within.

1. Ability to Adapt to Flexible Rules

When we're children, we think in black and white and believe rules are hard and fast. As adults, as life experience kicks in, we begin to understand there are different sorts of rules.

We understand that not stealing is a........

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