Patrick Rhone, a frequent guest known for his candid reflections, joins the conversation on adaptability, illustrating how life’s unpredictabilities can shape our responses. They discuss the importance of slowing down to make thoughtful decisions and the tension between efficiency and personal agency. Rhone shares insights on navigating uncertainty in higher education, highlighting students' financial struggles and evolving admissions landscapes. The duo emphasizes that true adaptability is practiced, urging listeners to embrace change and prioritize resilience.
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Tubing Story on Adaptability
Mike Vardy shared a tubing experience where failing to avoid a rough path impacted the overall enjoyment.
He relates this to adaptability, highlighting the importance of pausing to make better adaptive choices.
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College Enrollment Decline Insight
Colleges face a decline in enrollment due to demographic shifts and international student issues.
This uncertainty forces families like Patrick Rhone's to adapt to unpredictable college admissions realities.
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Slow Down To Adapt Better
Slowing down and creating pauses improves the quality of our adaptive decisions.
Setting reminders and organizing helps ensure we adapt on our own terms amid fast-paced demands.
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Balancing Quality and Quantity for Lasting Productivity
Mike Vardy
The Productivity Diet offers a fresh perspective on productivity, emphasizing the importance of quality over quantity and encouraging readers to cultivate a deeper relationship with time. It provides actionable strategies for integrating meaningful productivity practices into daily life, focusing on intentionality, deep work, and mindful time management.
This episode marks the latest in our ongoing monthly PM Talks series, where I sit down with Patrick Rhone to explore a theme through candid conversation, lived experience, and a touch of real-time reflection.
This time, we didn’t just talk about adaptability—we lived it. Technical issues and illness meant we had to reschedule and re-record, but in doing so, we ended up with an even deeper and more resonant conversation. Adaptability isn’t just a concept—it’s a practice, and in this episode, we show what that looks like in real life.
Six Discussion Points
Why slowing down is often the best way to adapt effectively
How "known unknowns" create conditions that demand adaptability
Patrick’s perspective on college uncertainty and shifting expectations
The tension between efficiency and agency in modern life
How small pauses create the space for better decisions
Why resilience isn’t the same as adaptability—and why both matter
Sometimes we adapt by choice. Other times, we’re forced into it. Either way, the quality of our adaptation depends on how well we pause, observe, and decide. This conversation offers a reminder that in a fast-moving world, the real power lies in how we slow down and shift course with intention.
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