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Beetles have survived centuries by adapting.

It’s a new year, and if last year taught us anything, it’s to always be prepared for whatever the economy has in store, good or bad. It’s a basic law of Darwinism: adapt, or you won’t last through the winter. The survival of the fittest is precisely why some companies have gone under (resistant to change, stuck in their ways) in these times… but others haven’t.

Financial Times published an article early last year that still applies now about how surviving the recession could be compared to Darwinism and how animals that adapted to their conditions survived. The Financial Times is quick to point out in the article that “It is not the strongest species that survives, or the most intelligent, but the ones who are most responsive to change.” Know what the most adaptable being on earth is?

The beetle.

Beetles are some of the most adaptable living organisms in the world, and have survived centuries because of their talent for adapting as the times change. Companies have to sharpen their points of difference to survive.

Bears are strong, but now endangered. Eagles are smart, but now endangered. The beetle, however, is still around, due to its adaptability. It’s something for business owners to think about, especially since the recession is still very much here for many businesses. Being stubborn, resistant to change, or just plain being in denial won’t help you or your business through a recession.

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