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Rigid opinions are a sign of fundamental insecurity. If the world seems a frightening and confusing place, then a rigid thought structure can provide a sort of safety rail to cling to. This rigidity, though, has its drawbacks. Bridges and even skyscrapers are built so that they can sway slightly in a very strong wind, and it is precisely this flexibility that prevents them from collapsing in a storm. The same is true for people. It is the ones that are able to adapt to new situations that fare best.

Patronisers tend to waste a lot of energy resisting change and sometimes miss out on opportunities that could be to their advantage, simply because they do not fit into their concepts and therefore frighten them (‘I’m not having any of these new-fangled computers in my office, thank you very much!’).