What Alec Litowitz has said about Adaptability

Litowitz uses a swimming analogy to argue that adaptability means checking whether one's effort points in the right direction.

“You need to lift your head up. Because you could be swimming with another group of people exactly super fast in the absolute wrong direction”

Passion Struck with John R. Miles: You’re Not Stuck. You’re Swimming in the Wrong Direction | Alec Litowitz - EP 827 (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 40:40

Litowitz says Blockbuster executed well within an obsolete frame while Netflix had the correct frame.

“Blockbuster was swimming really fast, giving you popcorn and Raisinets inside a store that was selling you DVDs. Wrong frame. Netflix had the frame”

Passion Struck with John R. Miles: You’re Not Stuck. You’re Swimming in the Wrong Direction | Alec Litowitz - EP 827 (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 40:40

Litowitz urges people to anchor identity in adaptability so they update rather than defend outdated answers.

“If you have an identity stuck to adaptability, you'll update when the world changes”

Passion Struck with John R. Miles: You’re Not Stuck. You’re Swimming in the Wrong Direction | Alec Litowitz - EP 827 (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 48:29

Litowitz says an absence of feedback signals that one's mission is wrong and needs updating.

“when you hear nothing back when there is nothing to get a feedback loop on then you're probably on the wrong mission and it has to be updated”

Passion Struck with John R. Miles: You’re Not Stuck. You’re Swimming in the Wrong Direction | Alec Litowitz - EP 827 (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:21

Litowitz predicts IQ will become downloadable and cease to differentiate people.

“And soon IQ is going to be downloadable. That's not going to separate people”

Passion Struck with John R. Miles: You’re Not Stuck. You’re Swimming in the Wrong Direction | Alec Litowitz - EP 827 (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 57:54