As attention get fractured, book sales dipped and sharing insight has changed fundamentally.
We saw it before.
The record business was perfect until the internet and Spotify came along. The artists who saw it early gave their music away and pivot to live performances and merchandises.
Now, as the economic environment and climate changes, careers gets upended. It pays dividend to think hard about what to do next.
A career is simply a made up idea. Pastors, farmers and entrepreneurs don’t have careers. They have seasons, projects, ideas and jobs.
What to invest (or learn) that would reap rewards for the next ten years?
What are you good at?
What do you enjoy?
What does the world need?
Just like COVID can be an opportunity to kick start the life you wanted, or it can buried us in.
This is an opportunity to learn how you can adapt and cast in a vote into resilience.
The advice, be so good that they can’t ignore you, is missing a second part. Make sure it is something scarce that you can exchange for money, for years to come.
You don’t need to throw everything away, but you need to pay attention and start placing bets.
You have agency.
