I fully concur! You're always ONE DECISION away from a totally different life.

It's self explanatory!

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"If you live your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself...your dreams will come to you."

~ Randy Pausch, from his last lecture in September 2007, at Carnegie Mellon University, where he taught computer science; he was only 47 years old when he died from pancreatic cancer; he was, as the Independent of London put it, "the dying man who taught America how to live", and his book, The Last Lecture, is an international best-seller, which offers many wonderful lessons about life;

"The future demands that you reinvent. The only way to do that is to reimagine!" 

- Futurist Jim Carroll 

If what you sell, who you sell it to, how you sell it, and essentially, what it actually is - you've got to change things. If who you are how, how you learn, what you know, and what you need to know, you need to reinvent. That means you need to reimagine your future - because it will be fundamentally different from everything you know today.

That's why trend #14 of my '23 Trends for 2023' is Reimagining & Reinventing.

I see a tremendous amount of change within my base of global clients. Volvo/Mac trucks have had me in twice for senior-level leadership talks, with a core message that they are reinventing or transforming. The typical truck today contains more technology than a Cessna plane, and the company knows that they are no longer selling a truck - they are selling a service with guaranteed uptime because they know when it is going to break down. They can sell their clients - large fleet operators - a guarantee of uptime. They're going from selling a truck - to selling something different altogether. That's reinvention.

Starbucks is busy reimagining the 'gas station' of the future, knowing that when 'gas' disappears and electric vehicles become predominant, the opportunity for reinvention of the 'gas station' is pretty profound. People will be spending 10-20 minutes for a battery top-up, and will likely spend that time buying coffee and pastries - talk about an opportunity to reinvent the idea of a filling station! Time to reinvent and reimagine and pursue new opportunities!

Philips understands they are no longer selling relatively simple medical devices, but instead, are selling a type of hyperconnected intelligent 'smart thing; that does medical diagnosis and monitoring. They have essentially changed what they sell - and need to challenge their sales team to think differently as to how to sell it. That's reinvention - because it's not a widget anymore!

Heck, the company my son works for - a building inspection firm - recognizes that his drone work fundamentally changes the very nature of an external building inspection, doing it faster, with more accuracy, at less cost, than traditional manual methods. That's reinvention. The challenge is, it takes a lot of work to get people on the side of reinvention.

Everywhere we look, people reinventing. In each and everything case, there was a fundamental reimagination of what the future holds in store.

This is your future at a personal level too. Your career will change, your job will evolve, your skills base will change, and your day-to-day activities will be transformed. It's implicit on you to reinvent, and to do that, reimagine.

Because reinventing and reimaging is what most adults will do for a living from this point forward.

If you aren't busy reimagining your future, you'll never reinvent for what comes next.

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Duly noted!

When it comes to integrity, I subscribe to what C. S. Lewis had asserted:

“Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.”

Integrity means being authentic and honest, and also having moral fortitude.

A person with integrity behaves ethically, and always does the right thing, even behind closed doors.

My Comments:

Drawing intellectual cues from Brene Brown, that's exercising the power of vulnerability.

As she explains, "vulnerability is about sharing our feelings and our experiences with people who have earned the right to hear them. Being vulnerable takes courage. But it's worth it. It's worth it to be ourselves, to connect to others.

Even though it can be uncomfortable, vulnerability is the birthplace for joy, creativity, authenticity, and love.

With vulnerability, we can let our guards down and be seen for who we truly are. The truth about vulnerability is that is not a weakness; it is a strength."

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Interesting and insightful!

 Good for mental timeout!

It's an astute observation by futurist Daniel Burrus.

His point reinforces the reality that we as businessfolks and professionals must constantly hone our skills in reading the hard trends and soft trends of the marketplace, so as to put ourselves in a robust position to anticipate emerging disruptions.

It's self-explanatory!

Self-regulation is a useful skill that helps us cope with certain emotional behaviors and physical movements during stressful situations.

In addition, self-regulation helps us stay focused and attentive during times of stress.

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This elegant quote is attributed to the well-known "new thought" teacher Neville Goddard.

Drawing on my own personal experiences, I must say, attention and imagination are equally important to creativity.

Attention pertains to our perceptual focus, or to be more precise, our awareness of what's going on around us all the time, and what changes to observe.

What do we choose to see? and where do we direct our attention? are the two primary questions we should always ask ourselves, drawing intellectual cues from the late creativity maestro Dr Edward de Bono, often acknowledged as the Father of Lateral Thinking.

Imagination refers to the innate imaging capability of our mind, which gives us the ability to think and see beyond the obvious.

Because of the fact that it can transcend space and time, we can see many possibilities (and myriad opportunities!).

My end analysis:

The weakness of attention and the poverty of imagination, which Neville Goddard had framed them, are the only two constraints that can come in the way of our personal as well as professional success.

Godspeed!

It's self-explanatory!

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