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Don’t feel behind

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Richard Merrick
Aug 27, 2019
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It’s easy to feel behind when so much is changing, and we find ourselves in a bonfire of old certainties

It’s understandable. Many of the things we have trained for, qualified in and taken as a solid base seem to be evaporating under the heat of technology and politics.

It’s compounded by our psyche. FOMO, or loss aversion bias makes us far more conscious of what we might be losing than what we might be gaining.

It’s time for a deep breath, because the fear is a choice. We don’t describe the world we see, we see the world we describe.

When everything changes so fast, and makes what we have learned obsolescent quickly, it levels the playing field. People with twenty years more experience are not twenty years ahead of you.

More than ever, it’s about Clarity.

Why you’re doing what you are. Purpose. It doesn’t have to be grandiose- sometimes our purpose may just be putting food on the table, at other times we want to change the world. Don’t assume your purpose today will be the same as your pur…

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