Aristotle once said, "Each human being is bred with a unique set of potentials that yearn to be fulfilled as surely as the acorn yearns to become the oak within it." Your capacity to improve has not peaked.
You have more to offer the world than you think. "The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live," argues Mortimer Adler.
The rapidly changing world has turned the labour market upside down. Many people need more than hard skills to survive in the new world.
Millions of people are rethinking how they fit in and what they can do to be indispensable to their employers or if they’ve chosen to work for themselves.
Today, right now, you can choose to retrain, improve, upgrade your skills or expand your skills. If you respect your growth and working skills, you will take your skill development seriously and actively do something about it.
"The best yardstick for our progress is not other people, but ourselves. Am I better than I was yesterday? This is the only question worth asking. As long as you go to bed at night a better practitioner than the one who woke up that morning, you have succeeded," writes Chris Matakas.
The changing world of work requires people who are ready to evolve. People who can adapt, improve or relearn new skills. Whilst you still have time, think about acquiring new skills or expanding your existing skills to become indispensable. It’s a much shorter path to success in the new world.
"The wisest mind has something yet to learn," says George Santayana. What can you learn to become wiser and more skilful than you were last year? Your unique skill is the asset you need to thrive this year.
Our daily experience of work has changed significantly over the last 12 months. The world of work may have changed forever.
Work and life are more intertwined than ever. Work as we know it will never be the same, even if we don’t yet know all the ways in which it will be different in the future.
The drastic rise in remote work and the increasing dependency on technology means you are in control of your time some of the time if you work for someone else. If you work for yourself, it’s even more important to know how to create strong work-life boundaries.
"You can’t have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you," says Marissa Mayer.
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