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8 Superpowers You Need To Thrive In Today’s World
If you want to thrive in today’s world of relentless change, you need to develop a better relationship with change.
Change can be viewed as either exciting or frightening, but regardless of how we view it, we must all face the fact that change is the very nature of life. — Michael A. Singer
The world is changing at a pace never seen before. Two decades ago, it’s unlikely you had an email address, and now even third graders have one. This incredible change, inspired by technology, has in no small measure redefined every aspect of human life, from the way we live and work to how we conduct business across the globe.
Only recently, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said technology is currently performing 30% of overall tasks, while humans are doing the remaining 70%, and predicted that about 85 million jobs will be replaced through automation by 2025.
In her book Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change, author April Rinne wrote:
We’re living in a world of flux. The workplace, climate, careers, education, learning, social cohesion, financial markets are all in flux... The sheer scope of what’s shifting and unknown is simultaneously awe-inspiring and downright daunting…The pace…