In late 18th Century America, 19/20 workers were required to feed the country. Two hundred years later, it was 1/20 (Source: Milton Friedman). Corporations, and their employees, must operate with velocity, as there will always be changing dynamics at work. This requires transforming skills in order to stay relevant.
There is a fine line between patience and procrastination when it comes to change. I was scuba diving the Rhone shipwreck in the British Virgin Islands a couple years ago, where the ship was torn in two by a hurricane. Knowing that a storm was coming, the ship anchored near an island for safety. After the storm had “passed,” they started to move their ship; however, they were actually in the “calm” eye of the hurricane. When the ship caught the second part of the hurricane’s wrath, with winds coming from the opposite direction, they were unprepared.
Are you proactively and constantly changing with patience?
