Maybe these aren’t so much predictions as my speculation, but see what you think:

• ChatGPT is not the magic bullet, but will be very useful with instructions, broad announcements, and substituting for “boilerplate.”
• Remote meetings of all kinds, large and small, will proliferate, and the future is about tourism travel’s increase and business travel’s decline.
• Supply chains are moving from global to regional in view of geopolitical realities. (Which is why you also find southeast Asia countries spending more on defense and coordinating their responses.)
• The have/have not gap will increase no matter how much political winds sweep the landscape until legislation is passed to reconcile unfair practices and compensation.
• The old, ridiculous retirement rules will change (despite the absurd protests in France against raising retirement age) because morbidity is outstripping fertility in the developed countries, and unless intelligent immigration practices are implemented there will be profound labor shortages. We can’t afford to allow people to retire when they are still healthy and talented.
• Misinformation and politicized information are more the rule than the exception, and we need some kind of clearing house to approve truthful reporting.
• We need to get over the myth and sanctimony about the “40-hour week.” People in the office physically for 40 hours might be productive for half of that, so don’t expect more from remote employees.

Centering

The people in control are usually those “in the center,” not on the periphery. So by “centered” here, I mean that we need to enter into that space to gain control of our lives and situation. In racquetball, it’s important to dominate the “T” in the center of the court. In chess, it’s vital to control the center of the board early on.

But we often allow ourselves to be centrifugally tossed to the outside.

There were recent warnings of a dire snowstorm in the Northeast (a “Nor’easter”) that would dump feet of snow all over the region. I was in Atlanta the day prior making a television appearance. It was uncertain as to whether I’d be able to get home, and I had a full slate of calls set for the next day.

I concluded I could make the calls from Atlanta and simply stay an extra night. I could also investigate other airports to fly into. And I could track the incoming flight I would be on which is very easy using flight tracking software on my phone.

The Providence flight kept reporting that it was on time. I went to the airport, having arranged for an Uber to meet me at the TV station and get me there quickly. Boston flights were being cancelled, only an hour north of Providence. Yet our flight took off on time—the man next to me had come from a cancelled Boston flight.

When we landed, there was zero snow on the ground. Nada. Nothing.

I’d like to think that I remained “centered” during that day, keeping in mind what my options were and planning for success, not failure. I didn’t cancel appointments reflexively, nor try to book other flights. I simply kept my options opened, stayed calm, and acted with control and command.

You can, too. Simply control the center. And, unlike racquetball and chess, you have no opponent trying to force you out.

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