Expect the best.
Prepare for the worst.
Capitalize on what comes.
~ Zig Ziglar
Most folks will just read such stuff and then perhaps inspired to act on it but keeping it up with stamina to match is another different matter.
Same for me here, no doubts about it too.
This is why we always need to constantly remind ourselves to be open to new ideas, methods of doing things, and different ways of thinking so that we can explore and prepare should one day that the ‘Worst’ may come upon us.
For example, like these series of lockdowns over the past 2 years due to the stupid virus. No one can anticipate what’s next if the entire city or country be shut again and everything risk set back to zero.
The collapse of the business, the need to let go colleagues, getting loans to finance the OPEX, entire depts shut down, companies moving out, selling products at a loss just to have some cash flow, etc.
Therefore it is always important to keep pedaling forward even without able to clearly anticipate what may come. But at least you are moving to equip yourself with knowledge, experience and opening more doors for yourself with the insights that you gained along the way to guide you to do fewer ‘Wrong’ things that may set you back.
When I decided to invest in Xprenia.com by Rebecca Wan and the team, I really like the idea of having a platform to deliver straight the to point insights, without the fluff and learn what is most important to your career.
Circumstances had shown that people who constantly upgrade themselves have a better chance in life so that they can capitalize on what’s to come next. Zig Ziglar is a very smart man.
When the first lockdown happened last year 7 April, most of us thought that it just be a month and that’s it. We are so wrong. The virus had mutated, people died, banks moved out, companies go south, employees are retrenched, job scopes are reduced, older folks are falling sick, more money needed to equip the kids to study online, etc.
Let’s not get caught again.
