The new normal is constant change
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2024 9:28 am
Major crises like the one we are experiencing make us swing between fearing the worst and hoping for the best. We go from pessimism to optimism, and vice versa, in intervals of days, even hours.
Often when we are thinking positively, our longing is to go back to how we were. It is a completely human reaction. We do not ask for more, just to be as we were before. We look for a way to return to familiar ground where we feel safer and where the current problems do not exist.
The same thing happened to us during philippines girls telegram the 2008 crisis. At first, one of the general comments was: “it seems that we are recovering, in a few months we will return to normality” (to the previous state). But as time went by, we realized that this was not going to happen. The comments became “the previous situation was unreal, we have to get used to the new situation” (the unreal was due to how inflated the economy was).
It's something similar to what we're experiencing now. The current crisis, and the one to come, scares us (yes, let's call things by their name), the level of uncertainty is very high. That's why we seek, even if only in our heads, the security that the state before the crisis generates for us. But the reality is that we have to accept that the past will not return, and we have to find a way to adapt.
At the business level, this way of thinking leads us to seek a way back to a past that no longer exists. And it no longer exists not only because it is a time before which we cannot return, but because the context has changed.
We cannot bury our heads in the sand and wait for the storm to pass. That cannot be the plan. We have to face the new situation with a different approach. Find ways to adapt and find opportunities that will help us get out of the rut.
Think about it, really, what is normality? And put it in the context of an economy that is evolving ever faster. The new normality that we are told about has become constant change. And not a new stage of tranquility.
We need to move from the constant search for security and control to letting go and enjoying what we find along the way. We need to trust in our abilities and in the people around us. Life is full of challenges, that's what makes it exciting.
We usually call this capacity for adaptation, both personal and business, resilience. Although it is a “trendy” term, it does not fit me, because although it does not speak of the capacity to adapt to an adverse situation, its very meaning leads us to return to the previous situation.
That is why I like Nassim Taleb's concept of antifragility better . He talks about people and organizations that not only recover well from shocks, disorder, crises, etc., but they come out stronger from them because they learn something from each one of them that makes them better. Antifragile not only does not avoid shocks, but seeks them out because it knows that it will help it improve.
Often when we are thinking positively, our longing is to go back to how we were. It is a completely human reaction. We do not ask for more, just to be as we were before. We look for a way to return to familiar ground where we feel safer and where the current problems do not exist.
The same thing happened to us during philippines girls telegram the 2008 crisis. At first, one of the general comments was: “it seems that we are recovering, in a few months we will return to normality” (to the previous state). But as time went by, we realized that this was not going to happen. The comments became “the previous situation was unreal, we have to get used to the new situation” (the unreal was due to how inflated the economy was).
It's something similar to what we're experiencing now. The current crisis, and the one to come, scares us (yes, let's call things by their name), the level of uncertainty is very high. That's why we seek, even if only in our heads, the security that the state before the crisis generates for us. But the reality is that we have to accept that the past will not return, and we have to find a way to adapt.
At the business level, this way of thinking leads us to seek a way back to a past that no longer exists. And it no longer exists not only because it is a time before which we cannot return, but because the context has changed.
We cannot bury our heads in the sand and wait for the storm to pass. That cannot be the plan. We have to face the new situation with a different approach. Find ways to adapt and find opportunities that will help us get out of the rut.
Think about it, really, what is normality? And put it in the context of an economy that is evolving ever faster. The new normality that we are told about has become constant change. And not a new stage of tranquility.
We need to move from the constant search for security and control to letting go and enjoying what we find along the way. We need to trust in our abilities and in the people around us. Life is full of challenges, that's what makes it exciting.
We usually call this capacity for adaptation, both personal and business, resilience. Although it is a “trendy” term, it does not fit me, because although it does not speak of the capacity to adapt to an adverse situation, its very meaning leads us to return to the previous situation.
That is why I like Nassim Taleb's concept of antifragility better . He talks about people and organizations that not only recover well from shocks, disorder, crises, etc., but they come out stronger from them because they learn something from each one of them that makes them better. Antifragile not only does not avoid shocks, but seeks them out because it knows that it will help it improve.