Essential Skill 1: Accept the Existence and Permanence of Chaos
To embrace the ambiguity of a postpandemic world, the first essential skill to develop is to accept the existence and permanence of chaos. Such a skill provides the necessary perspective if one wants to maintain a macro perspective of life and work in the postpandemic world. Just as the plane flying at 35,000 feet provides the perspective of the entire landscape, so too does an understanding of the permanence of chaos. If all one does is walk upon the ground with their head down, it is difficult to look up and start to comprehend the complexity of the universe. While it is easy to fall prey to the cognitive bias of presentism and believe the present is far more chaotic ...
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