Mull over these facts and thoughts for a moment:
· The global average life expectancy in 2019 was 72.6 years, higher than any single county in 1950 and an increase of over 30 years during that period.
· The majority of youth today will live beyond 100
· The average retirement age in the US today is less than 64 years, while in 1950 it was over 68 years
· The average number of jobs people will have in their life is 12, with career changes between three and seven
· 58% of U.S. adults want to change careers, but the risk of starting over is a barrier. Of these, 29% say they cannot afford to start over.
It feels as if technology is evolving and changing at a pace well beyond what we think because it is.
· The number of intelligent devices collecting, analyzing, and sharing data should hit 50 billion by 2030
· The global Internet adoption rate sits at 59% in 2021.
· The world has produced 90% of its Big Data in the past two years.
· Solar energy adoption has grown by around 50%.
Change is constant and rapid. Yet, we still plan our lives, even more so careers, based upon the outdated expectation of our perceived longevity. Are we prepared to be able to evolve with the changes that life will present us?
When we begin to retain that whatever we have is our ‘lot in life,’ we may want to consider if we are resigning far too quickly and even too early. However, there is much ahead for us to grasp the possibilities since we will likely have time.
We will need to reinvent ourselves if we plan to keep up with the speed of change. So if you are in the same profession, you were in ten years ago, or even a different one, consider a point a decade ago and consider how it has evolved.
If you plan to work for at least another ten years, be assured that how and what you do today will be very different in a decade. Are you prepared?
