You might have an idea of what a market wants, but you won’t ever truly know until you put your work out there and see if the market bites. You can put out feelers, demos, and trials, but in the end, what only matters is what will come after that work. What you might find is that you have to build your market, and that might be the trickiest scenario of it all, because then…
You can’t win the race to the fast answer. But the race for the best answer, the one that provides the most value… That race is still happening. Yeah, AI is good, the answers are getting better, but there is still lots of value out there. Your team isn’t necessarily looking for the fastest answer; they’re looking for the answer that helps them grow, learn, and become better at their jobs.
Yes, everyone can take the wheel. Everyone can drive. Everyone can push forward. Everyone can be unyielding and never give up. Everyone can run. Everyone can push forward. And when the entire team is doing it, they are unstoppable.
Your Inner Comeback Kid is still inside you. You’re not done until you want to be done. You still function. There is still time. Find your reason, your mantra, your song and get back into it.
LinkedIn is becoming a massive hype engine for what people are and are not doing. When I first joined LinkedIn, the magic were the groups – where you congregated with people and talked about issues in your industry and how to help each other, you shared pieces of knowledge, and you connected with people with like concerns. Groups don’t even make the main navigation anymore. Which is too bad because it was the best part…