How to Take Charge of Your Future: Architect. Sculpt. Hone.

Rapidly accelerating AI Bank failures Tech and other layoffs China Cards Russian Wars Indian NationalismAnd the list goes on Doom scrolling Hyper ventilating Dramatic emotions Screeching headlinesAll of these are understandable human reactions as we grope to find a place to stand in rapidly shifting sands But nothing gets better at the end of the venting of feelings though we may feel better as we rail against a world out of controlRather let us embrace respect and focus our feelings to align with the forces of change It is a time to use the fuel of feelings to architect to sculpt and to hone ourselves so we can continue to thrive in the futureItamp8217s more up to ourselves than we thinkArchitectamp8220The way we spend our time defines who we areamp8221 Jonathan EstrinOne way to gain control is to architect oneamp8217s week in ways that time and its vagaries do not toss around Consider setting aside an hour a day or seven hours a week to feed each of oneamp8217s physical mental and emotional systemsPhysical operating system A long walk or exerciseMental operating system Learn or read or watch or doEmotional operating system Connecting with Friends and familyArchitecting oneamp8217s day to feed each of the operating systems is independent of income employment status or country in that they do not cost much if anythingAnd no day where one has learned something connected with somebody and helped the body can be deemed a wasted dayThree hours a day 21 hours a week sets the foundation for the other 147 hours in mood tempo and controlBuild tomorrow by architecting todaySculptamp8220Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the sculptoramp8217s job to release itamp8221 MichelangeloEvery individual has one or more talents and it is our job to find feed and sculpt those talents Today we are increasingly in a world of builders makers creators and inventors Sculpting something special out of raw materials is a way to find flow and make and leave oneamp8217s markIt may be writing or photography or video or writing code cooking a meal investing in a relationship building a company or many other things but transforming and building is both an antidote and a homage to a transforming worldWe transform and are not just transformed Build things Make stuff Unleash potential We ourselves or helping others or with othersWe can release the statue within us or help others find the statue within themHoneamp8220To hone my voice I read everything from books to cereal boxes three times once for fun the second time to learn something new about the writing craft and the third time was to improve that piecequot Amanda GormanIn a world of change we must hone ourselves to align with change since change does not care to adjust to us Honing through iteration upskilling reinventing and many other ways of enhancing excellence of craftFor many of us in the coming years it will be how to incorporate build on extend and leverage AI as a tool enabler extender and idea generator for our work Learn how to find new ways to communicate and connect as Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality enable new canvasses Machines will replace people who do not hone their craft to incorporate machines but will not replace talent who hone skills to incorporate and complement machinesWe cannot control or impact what a world leader may do what shocks may come or what others may have planned but we can twist ourselves and our skills into new shapes to make sure that we bend with the arc of the future and are not brokenThe future may not fit in the containers of the past But by architecting sculpting and honing we will thrive in the container called the futureSelfpublished at MediaVillage through the wwwAvrioB2Bcom platformClick the social buttons share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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