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The most common job throughout the 50 states is truck driving. Trucks will be the first vehicles to replace humans with "self-driving" computers. We are entering a period where computers (artificial intelligence & machine learning) will replace human-operated jobs on a scale we can’t yet comprehend. The less your job, and the tasks of your job require creative input, the more likely your job is to be replaced by computers. Identify your creative value add. Spend as much time as possible building your creative muscle and thus your creative output.

“The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away." – David Viscott Surround yourself with people who help you discover, develop, and give away your gift.

My old boss told me this is the personality she is always looking for. Bold to take risks, to be okay with failure, to learn constantly, and always keep working towards big goals that seem out of reach. Yet humble enough to not get lost in your ego, to be able to listen to those around you, and have the self-awareness & ability to reflect and learn from mistakes.

One of the biggest threats to successful scaling is bad behavior: it is very contagious and can cancel out the benefits or even destroy excellent behavior. We’ve all worked in a team where one member undermined the entire group’s performance.Research on group effectiveness has also shown that group performance decreases by 30 to 40 percent if just one person has a disruptive mindset. The problem is that destructive behavior escalates quickly. Even small acts can be extremely damaging to the performance of the entire group. Since destructive behavior is such a cancer, leaders need to address it before trying to spread excellent practices. The best strategy is to have no tolerance for bad behavior. Then focus on scaling the good.

We are fixated on events. Our brains are hardwired to think about the here and now. Our brain is constantly scanning the horizon, trying to identify and combat any potential threats. This was great when we were cavemen running from lions. This instinct kept us alive. But today, the biggest threats in both our society and organizations are not from sudden events but from slow, gradual processes. But this wiring in our brain leaves us ill-prepared to combat a declining middle class, a failing public education system, and climate change. We try to be "proactive," but more often than not, being proactive is actually just reactiveness in disguise. We are conditioned to fight the "enemy out there" by reacting. We fail to be truly proactive - this comes from seeing how we contribute to our own problems. We are conditioned to blame outside forces for our problems - the government, our neighbors, our enemies, the press - they did this to us. Systems thinking shows us that th...