The world is constantly changing. Don't forget to change with it!

I’m always reminding clients that if you want to score extreme business success, you must stay ahead of the trend.
And so I have developed a long, helpful list of new trends to watch out for.
Read this list below, and as you read, consider how these trends will morph your present career in new ways – so you're highly ready for the morphing process:
1. Time is becoming scarcer.
2. World is moving faster.
3. More corporations outsourcing – and bringing in people in virtual offices.
4. More people re-inventing new breeds of part-time work scenarios.
5. More virtual meetings.
6. China becoming hot zone for growth – the new Sillicon Valley . Basically, China's economy will grow very fast.
7. Privacy becoming scarcer.
8. Personal identity becoming more unsafe – creating more needs for protection.
9. All kinds of people’s lives becoming fodder for news events and entertainment.
10. Baby boomers -- huge money making opportunity-- needing assistance, understanding, activities.
11. College education becoming more expensive – affects how education might be received.
12.Healthcare becoming huger problem/hot zone for improvement.
13. Terrorism/war creating new needs for safety and awareness.
14. Oil/gas prices creating new needs.
15. Aggressive offshoring will continue.
16. IPV6 a new zone for career opportunity.
17. Train/plane/car commuter culture – a captive target audience – and a stressed out target audience.
18. Mobile programming becoming hot.
19. Text messaging becoming hot.
10. Broadband becoming hot.
21. Ipods/downloads becoming hotter.
21. TV morphing into internet.
23. Radio morphing into internet.
24. Newspapers and magazines morphing into internet. Basically, all print media will suffer major setbacks.
25. RSS giving individuals their individualistic info fast.
26. Traditional advertising morphing into corporate branded content.
27. Corporations now bothering to want to show they care about the world/have social conscience.
28. Business travelers stuck at airports -- a captive untapped audience – frustrated by demands of new security systems.
29. More people now having shorter/ever changing jobs – 9-15 jobs per lifetime – compared to 2-3 jobs a mere 2 decades ago.
30. More people now having shorter/ever changing marriages – up to 53% divorce rate.
31. Both shorter/changing jobs/marriages due to more emphasis on seeking true fulfillment in life.
32. More women seeking babies later in life – trying to take control of their fertility issues.
33. More research and breakthroughs in genetic testing.
34. Obesity a growing health issue – along with Diabetes and related illnesses.
35. International events affect us all daily – and we need to understand them quickly to feel safe and wise.
36. News being delivered at the speed of life.
37. Bloggers reshaping news with their views – with more news events being rebuttled -- not accepted.
38. Youtube etc muckraking it up.
39. More people admitting to feeling lonelier.
40. Small internet communities helping to satisfy urge for emotional connection.
41. More offline networking organizations – offering connection – needing speakers, content, activities.
42. Online searching for new jobs etc will grow in leaps/bounds.
43. E-commerce will become even huger.
44. In a speeded-up world, acting quickly from your gut will become more important (...and yes, that's BOTH true AND a plug for my newest Karen Salmansohn book GUT:HOW TO THINK FROM YOUR MIDDLE TO GET TO THE TOP)
AFTER READING ALL OF THE ABOVE, HERE IS YOUR NEW GOAL: Seek out all of the untapped opportunities in all of the above. Brainstorm up how your career talents solve problems, meet needs, quell fears, help to impel the necessary change for a better world.
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2 Comments:
And I thought China was leading in technology, not big breasts. :-)
And you would think she would have fixed the spelling mistake by now.
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