Being in control also means being responsible.
Self-responsibility will be a
feature of the emerging society.
The problem with the
self-responsible society, that one that we are slowly becoming, is that we have
to learn how to educate ourselves in areas that we did not need to worry about
before, because someone else was taking care of them.
To move forward in many areas of life it is sometimes necessary to
change radically, to start a new course that will be different from the
existing one, often requiring a whole new way of looking at familiar problems.
Complacency is a sign of looming danger but also of
opportunity. Doing nothing risks losing
what you have.
Second curve thinking does not come easily. It requires our imagination, intuition and
instinct more than rational analysis.
Then, to act on it demands the courage to step into the unknown when all
the signals, and all those around you, tell you that you don’t need to.
Anything that takes us out of our comfort zones for a while can act
as a reminder that the past we are used to may not be our best future.
New thinking is not the prerogative of those in authority.
