What’s one BIG lesson 2020 taught us?
Anything can happen.
Are you or your business ready for the rainy days?
Be ready or be gone.
How do you prepare? What to do in chaos?
New blog post has dropped!
Only the paranoid survive.
MINI THREAD
Anything can happen.


Be ready or be gone.
How do you prepare? What to do in chaos?
New blog post has dropped!
Only the paranoid survive.



1/
Listen.
Keep your ears opened to:
- Self-evaluation
- Constructive feedback
- Market players’ chatters
Be harsh on yourself.
You’ll know what to improve.
Listen.
Keep your ears opened to:
- Self-evaluation
- Constructive feedback
- Market players’ chatters
Be harsh on yourself.
You’ll know what to improve.

2/
Change.
Run a business?
Work a 9-5?
Don’t matter.
Changes will always hit your career or hustle.
Those who are blind to the undercurrent are bound to be left behind.
Make this your mantra.
Change.
Run a business?
Work a 9-5?
Don’t matter.
Changes will always hit your career or hustle.
Those who are blind to the undercurrent are bound to be left behind.
Make this your mantra.

3/
10x change.
This is a disruption so strong that the whole game is changed.
All industry will experience this.
Think:
iPhone
Uber
Covid-19
What happens when you face 10x change?
You arrive at the strategic inflection point.
10x change.
This is a disruption so strong that the whole game is changed.
All industry will experience this.
Think:



What happens when you face 10x change?
You arrive at the strategic inflection point.

4/
Strategic inflection point.
The old is disappearing to give way to the new.
Signs that you’re at this point:
- The old rules don’t work anymore
- The new set of understandings have emerged
- What you think you’re doing is DIFFERENT from what you’re doing
Strategic inflection point.
The old is disappearing to give way to the new.
Signs that you’re at this point:
- The old rules don’t work anymore
- The new set of understandings have emerged
- What you think you’re doing is DIFFERENT from what you’re doing

5/
What can you do?
1. Accept the reality. Don’t panic
2. Let chaos take over. Then draw up a plan.
3. Take over chaos. Execute the plan.
Not everyone can fight the battle of the new.
Those that remain will help you win the ultimate war.
What can you do?
1. Accept the reality. Don’t panic
2. Let chaos take over. Then draw up a plan.
3. Take over chaos. Execute the plan.
Not everyone can fight the battle of the new.
Those that remain will help you win the ultimate war.

6/
These are lessons from Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew Grove.
To learn more about the 6 forces and factors that can impact your career or business.
Read my full blog post below:
https://distillinstitute.com/lessons/Paranoid/
These are lessons from Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew Grove.
To learn more about the 6 forces and factors that can impact your career or business.
Read my full blog post below:
https://distillinstitute.com/lessons/Paranoid/

7/
Takeaway.
Be on a constant lookout for 10x changes.
Be honest with yourself.
Keep your ears to the ground.
Only the paranoid survive.
Like this?
RT and let me know your thoughts.
Much love,
Mike out
Takeaway.
Be on a constant lookout for 10x changes.
Be honest with yourself.
Keep your ears to the ground.
Only the paranoid survive.
Like this?
RT and let me know your thoughts.
Much love,
Mike out