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your way and for that, you will need
to understand the psycho-logic and
develop empathic behaviour.

In the year 2000, no one considered
the revolutionary ideas of ‘start-ups ’;
in fact in India, star-ups were
recognised in 2008. What do we learn
from this example? Today no idea is

too wild or impossible; with science
To survive in the VUCA world, we
and technology reaching new things
need to build toughness. We must
nothing is irrelevant. To keep up with attune to the capacity to recover
the new world, we need to keep
quickly from difficulties. When we
irreverence below evolution.
step into the real challenge-the real

world where it is the survival of the
The idea of cashless payment was
fittest. We must be ready to fail 99
irrelevant at that time, but it turned
times and stand up 100 times without
out to be an evolution in commerce
giving up. And failure is only when
which gave rise to one of India’s
you decide you have failed, even
biggest and most successful start-ups,
Thomas Edison failed 1,000 times.
Paytm. Take new ideas and
When a reporter asked, "How did it
knowledge with an open mind-set.
feel to fail 1,000 times?" Edison
Develop emphasis and learn to adapt
replied, "I didn't fail 1,000 times. The
to the fast-changing world which
light bulb was an invention with 1,000
challenges you to think out of the
steps." If he had accepted defeat at
box.
say first 10 failures, then our cities

wouldn’t have been lightened up
In the VUCA world, we cannot
today. Have ‘spare’ resources ready
operate under a ‘stable’ environment.
for rapid action. We already know
The world today doesn’t function
that nothing is ‘stable’ today so always
simply or linearly. One action or
have a back-up plan up your sleeve
decision today has many unexpected
for a disaster.
consequences. In each environment

where unexpected factors impact our
To accomplish what you want, you
lives, one skill we need to learn is
must have clarity about what you are
critical thinking. With critical thinking,
trying to accomplish. You cannot ask
we can breakdown a major decision
Google Maps to take you to your
and distribute its pros and cons and
destination without filling in where
decide whether it is beneficial or not.
you want to go. Decide what and

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