Embrace Don't Chase

Back in the Internet boom days companies were attracting billions of investment dollars even though many of the companies had never turned a profit. The fervor over what might be, based on the irrational and unrealistic quest for easy and sky-high returns on investment lead many investors off the cliff. The commotion that the disruptive "Internet-introduction-change" caused, had a profound effect on the logic that had previously served so many so well. People began to chase and not embrace. They followed, very quickly, in the reckless direction that the masses were going and failed to recognize the Pied Piper in the front. So, off the cliff they went. Thousands lost everything and yet the Internet thrives.

Whenever you are faced with dynamic and light-speed change you should stop and look before you cross the quantum-leap street, lest you be run over by a fast moving change that does not have much substance. Following for the sake of following, because you are afraid that everyone else will beat you to the punch, places you in the reactive position and then you are no longer in control. Others are making the decisions for you, without your best interest as a consideration.

Allow pragmatism and logic to help you make decisions. When things appear too good to be true, guess what?

Change is going to come and you MUST embrace it. However allowing change to disrupt your common-sense train of thought can be reckless. Embrace change, don't chase change.