But guidelines in this realm to help us navigate this new and turbulent world of hyper-change are due for improvement. When you're on social media, or sorting through junk mail, look for what's new, what's incongruous, exciting to you. Look back to look ahead. Looking back makes it easier to look ahead because you have a better sense of what are fads and what are more deep-seated trends. To contemplate cycles -- whether economic cycles, business cycles, geological cycles, or monthly cycles (to name only a few) is to literally think ahead of the curve in terms of where this cycle should head next.

Source: Forbes July 05, 2019 17:48 UTC