Monday 22 June 2020

Where will you be positioned post-Covid?

Hi

As the pandemic subsides and lockdown restrictions start to ease in many countries, even if potentially temporarily, as many attempt to navigate into ‘normal’ life, whatever that entails, there is an awareness that somethings have definitely changed or about to be changed. There is a lurking sense of a 'new normal'.

As I listened to recent discourses, I get the clear impression that those coming out of lockdown fall into three broad categories: 

Category One: the resistant or antagonists who have the most invested in their pre-Covid-19 way of living. These are the ones who mostly oppose change and would do everything possible to get back into their comfort zones. They are the 'I can't wait to get back to the good old days of doing the things I have been accustomed to'. For those in this category, the schools cannot open quickly enough so that their children can return, thereby releasing them from the demands of homeschooling, into a 'normal' routine. They will not accept the 'new normal' easily.

Category Two: the 'indifferents' who simply drift along, placing no-demands on themselves to embrace change. They will say 'It makes no difference to me because nothing has really changed in my life.Why must I risk discomfort by going after something that may turn out to be the same old, same old?' Those in this category will not easily risk possible rejection at that job interview..

Category Three: the 'new seekers' who strive to embrace change because they are dissatisfied with the way things have been pre-Covid-19. They have a need, which change offers them an opportunity to fulfil. This may be starting their own business or attracting a different customer target group. They are ready and motivated to find alternatives and adventure.

As you take a moment to reflect on your current status and the category you find yourself in, ask yourself why you are in that category. Would you prefer to be in a different category; if so, why? and what will you do to make the transformation?

Until

Jo-Ann Rowland