When nothing feels certain, it can really help to focus on the basics. Don’t know whether or how tariffs will impact your business or what you’ll say about them when they do? Don’t know how the latest foundation model or lightweight open source model will or won’t change your business plan? Don’t know how layoffs might impact your team?
In times of uncertainty, it’s great to build an anxiety process flow. What do you need to worry about/prepare for today? What needs to wait? What’s real? What’s rumor? Prioritizing anxiety is as important as prioritizing tasks!
Building the capacity to discern what to worry about at any particular five minutes in time may be the most vital skill for a communications professional in 2025!
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