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OUR EXISTENCE IS PRECARIOUS, BUT WE’LL SURVIVE IF WE LEARN TO ADAPT

Is there a way of teaching resilience to people in a world that sees increasing change? I once suggested at a talk with people who worked in a large City bank that the people to model yourself on in the future were the homeless.

They may not always make the right decisions in life, but they have to develop resilience in order to survive. They have to learn to duck and dive, bob and weave like boxers avoiding the punches. If we don’t know what jobs are coming down the

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