Navigating and adapting to rapid change is a crucial requirement for a productive and rewarding life in our digital world.

Your plans for the future should include developing more resilience, self-reliance, adaptability, and mastering the art of agile, critical thinking.

The ability to absorb and process new information on the fly, gain knowledge and learn new skills quickly and validate real from fake is will become essential. And that is being driven by AI at an exponential rate.

The reality is that adapting to change and doing things like learning a new technology is not as easy for some people as it is for others. It can be overwhelming and stressful particularly as we get older.

A useful strategy for mature people, say, born prior to the early 90's i.e., not a 'Digital Native' who a feeling a bit like a fish out of water with technology, is to team up with someone they trust who speaks their language and as an early adopter is well experienced in changing direction and has strong adaptability skills .

Having a trusted (Human) "Digital Coach' or "AI Navigator" will become a priority for many people, simply finding someone may well become a challenge itself. And ironically it's usually having experienced significant challenges, failure, extreme hardship and suffering throughout a person's life that has enabled them to develop resilience and force their need to change and learn new things.

Experiencing the raw pain of debilitating grief and personal tragedy first hand is the very driver for growth and understanding that allows an individual to become stronger, overcome adversity and have a more contented life with wisdom and gratitude.

In my experience the process I've just described takes many years or decades, not months or a couple of years. Patience is gained by default when you have no control over the time frame