Adopt an Abundance Mindset: Embrace the Old with the New

We’ve accepted self-checkouts at grocery stores as a natural part of our lives. Even long before that, we’ve been able to pay at the pump at our local gas station without ever setting foot inside the physical store.

These are digital disruptions that have been increasing exponentially since long before the dot-com boom or personal mobile devices. These transformative technologies are designed exclusively to streamline once human-heavy tasks in an effort to simplify processes.

As a consumer, you may not be concerned, as these disruptions are consumer-minded. But for those whose jobs depend on you checking out with a physical person at the supermarket or going into the gas station to pay, digital disruption is playing out like a horror film.

And if digital disruptions are just going to continue at an exponential rate, is this the end for many careers? Are you feeling as though yours is next, and you’re powerless to stop it?

This Is a Both/And World

First, take a deep breath, and think about self-checkouts for a moment. They have been around for years, right? Self-checkouts were debuting long before autonomous vehicles, smartphones, and Amazon.com were widely accepted.