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Learning to become anticipatory versus being agile and reactionary will prove to be far more effective in helping you think exponentially, skip your biggest problems with ease, and ultimately envision and bring to life amazing new ideas with the confidence that certainty provides.
Evolve with Anticipation
At first glance, it’s understandable to assume that every entrepreneur is anticipatory. Since they often “take the leap and build the plan on the way down,” most assume they must possess a degree of anticipatory thinking.
That is true; however, it certainly isn’t magic. In many instances, some very successful anticipatory entrepreneurs’ innovations were logical improvements upon existing products or services.
Elon Musk certainly saw that opportunity while others were focusing on maintaining the status quo. As most motor vehicle companies have long moved to protect and defend the status quo of gas-powered vehicles, Musk focused on the evolution of transportation and environmental sustainability, creating a fully electric vehicle that eliminates the need for both gas and motor oil, as an electric vehicle does not have moving engine parts requiring lubrication.