My Boomer Mom carefully curates
everything she sees and hears.
She doesn’t want unhappy news
so she deliberately
filters it out.
She lives in
a happy alternative world
where war and pandemics
and climate change
aren’t threats.
She is vaguely aware they exist
but she doesn’t believe
they will impact her
and she doesn’t want
to hear about them.
She’s not alone
in doing this.
As the world becomes
more and more challenging,
more people will try
to disconnect from it.
As business builders,
we don’t have that luxury.
Remaining connected
to the world
and to reality
will be key
to our success.
Resist the urge
to disconnect from reality.