Skilled plumbers don’t consider handy homeowners with a workshop full of tools a threat.
Skilled baristas don’t consider home espresso machines a threat.
Skilled software developers don’t consider offshoring a threat.
Skilled surgeons don’t consider machine-learning robots a threat.
Skilled artists don’t consider Fiverr a threat.
Skilled teachers don’t consider Udemy a threat.
Technology, cheaper labor, and democratized platforms do and will continue to affect job market dynamics.
There is, however, a path to bulletproof yourself. That path travels through “skilled.”
So what does skilled mean?
It means “good at what you do,” yes, but it also means adaptable, unique, proactive, responsible, caring, curious, current, and willing.
Are you willing to jump down out of the stands and get into the ring with the bull?
You control your level of skill.
