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Disrupting Yourself: How to Succeed in the New Economy
We are living in a time of massive, unbelievable, and relentless change.
To put it bluntly, we are living in the period of the most rapid change ever seen by humanity. And, if the past is any indication of the future, this pace of change will only continue to accelerate more and more in the coming years.
Technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Autonomous Vehicles, and Bioengineered Food (just to name a few) have the potential to dramatically transform our world for the better. They’ll dramatically reduce the costs of the goods we buy, prolong our lives, and decrease needless fatalities.
However, these technologies will also massively Disrupt You. They’ll make your skills less valuable, more replaceable, and eventually eliminate you and your current job completely.
The only way to survive this tidal wave of change is to get ahead of it by Disrupting Yourself.
Disrupting Yourself will help you better advance in your career, gain control over your life, build your network stronger than ever before, master continuous learning, build a recognizable brand, and diversify your skills and income.
Disrupting Yourself is full of actionable advice that you can start putting to use today. Additionally, Disrupting Yourself includes a battle-tested 10 step guide and notebook that will bring organization to your Disruption journey.
Praise for Disrupting Yourself:
"I made sure to keep a pen and paper handy while reading through Alex Mitchell’s great new book Disrupting Yourself. Focused, yet full of actionable information, this book is a great resource for those looking to either stay on top of their game or get to the top in a time of change."
Matt Trevithick
(CEO, Blank Slate Technologies)
"In Disrupting Yourself, Alex Mitchell offers an authentic playbook for anyone wanting to understand the seismic powers that are shaking the foundations of how we work, and rethink how we are to make money and create meaningful lives by doing what really matters the most, with the help of a comprehensive step by step journey framework - You'll be compelled to action."
André Marquet
(Founder, Productized.co)
"Gone are the days when financial security was guaranteed by doing the same thing over and over again. Alex does a fantastic job talking through how Disrupting Yourself over time is the only way to succeed in this changing economy. Practical tips at the end of every chapter and the workbook sections make it a super valuable add to my bookshelf."
Avinash Bajaj
(Host: The MBA Jam Podcast; Chief Product Officer Biolink.tech and Amras Labs)
Disrupting Yourself Contents:
Chapter 1 | Disruption Has Come
Chapter 2 | The Fallacy of “Careers” in the New Economy
Chapter 3 | Control Your Life, Don’t Let Your Life Control You
Chapter 4 | Building a Network in the New Economy
Chapter 5 | Once You Stop Learning You Stop Disrupting
Chapter 6 | Everyone Needs to Build a Brand
Chapter 7 | Diversify Yourself for the New Economy + Have a Side Hustle
Chapter 8 | Invest in Technology, Invest in Others, Just Flat-Out-Invest!
Chapter 9 | Pay Attention to Trends - How to Recognize Change Happening
Closing | Disruption is a Lifelong Endeavor
Bonus Section 1 | Disrupting Yourself Workbook
To put it bluntly, we are living in the period of the most rapid change ever seen by humanity. And, if the past is any indication of the future, this pace of change will only continue to accelerate more and more in the coming years.
Technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Autonomous Vehicles, and Bioengineered Food (just to name a few) have the potential to dramatically transform our world for the better. They’ll dramatically reduce the costs of the goods we buy, prolong our lives, and decrease needless fatalities.
However, these technologies will also massively Disrupt You. They’ll make your skills less valuable, more replaceable, and eventually eliminate you and your current job completely.
The only way to survive this tidal wave of change is to get ahead of it by Disrupting Yourself.
Disrupting Yourself will help you better advance in your career, gain control over your life, build your network stronger than ever before, master continuous learning, build a recognizable brand, and diversify your skills and income.
Disrupting Yourself is full of actionable advice that you can start putting to use today. Additionally, Disrupting Yourself includes a battle-tested 10 step guide and notebook that will bring organization to your Disruption journey.
Praise for Disrupting Yourself:
"I made sure to keep a pen and paper handy while reading through Alex Mitchell’s great new book Disrupting Yourself. Focused, yet full of actionable information, this book is a great resource for those looking to either stay on top of their game or get to the top in a time of change."
Matt Trevithick
(CEO, Blank Slate Technologies)
"In Disrupting Yourself, Alex Mitchell offers an authentic playbook for anyone wanting to understand the seismic powers that are shaking the foundations of how we work, and rethink how we are to make money and create meaningful lives by doing what really matters the most, with the help of a comprehensive step by step journey framework - You'll be compelled to action."
André Marquet
(Founder, Productized.co)
"Gone are the days when financial security was guaranteed by doing the same thing over and over again. Alex does a fantastic job talking through how Disrupting Yourself over time is the only way to succeed in this changing economy. Practical tips at the end of every chapter and the workbook sections make it a super valuable add to my bookshelf."
Avinash Bajaj
(Host: The MBA Jam Podcast; Chief Product Officer Biolink.tech and Amras Labs)
Disrupting Yourself Contents:
Chapter 1 | Disruption Has Come
Chapter 2 | The Fallacy of “Careers” in the New Economy
Chapter 3 | Control Your Life, Don’t Let Your Life Control You
Chapter 4 | Building a Network in the New Economy
Chapter 5 | Once You Stop Learning You Stop Disrupting
Chapter 6 | Everyone Needs to Build a Brand
Chapter 7 | Diversify Yourself for the New Economy + Have a Side Hustle
Chapter 8 | Invest in Technology, Invest in Others, Just Flat-Out-Invest!
Chapter 9 | Pay Attention to Trends - How to Recognize Change Happening
Closing | Disruption is a Lifelong Endeavor
Bonus Section 1 | Disrupting Yourself Workbook
162 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2019
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About the author
Alex Mitchell
2 booksCPO @ICXMedia. Previously Product @UpsideTravel. Love Digital Products + Analytics + Markets https://medium.com/@Amitch5903 Author @producthandbook @disruptbook
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December 19, 2019
A short and easily digestible book. Nothing revolutionary, and much of it familiar to readers of the author’s blog. Personally I liked the concrete steps recommended to start building a network and to find a side hustle. It’s worth the couple of hour’s read to find one or two new ways of thinking about your career.
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