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Personal strategy 2021 | The Panama Press

2020 started badly. There were forest fires in Australia that ended up killing about 500 million animals; And the issue of Covid-19 was coming, which by March was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, and has already reached more than 1.5 million deaths. Several celebrities have died, including Kobee Bryant, Eddie Van Halen, Sean Connery, Alex Trebek, and Chadwick Boseman; there was a terrible explosion in Beirut; George Floyd’s death and the protests that followed further polarized the United States, leading to November, with possibly the most controversial elections in US history.

In Panama, things were not very good either. The economy, which had already been slowing down, saw its GDP fall dramatically. 2020 GDP is projected to be 14% lower than the previous year. Debt is climbing by leaps and bounds; the multiple landslides in the highlands; cases of domestic violence increased; corruption is the bread and butter and unemployment is projected to end at 25%. And there was a spike in Covid-19 cases and deaths that ended the current lockdown.

Physically and emotionally, there have been many challenges; there were so many who lost a loved one; others who became ill and were left with sequelae and will have to manage their health with greater care from now on. Not being able to see our family and friends as we would like makes us sad. Who doesn’t miss hugs and live, unmasked conversations?

All of the things that I mentioned above have something in common, and that is that they are beyond our control. We may be able to influence some, but we cannot fully control the results. That is why in 2021 I suggest accepting the things that we cannot control and aspiring to improve the things that are under our control.

Entrepreneurs cannot control regulations and restrictions due to Covid-19; Nor are changes in consumption patterns, but they can evaluate the possibilities of adjusting their business models to adapt. We cannot control all family members and guarantee that no one is going to get sick, but we can raise awareness, facilitate the implementation of preventive measures in our environment, and prevent contagion on a personal level. Someone looking for a job or looking for a promotion cannot control the decision of others, but can work on their resume and look for opportunities to increase their visibility with decision makers. We can’t control the weather, but we can have an umbrella in the car. When we are homebound, we cannot go out, but we can plan to make it entertaining; We can’t see friends, but we can call them or have virtual meetings. We cannot control unemployment and hunger, but perhaps we can help.

I hope things that are out of our control are not as hard as in 2020, but even if 2021 hits us again, as that song said … “if lemons fall from the sky, learn to make lemonade.” If we have a problem, isn’t it better to focus on how to mitigate it, rather than waiting for something outside of our control to change? And if we want to change our destiny, isn’t it better to look for what we can do to change it instead of dreaming of someone miraculously helping us?

Taking control over our attitude and our actions and with the awareness that we cannot control everything, we can take the satisfaction of having done everything possible to improve our circumstances and perhaps those of those around us. In 2021, which will probably not be easy, my wish is that, that we take control over our attitude, that we choose to be happier and that we have the wisdom to accept what we cannot control and the strength to fight for what is really important. .

The author is a consultant

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