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“What worked even a year ago, three years ago, five years ago, does not work anymore. The conditions have changed.”
In this episode, I’m unpacking a reality many people are experiencing right now: a sense of failure or a feeling that things are no longer working the way they used to. Simply put, the conditions of our world, including the dominant systems and the reality they shape for us, have changed dramatically, and we’re only at the beginning of those changes. We’ll explore why there’s no hack for navigating a reality you’re unwilling to acknowledge, how trust is built by speaking to the lived experiences of the people you serve, and why forward compatibility requires more than new tactics or surface-level messaging. But this episode isn’t just for thought leaders; it’s for anyone who feels like they can’t get ahead. The conditions shaping our lives and businesses have changed, and many of us are still trying to succeed as though we’re operating in the same world we were in a few years ago. Whether you want to create meaningful transformation in your work or thrive in the world we’re moving into, this conversation is for you.
What to listen for:
- The greater context shift that most individuals and leaders are missing
- None of these effects are new; they’re just becoming more apparent
- Why we’re only at the beginning of the conditions changing
“All of these systemic effects are infiltrating literally every person’s life. If you’re not aware of that because you don’t want to think about systems, you are setting yourself up for failure.”
- There is no ‘hack’ to get around the realities all we’re living through
- Why you’re playing a game that’s designed to keep you from winning
- You have to speak to the reality of these times if you want to build trust
“You might have achieved some incredible results for the clients and customers that you serve and work with, but we don’t live in that reality anymore. The conversations cannot be simple. They cannot be surface level. They have to be rooted in the reality of these times.”
- What’s happening globally is 100% related to why you’re struggling
- Trust comes from speaking to your audience’s real, lived experience
- Forward compatibility is the strategy, and it’s impossible to fake
“If you’re not willing to get uncomfortable, if you’re not willing to expand your capacity for what’s hard and what hurts, to open your eyes, to shift your worldview, to release your subconscious winning strategy which keeps you hooked into playing these systemic games, failure is inevitable.”
- Systems are responsible for the majority of harm, but we still have a role
- Why we can’t create transformation without a systems-thinking lens
- How to start understanding where the conditions have changed
Episode resources:
Connect with me on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Listen to the episode on “If You Don’t Invert the Fear, Then Nothing Will Ever Truly Change.”
Listen to the episode on “The ‘But’ That’s Keeping What You Want Perpetually Out of Reach.”
Read my in-depth article on Forward Compatibility for Personal Resiliency and Professional Relevance.
About your host:
Stephenie Zamora is the Founder and Head Change Agent at Choose Your Calling, a new revolution in purpose, contribution, and creative solutions for systemic and social justice issues. She’s a Forward Compatibility Consultant and Mentor who has worked for the past two decades at the intersection of purpose, business, and systemic change, helping individuals, thought leaders, and organizations design lives and businesses that actually hold up in the world we’re moving into. Through her mentorship and consulting work, she partners with founders, social innovators, and visionaries who are designing bodies of work that disrupt systems of harm while actively building what the world needs next. Learn more at www.chooseyourcalling.com.