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that can serve as a buffer during this renewal process, which
is often beset by unexpected challenges.
The consequence of failing to focus on changing conditions
is that change will overtake you and your career or
business, and you will find yourself in the Decline Phase. In
this phase, old personal habits and business practices no
longer work. If you do find yourself in phase three, the solution
is simple. Ask yourself the essential strategic planning
questions we have examined in the previous chapters. Your
goal is to transform phase three into a new phase one by
reaffirming yourself and your career or business in response
to changing external and internal conditions. The stakes in
this phase are high: You must adapt and move on or fail. The
challenges in phase three can be daunting, but they offer a
chance to expand your leadership abilities, revisit your vision
for your career or business, and bring new life to your work.
The adaptation and reinvention required of all careers and
businesses that find themselves in phase three is a hallmark
of life in the twenty-first century. And it is a test all successful
people must pass if they are to prevail in their careers or
grow a profitable business.
Application Exercise
1. Where are you personally on the Sigmoid Curve?
Phase one, the Learning Phase?
Phase two, the Growth Phase?
Phase three, the Decline Phase?
2. If in phase one, what are you doing, personally, to
ensure survival and to move into phase two?