45. in the search of purpose...

Category: Career and Purpose

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​45. 

The topic of fulfilment will be a big one in the next years, with the integration of AI.

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Everyone is talking about how AI and the advance of all tools related to it is already transforming every aspect of our life. No doubt work is one of them. But alongside the obvious impact - simple tasks will no longer be part of jobs, or making jobs absolute, etc.
But there is one other aspect that I find a little more exciting and also bright. As the scope of our work changes, the question of fulfilment in our work will become even more important for many.

How come?

• As AI takes over routine tasks, we will have to focus more on creative, strategic, and emotionally fulfilling work. We will have to dig deeper to connect with our values and passions. And I believe the question of - what is my purpose - is yet to be asked again and again in the next few years.
  
  
• The rise of Human-AI collaboration will naturally evolve from competition to a way to create new and innovative solutions to very complex problems. This will ask for a new set of skills both of course technically but also of deeper self awareness, higher thinking.
  
  
• Mental health focus will move from nice to have to must have, as most of us will spend almost all of our time online. We have integrated AI and online tools to every aspect of our lives and we know exposure to that leads to increased anxiety and emotional health issues.
  
  

As AI changes the way we work, fulfilment will shift from survival to personal meaning and the role of personal contribution and leaving a legacy. These are topics that require deeper soul searching.

Agree to some extent. What can we do to be ahead of that journey?
    It goes back to one thing - self development.