What to do during coronavirus to prepare for a crash of the global economy

As the world grounds to a pause, many are wondering what will happen next.

Events will have been cancelled, business meetings won’t have happened, deals not signed, sales not made. For many, the numbers will look bleak.

Many will have to rethink their jobs and potentially their life-styles.

But there is also another side.

Was that meeting worth the trouble? move it online. Was that conference really important? I’ll check the webinar. Do I really need to make sense of what is happening with my team and make a strategy? get a facilitator to help you do it online.

Or maybe, the reason many of these things are being cancelled, instead of adapted, is that, deep down, we always knew they don’t matter.

In busy cities like London, we hum from event to event, networking to networking, and then party to party to release all the bottled stress and anxiety of constant comparison and hustle.

We end up waiting for the new year to stay still and reflect, and then we make plans about new things to learn, new ventures to launch, and new relationships to cultivate. We start the year with a plan, until the busyness hits again.

So here we are, at a standstill. With an excuse not to attend any event we don’t really care about. How would we use the time? what actually matters to us?

Is it a Netflix binge? or that thing we always wanted but kept putting off, unable to make the time.

The world is on flames, and I’m not talking about a virus, I’m talking about the millions of people struggling with hunger. I’m talking about the ecological collapse. I’m talking about the epidemic of loneliness and poor mental health. I’m talking about a financial system that urgently needs reform. I’m talking about a democracy that needs to be rethought.

If what we do with our time is something that really matters, instead of another distraction. This will be the most productive period in human history to date.

How will you use your time?