Is stable and predictable the image Canada should be sending to foreign investors?
Are we as Canadians, and as a country, just oh so predictable? Is that how we see ourselves, and is that the image we want to sell to the world?
“This is why we are doomed to ‘predictable’ mediocrity,” wrote Mr. Felesky, whose post sparked a wave of reaction. “Innovation, entrepreneurship, ambition, equal opportunity, multiculturalism, tolerance, respect would be some of the words I’d like us to celebrate.” We still rely on that old chestnut – it came in pretty handy during the Trump presidency, and its imprint can be detected in the Invest Canada ads. But the idea of framing ourselves around what we aren’t is not a long-term strategy for success, nor is it particularly inspiring.
More recently, in 2018 Canada became the first Group of Seven country to legalize recreational cannabis. Entrepreneurs across the country stepped up, and for the first time I can recall, an entire homegrown industry was launched with a global mindset and openly boasted about “world domination.” Adam Grant, the organizational psychologist, author and corporate adviser, provides a helpful corollary when he warns against the romantic and maximalist notion of “pursuing one’s passion” when it comes to work. As Mr. Grant points out, it’s an unrealistic goal that makes the vast majority of people feel like they are failing. A better approach, he argues, is to identify what you like and what you are good at, and do it really, really well.
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