The pace of change can be staggering, disorienting, and fear-inducing. To successfully navigate to your chosen destination, you need to understand what is happening in the environment around you and how to position yourself accordingly. Here are the top seven things, which are the symptoms of change, what you need to know, and what to do about it to position yourself for success.

1. Noise: we live in a noisy world. Noise can be physical, mental and psychological. The noise can be so deafening that it can sometimes be absorbed and disoriented. Take for example social media, a term that didn’t exist until about twenty years ago, the noise on some of the popular social media sites can make you dizzy. According to statista.com, in 1918 there were around 2.7 billion active monthly social media users worldwide, a number that is expected to grow to approximately 3.02 billion by 2021. If you follow all the threads of noise on social media , you will lose your way. However, on these platforms, there are huge gems of opportunity and learning. In the midst of the noise, search carefully and you will discover gold nuggets. For example, if you want to learn about e-commerce, look for e-commerce groups where you can learn what you want accordingly and you will be at a head start.

2. Distractions: We live in a world of distractions. While noise is generated to be confusing, distractions divert you from your chosen path. The most powerful distraction is pornography. Viewing pornography, like alcohol, can be addictive. Next on the bar of distractions is advertising, the kind that follows you everywhere on the Internet. Large companies, using powerful algorithms, can track everything you do online and consequently schedule their pay-per-click ads to follow you wherever you go. Be careful about the types of sites you visit. Also, carefully select the search engines you use. Select the ones that don’t use algorithms to track you.

3. Anything goes: we live in a world where anything goes. Have you seen those scary tattoos? Have you seen those huge breasts that are kept massive by implantation of silicon chips? Have you seen those massive asses that stay massive by implanting silicon chips? Do these things base our humanity or are they rights? Do we all have the right to use our bodies in any way we want? Beware, anything goes mentality can make you lose perspective. Do what makes you a good role model for your children and grandchildren and give up the path that seems easy, popular and licentious but leads to vanity.

4. Easy money: we live in a world where making money is like a walk in the park. Gone are the days when you needed to work like a donkey years before smelling your first million dollars or never in your life. Today we live in a world that mints a millionaire by the minute. A guy or girl in their twenties can come up with an app, or have a website for lunch, and before you know it, it’s made millions with or without an initial public offering. With this fuss about how easy it is to earn millions, you may think that hard work is no longer necessary. Otherwise. Making millions today requires exceptional skills that are not evenly distributed across populations, countries, and geographies. It required? Learn new skills that can and will position you to earn millions.

5. Thieves: We live in a world full of scoundrels. For every person who plans to do good, there are ten planning how to scam him out of his hard-earned money. There are people looking for ways to steal your password, there are people looking for ways to steal your personal identification number, and there are people looking for ways to scam you. Although the long arm of the law is always there to bring them to justice, some have perfected their game and are always one step ahead of the law. This requires vigilance. Be careful about the type of information you post on social media. Keep the amount of millions you have earned or made a secret and not in bragging rights.

6. Freedom: We live in a world that defends freedom and rights. Despite the occasional attempts by anarchist groups to sixteen parts of some countries and territories and impose their will on the hapless, we live in a world that values ​​freedom at its best. From freedom of speech, freedom of worship and everything else, you have freedom guaranteed. But there is the bottom of freedom. Some people turn freedom into a license to do whatever they want. Be careful. Choose your freedoms and rights carefully because your right ends where someone else’s right begins. Choose freedom and rights that ennoble. Choose values ​​and role models that point you in the direction of success and not those that lead to self-destruction.

7. Knowledge: We live in a world steeped in knowledge. They say our smartphones have more computing power than the Apollo spacecraft that landed a man on the moon in 1969. More knowledge is generated in one day today than it used to generate in a year just 30 years ago. However, there is a difference between knowledge and data, and there is a difference between knowledge and wisdom. Choose wisdom over directionless knowledge and the world will give you recognition.

There you have it, the top seven things you need to know about today’s world to position yourself for success. I will be the first to admit that they are far from exhaustive. And they clearly overlap. However, they are good starting points for judging yourself as you aim for success, however you want to define it. Thanks to technology, the world is becoming more egalitarian. The world is becoming more transparent and individually and collectively, we are becoming more informed. Live your life wisely and in no time you’ll be on your way to success. Success is not cheap. Invest in your future.