Here are some of the lessons you should learn from the recent sacking of 30,000 employees by Oracle. Learn to be ahead of your boss. Be ahead of your organisation.
Be ahead of the market. When I was in medical school, I already planned my life. I decided I would practice as a general practitioner until the age of 40, then become a businessman and be financially independent.
Between 25 and 40, I worked, built skills, and prepared. At 40, I stopped. My classmates became professors and consultants all over the world. That was their path.
I chose mine. At 29, I opened my own practice. I was already thinking ahead. When I later ran schools, I studied global trends. I saw how changes in oil production would affect economies, salaries, and school fees.
I refused to increase school fees when others did. When the crisis came, parents moved their children to my schools. I was ahead of the market.
 Learn this: If you are not ahead, you will struggle. The marketplace rewards those who think ahead.
You must understand that at some point: Your personal goals will conflict with your organisation
Your organisation’s goals will conflict with yours
Don’t wait for that day. Move ahead of it.  Do side deals, not side chicks. Stop wasting money chasing temporary pleasure. Build something.
 Don’t get addicted to sponsored comfort. Hotels, titles, recognition—none of it is yours.
Plan your own life.
I built my life deliberately: Financial independence, Multiple income streams, Business beyond one system. Today, I don’t depend on anyone. Build financial independence. Then pursue financial freedom.
Also, stay ahead of trends. AI is here. Many people will ignore it until it replaces them. Don’t be consumed by your job or by praise. Both can erase your future.
 We live in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. So think. Plan. Move And always stay ahead.
