Monday, July 11, 2011

What Is The Next Big Thing?






I am very lucky to be a morning person, I open my eyes and am grateful to be alive, for my family, for the view out my bedroom window, for the work I do and for, well, just for everything. ( The bad news is; this is as good as I feel all day) In the morning I can make up my mind to do anything, get in a good workout, or maybe pitch a new project to a client... all this happens before I even get out of bed, some might actually call it dreaming.

Some days this great morning feeling can take me all the way to the afternoon, but lately it keeps slipping away earlier and earlier. By nine o'clock this morning I was already tired of working. I found myself casting about, wondering what I should do next. I had recently heard about a new TV series called Love in the Wild, which I had been meaning to check out. Just my luck I found it on ON DEMAND! I grabbed a blanket (because the air conditioner is on) and climbed into my "TV"chair and slipped into a media coma.

Fortunately there was only one show available to watch, because it was pretty good and I would have sat through at least three. This is not the first day this has happened...... I am not content , I am tired of working (I know, who isn't?) I want to do something different or to have something different happen. I went to the Antiques Road Show this weekend (thank you Susan for the ticket!!) but none of my treasures were worth over $100. We did do the Feedback Booth, so maybe that will be on PBS and I will be discovered by a Hollywood director.. oh, I forgot, that doesn't happen to 50 year old women.


In an effort to find something different I Googled "what is the next big thing?". Turns out you have to be very careful when researching the next big thing, make sure you check the dates of what you are reading, I almost bought some Enron stock!

I did find a reliable source from the UK, The Future Place Blog, which listed the follow as the top two on some random list:

1.Behavioural economics
2.Biometrics (non-neuro, e.g. eye tracking)

I like the first one the best because I can fully relate.. I have behaviors, so I totally get that and I like economics because that generally means $$. I like the second one as well, I have recently heard several companies talking about Biometrics AND both 1 & 2 start with a letter "B". Who would like to start an enterprise with me called Behavioral Biometrics? BB with be our ticker symbol, we'll get us some angel investors, assemble a board of directors (some of your friends and some of mine) and build an empire. Let me know if you want in.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Kathy, I want in because I too am looking for my next step in my career or the next big thing, plus I'm not far behind you getting to the 5-0.
    Brenda Kujawa

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  2. Hi Brenda,

    You're all in! We will have our first planning meeting soon ;)

    Kathy

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