Kodak declared bankruptcy in 2012 because they were not prompt enough to keep up with developing technology, according to David Tristan in On This Date: Kodak declares bankruptcy, 11 years later, posted Jan 19, 2023 / 11:40 AM EST. They were overtaken by rivals like Nikon, Canon, Sony, and Fuji.

In her book Mindset, Dr. Carol Dweck teaches that someone with a fixed mindset wants to continue doing what is comfortable. However, another with a growth mindset embraces challenges to become better. With a fixed mindset you believe you cannot change whereas with a growth mindset you believe you can.

We have experienced areas in which we advanced because we were forced to. We would not have one so otherwise because change seemed too uncomfortable or scary to undertake on our own. Dr. Benjamin Hardy in Be Your Future Self Now advocates envisioning who you want to be in the future and acting based on that reality now. It starts with a picture.

The picture we had years or even days ago, got us to where we are today. To achieve ambitious goals would require us to become different people or we would need to conceptualize a different picture of ourselves. What is your picture of your future? God has a colorful picture for us.

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

(NIV, Jeremiah 29:10)