Why do you think people try to predict the future? What skills might enable someone to make an accurate prediction?

Being able to predict the future will allow you to have complete control over everything that happens. This will make everything easy and you will without a doubt have no questions that couldn't be answered. The best way to predict the future is to create it. This quote is credited to both Abraham Lincoln and Peter Druker, two people known for their wod of wisdom and lessons to live by. As far as "skills", well

1. Know all the facts: analysis starts with data. Before you start anything, you need to gather as much data as possible.

2. Live and breath your own space: Understanding your market is just as important. Talk to the people who are smarter than you, embedded in the space, and learn from them. This creates a virtuous circle: talking to smarter people makes you smarter, which makes smart people want to talk to you.

3. Look at things from a different angle: Every once in awhile, you have to put yourself in a frame of mind where you're looking at the situation from a new angle, and realizing that by only focusing on your area of expertise you will miss things.