I have been a geopolitical analyst for over ten years now and can say with some certainty that I have never found a more interesting career than in the field. The only problem is, most of the people saying I would be a good analyst are telling me that they are analysts themselves. Not to worry though, because there is a very good chance that you will be.
The good news is that there are a lot of people who are in the field and are looking to get into it, but there are also a lot of people who are already in the field and are looking to take it up. I’ve been a geopolitical analyst for seven years now and I know of at least one analyst who has actually done some study for a career in the field.
Good. That means you have a lot of catching up to do. It also means that you are very likely to be a better analyst than the people who already are in the field.
Good news is that there are a lot of people who are in the field and are looking to get into it, but there are also a lot of people who are already in the field and are looking to take it up. Ive been a geopolitical analyst for seven years now and I know of at least one analyst who has actually done some study for a career in the field.Good. That means you have a lot of catching up to do.
It would be nice if all analysts were excellent at their jobs, but that is a big if. Ive studied for a PhD and I have found that the majority of academics do not have the ability to perform as well as they could in one of the five basic areas of knowledge – the ability to analyze and synthesize information, to think critically about the world, to be creative problem solvers, to have a creative imagination, and to communicate effectively.
The fact is that the majority of analysts are really good at one or more of these five basic areas. We need more good analytic thinkers in this field. We should have at least four or five. Its a great pity that the world is so full of good analysts and its even worse that no one seems to care.
The world would be a better place if more people were good at all of these basic areas. The problem is that there are so few good analysts and we don’t seem to notice. One of the best ways to make people take notice is to tell them they are doing important work. It’s hard for people to understand a topic if they don’t know that it is being written about by others. Another way to make people hear you is to emphasize that you care about them.
One area that has really been lacking in the field of geopolitical analysis is the ability to point someone in the direction of someone else. When someone wants to see how certain places are being used to attack other places, it can be very helpful for the analyst in a way that the general public might not be able to get a good grasp on. The other problem with this is that it is usually too easy to point out that someone else is doing the work.
The other common mistake is to do too good of a job of it. This is especially true when it comes to the military, where the average analyst spends most of their time trying to figure out why they are doing something, and why it is happening.
I’m sure that some of our readers have a better grasp of why we’re in the news in the first place. I mean, I can only guess at what the main reasons are for this series and the fact that we have become one of the most popular books among the general public. But I’m going to tell you anyway: it is because we were very good at being the first to report on things.