DocAndersen
I have wandered in the tech world now for more than 30 years. During that time I have seen many great technologies rise, and fall. It is one of the things I love about crowdfunding. You get to participate in the new, long before it is available to the general public. In fact, you get to be an early adopter of many things. I find that intriguing and frankly fun. But I have also come to realize that not everyone likes to be on the cutting edge. They search the internet for articles that help them reach their overall goals of figuring out what will work for what they want to do. Everyone has skills that are specific to them, each of us knows. There isn’t anything a human being cannot learn.
My father, who spent his life as an educator used to say “be a lifelong learner.” Try, evaluate and consider new things. In trying new things, you help yourself continue to move forward. The adage “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Just isn’t true, my dog is nearly eight years old, and he learns new tricks all the time. His newest one is to remind me it is time for his dinner by sitting on my lap and being sweet. He isn’t by any means a lapdog, nor, did he do this behavior a year ago or even two years ago. He learned it recently. People are often willing to give up on technology in part because it is scary and in part because they feel they can’t learn how to use it. The old 12:00 flashing on VCR’s back in the day.
Don’t give up on yourself. Yes, the rate of technology releases in our world has increased rapidly in the past five years. It seems hard to learn the new things you need to stay even. How do I watch a show on Netflix? How do I search the internet for a specific good or service? I need directions to a place I have never been to in the past. There was a time when my wife made fun of my love of GPS technology. Now, because of her job, but also because she was willing to learn, she can’t live without her GPS. It is easy to put ourselves in a box and say I am going to know the things I need to know. That, by the way, is fair, but don’t assume because you are a Bus Driver, you can’t learn how to use Google Home. Or Alexa, or Keecker or any other device such as that.
You, are only limited by you!
I will always learn! There is no way that I want to stop.
That is awesome Andria! I know you are a learner, I have read your many posts about learning, installing and improving your solar!!!
Inspirational and motivating! This is all it takes a person to become a great learner, Coach!
That can be so difficult in adult learning. I know so many people charged with training people on a new thing, that spend hours discussing the technical reality of every single setting. People sit in the class and slowly devolve into plants.
Hahaha… we realize that adult learning has its own challenges, right?
It does, in fact. I spend more time reteaching adults than I ever did when I was a professional 40 hour plus per week school teacher focused on children. 🙂
You are so right. Change will always happen so the sooner we embrace it the better!
sometimes the hardest thing is putting down fear, and trying something new!
You got that one right. Change is always challenging.
It is, yet there is such a feeling of not relief but joy when you complete the thing you feared.