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Make Time to Learn

Have you purchased hardware or software and do not know how to fully use the capabilities offered? Have you joined social networks and do not know how to move around in them? Have you downloaded shortcuts and do not know what they offer in total? Perhaps you purchased accounting software for your business and never set it up. Perhaps you traded in a cell phone and never used its features other than to receive and make calls. You may admire someone who is moving around a mobile device with ease and full use, knowing that you may not even have programmed in the telephone numbers you use all the time. Can you list what social networks you joined or what software and hardware you own without referring to a list or other documents?  Do you jump on the latest technology just because it is new?

Most of us do not take the time to fully use what is available to us to use. We learn what we need to learn in order to use those features which are the most important to us. We choose to take shortcuts in how we use technology and social media for our purposes.  We make a decision to not take time to explore certain things in depth. We take care of business at the moment, and have a cursory knowledge of all the technology with which we interface and then manipulate.

However, with the beginning of the Gregorian calendar year it seems an appropriate time to reflect on how we do things, how we prioritize things, and what is significant to us. It is a good time to remember that our power may be limited by our knowledge. We do not know that which we do not know.  It is an opportune time to  make learning a priority.

It might be an interesting exercise this year just to pick one thing a week and explore it, learn what it has to offer, take advantage of any new features you identify that might be an asset to you, and enjoy the thrill of mastering another product or network. If we begin to explore and learn about capabilities, we may learn that there are features that would help us streamline our work, ease our use, and enable us to spend less time at a task.

You will be surprised if you take the time to learn. There will always be at least one little nugget to take away from this exercise. If nothing else, you will not have any questions about whether you are taking full advantage of your ownership or membership, and you will have a sense of accomplishment. You will be able to be a repository of first-hand knowledge for others and continue to have a strong base from which to build.

Take time to learn. Take time to explore.  The rewards are great!

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