For someone like me, a REALTOR, and many others who read and write blogs, we are comfortable with technology and providing excellent service to our clients. EVEN I, am amazed though how
WE MUST EMBRACE CHANGE.
If not, guess what? The skills just go obsolete anyway. I recently came across a story from an Australian web site that highlights how many skills have gone obsolete in such a short period of time. Just look at a few on the list:
* Formatting a floppy disk
* Changing the ribbon on a typewriter
* Adjusting the rabbit ears on your TV set
* Winding your watch
* Using a pay phone
*Licking stamps
* Long division (other than for school)
* Calling a radio station to find out what song is on
* Defrosting a refrigerator
* Writing in cursive
* Using the Dewey Decimal System to find a book
* Mowing the yard with a push mower (may be coming back, though)
The web site is Obsolete Skills, and it is fascinating when you think that one day skills are in use, and then *Poof* they are no more. I do wish we still had some of the craftsmen skills I see in architecture in old buildings, like train stations and government buildings. Those people knew about artistry.
So whether REALTOR, Stager, Title Officer, whatever you find yourself doing, stay abreast of the new skills coming your way. And when someone says Wicki, Widget, Google Juice or MP3, STAY YOUNG and a lifelong learner. Your brain will thank you and so will all the other people around you who you will help keep up as well.
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