23 Tuesday Mar 2021
Posted in Ted Talk
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Coursera, exploring, Khan Academy, Learning, Online Education, Skills, Tyler Dewitt, Udemy, YouTube
I’m a huge fan of online learning. This short TED talk will give you some more reasons you should adopt this practice. Online learning is more agile than the traditional school that can barely keep up with technology, let alone teach it. I love learning and the online platforms available are terrific.
I hope you enjoy today’s TED talk.
Have a great day!
Until next time…
Dave
02 Tuesday Mar 2021
Posted in Ted Talk
Tags
COD, DOOM, fortnight, leadership, Skills, stories, teamwork, Ted Talk, Video Games
I am a huge video game fan. I play Call of Duty, but also play many other first-person shooters, role-playing, and adventure games. This TED talk discusses the new E-Sports, and what skills are needed to truly succeed at video games. Enjoy!
Have a great Tuesday, folks!
Until next time…
Dave
14 Thursday Jan 2021
Posted in Thankful Thursdays, Thinking Thursdays, Uncategorized
Tags
Fun, Hobbies, lifelong learning, online schools, school, Skills, Sources, staying competitive, Work
I’m a big advocate of lifelong learning. I am taking a python course currently on Udemy, but have a few more courses in the pipeline for the year. I want to get better with Excel (pivot points, charts, etc.), digital marketing, and data science. These are all on Udemy and are available for a small fee. I got all these courses with 10+ hours of content for about 40 USD. These courses will keep me busy for a while and provide me with the skills necessary to act in my new position in my religious organization for the State of Michigan.
I can’t stress how important it is to remain up-to-date with technology. My parents struggle with most of this, and frankly, so do many in their generation. Most of us in my generation learned technology as part of our jobs. We had to learn it because we needed these technologies to compete in the marketplace. Simple things like searching the Internet, using an email service, an online calendar, or a cloud-based storage system (Google Drive, One Drive, or iCloud). These things are so simple to me, but a mystery to those who have never used them. The world will continue to progress and leave these folks behind more and more.
Now, more than ever, it is important to learn technologies like ZOOM, Skype, or other video chat service. Because of lockdowns, schools and businesses particularly have had to use these types of systems to teach students and interact with their clients. They are also so cool to use to stay in touch with friends and family. My wife and I either Facetime or use ZOOM when she needs help with paperwork or something in AZ.
So keep learning. It is fun, it keeps you engaged, and will give you capabilities you may need in the future, as our societies become more “digital”. It’s also really fun to engage with people all over the world and make new friends. I have friends all over the states, friends in Europe, Australia, and even Indonesia. These technologies have shrunk our planet and give us access to other cultures. This helps us understand why other countries do what they do.
If you’ve never used services like Udemy or Coursera, feel free to ask questions in the comments section. I’d be happy to connect with you directly and help you out. I am not affiliated with any of these educational companies—I’m just willing to give you a helping hand in case you need help. These services are terrific and provide me with the ability to learn all kinds of things that I either find interesting or need to know to do something I want.
Here are some links for your use, should you take this up for yourself:
These are some top online educational sites I have used and recommend. Most of them are absolutely free (except Udemy) and will require you to pay if you want a certificate of completion to use for college credit or employment purposes (Coursera and EdX). Udemy charges a fee for all its courses, but these are typically around 9.99 USD, if you are patient and wait for many of their sales events, which literally happen monthly.
Well, that’s it for today. I hope all you have a terrific Thursday.
Until next time…
Dave
14 Monday Jan 2019
Posted in Motivation Monday
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Consistency, Exercise, Learning, motivation, Patience, perseverence, Persistence, Skills, spirituality
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” Walter Elliot
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/walter_elliot_190719?src=t_motivational
Want to learn a secret? Here’s a secret that will change your life.
You will accomplish whatever you set out to do if you do not quit trying to accomplish it.
I don’t care if you are trying to lose weight, stop smoking, read more, write more, learn more. Say you want to learn a new language. Learning a new language is hard. Quitting a bad habit is hard. Learning how to do something you’ve never done before is hard.
Learn incrementally and continuously. Take a little bit of new information, study it, read it, do something with it in little bite-size chunks on a daily basis and before you know it you’ll own that new knowledge. You’ll build the skill. The challenge with this type of learning is consistency. You have to keep doing it over and over and over and never stop. You must really want the new knowledge or skill.
If you keep pushing forward, keep digging in consistently, keep pushing the envelope, you’ll see some dramatic results over time. Stick with it and you’ll achieve your goal over time. It’s really that simple.
Here’s what I’m up to this week:
Well, that’s it for today, folks. I hope all of you are keep pushing forward with your goals.
Have a great week!
Until next time…
Dave
11 Saturday Nov 2017
Posted in Quotes
Today’s Quote:
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
You can’t get much simpler than this. We are all someplace, with a certain collection of skills and talents. We use these skills and talents at a certain level of proficiency.
Each of us is unique. My skills and talents will be different than yours. It really is all about who will begin, who will use all their skills and have the willingness to try.
Many times, this separates those that execute and succeed and those that dream and do nothing. This secondary group wastes their talents because they are never used. Talents and skills that are neglected, even the ones we are given will degrade.
We are either moving forward or moving backward. There is no standing still.
So, do the best you can with what you have from where you are, and you will do well. You will learn what needs to be improved, what needs to be learned, what needs to be done.
It’s all up to you. Now go get it!
Until next time…
Dave
