I can’t stress enough to be prepared. Don’t wait until you’re stressed out and needing help to ask for help. Here are a couple tidbits to save you some trouble in the future.
- Learn the right way to do things.
- Even if you’ve been doing something for years and it’s worked, that doesn’t mean it’s the most efficient way or correct way to do it.
- Just because it works today, doesn’t mean it will work tomorrow
- Technology is just as fragile as human life. Prone to problems at any moment.
- Keep up to date!
- More than once I’ve seen users decades behind and due to this, unable to run current software, perform duties effectively, add cost or stress.
- Software updates are important, keep up on them! Don’t ignore windows updates, mac updates or your phone updates. They’re there for a reason.
- Know the Technology you work with on a day to day.
- There’s plenty of training out there for pretty much anything you use. If all else fails, I’m more than happy to help train!
- Not being prepared can be costly.
- Not only could you lose precious time, but it could also cost you money!
- Just like you don’t want to skip out on doctor checkups, you don’t want to be left unprepared for a potential disaster with your computer.
- Don’t skimp when it comes to your comfort, business, efficiency, whatever it may be.
- Think 1 year ahead. Think 3 years ahead. Think 5 years ahead. Is what you’re doing, learning or purchasing going to help or last?
- You really do have to spend to make money. Though not necessarily money.
- Good Equipment, Good Advice, Good connections all come at a price. Sometimes you need to take the extra time or spend the extra dollar.
- Don’t settle with good enough.
- Rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
- Just like someone who is prone to anaphylactic shock will always want an Epi-Pen around, you should often opt for something that has more capabilities even if you don’t use them now. As you may regret it down the road.
