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Word of the Day: Dither
There is no such thing as luck.
Luck is a combination of making the hard decisions to prepare for the future and grabbing an opportunity with both hands when it comes along.
Those who dither or act indecisively rarely take advantage of opportunities in a timely fashion.
If you think the world is going back to the way things were before the pandemic, here’s a reality check: it won’t.
Things have changed and are continuing to develop as you read this little post.
Technology and automation are going to play an even larger and more significant role in our daily lives and our work lives.
Again, there is no time for dithering.
It would be best if you were doing all you could to bring your tech skills up to speed.
That means you should be building up at least a basic understanding of coding and investigating how your job could be potentially affected by automation.
For example, I, in my tiny little business, use automation extensively.
It not only allows me to be more productive, but it also allows me to create ever more complicated systems.
Booking software, for example, enables me to accept lesson bookings and immediately send out lesson materials as a much larger company.
My automation can do this while I’m sleeping.
Yes, it’s a constant struggle to update my knowledge, but there is no time for me to dither.
There’s no time for you to dither, either.
You need to get ahead of the curve and understand what tech changes to expect in your field so you will not be caught off guard when the boss tells you things are changing.
Remember, (s)he who hesitates is lost; there is no time to dither.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 66.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.