"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings— Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
Hi!
Been working on a training matrix and schedule and all the greatly fun things that go into planning events like this.
But, I’m at a point where I need your help. (Before you get a puffed head, everyone is getting this email. I’m separating each of you out for the sake of privacy.)
Now that the disclaimer is out of the way, I’m serious about needing help. And that in the form of getting some information from you.
As rude as this may sound, how teachable are you?
Yeah, I’d better explain that one. Prepare for some heavy stuff in a short time. And maybe a soul-searching moment.
Deep inside all of us is the desire to improve our lives and make the world better. Whatever you’re setting your mind to, whatever you’re pointing your life at, whatever goals or dreams you have, you want to succeed.
But simply wanting to succeed isn’t enough.
The world has changed—and not just in a “my kids don’t call anymore, all they want to do is text” kind of way. While we’ve been sliding through the technology revolution, there’s also been a shift in how we humans interact, and that has affected everything in our lives. The rules of the game have changed. And, that means the way to success in our lives has changed as well.
Let me put it this way:
The desire to be successful hasn’t changed. But how we get there has.
Success doesn’t come to the one who works longest or hardest. It doesn’t come from who you know, what you do, or where you come from. There is on element that matters more than all the rest.
Don’t hear what I’m not saying. It’s not that these things that used to be linked to success (hard work, discipline, grit, willpower, even chance) don’t matter any longer. They do.
They just don’t matter first. Before all the other things there is one thing that matters first.
And that’s teachability.
I could give you the dictionary version of what teachability is, but instead here are two words that capture what it is, and I’ll even give you a formula for teachability that might help.
Those two words are
desire and
willingness. In the context here:
Desire…
… to become better
… to change
… to learn
Willingness…
… to learn something new
… to relearn what you thought you already knew.
And the formula? DESIRE x WILLINGNESS = TEACHABILITY
If you rate desire on a scale of 1 to 10, and do the same thing for willingness, you would get score for teachability from 1 to 100.
Here’s a good example. I have a desire to lose 45 pounds. I put it at an 8. But, my willingness to do something about it rates a 2, because I really like my Oatmeal Cream Pies and Nutty Bars. That puts the index at 16—not very high, and I’m not likely to succeed at losing weight.
So, here’s the soul-searching part of what I need from you. Rate your desire and willingness for each of the following. I’ll only use this to help me direct my focus to what will be most effective.
PLCs Desire _______ Willingness _______
Robotics Desire _______ Willingness _______
Sensors Desire _______ Willingness _______
Troubleshooting Desire _______ Willingness _______
Be honest here. This is just as much to help you out as it is to help me out. I’m getting too old for those 2am phone calls.
Any questions or comments, just ask.
Later!
[FONT="]Jordan Clark[/FONT][/COLOR][/I]
[I][COLOR=#1F497D][FONT="]Sr. Electrical Engineer[/FONT]
