Comments on: Self Improvement Through The Workforce

By: Be Outstanding By Doing The Dishes | Ordinary To Outstanding

Be Outstanding By Doing The Dishes | Ordinary To Outstanding — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:10:32 +0000

[...] was reading a post over at Swollen Thumb Entertainment about self-improvement through your work and it got me [...]

By: Sire

Sire — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:49:46 +0000

The problem is that a lot of kids aren’t getting basic math. Don’t know what it’s like over there but here kids are being passed onto the next grade, wherein my day we failed and had to repeat the year, because these morons think it would be mentally or psychologically harmful to fail them.

There was even one school wanting to ban using red pens when marking papers. Dogooders, they’re stuffing it up for everyone.
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By: Trey Baird

Trey Baird — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:16:29 +0000

That’s crazy. And to me, that’s basic math. Everyone should learn how to count change in high school, because that’s a skill everyone should learn, instead of trig and algebra and that stuff.

So yeah, I agree with you on that part. My opinion is just that it’s becoming less and less necessary for humans to possess such left brain skills like advanced math, because computers can kick our asses at left brain skills. But we should still at least have FUNCTIONING left brains, right?

By: Sire

Sire — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:55:32 +0000

The problem with computers and calculators is that they don’t always work. I had to wait for what seemed like ages for this guy to work out my change because there was a power outage and the register wouldn’t work. He had to get out a pen and notepaper.
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By: Trey Baird

Trey Baird — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:34:52 +0000

@ Jannie

I make a trip to the bookstore once every few weeks, and I can vouch that the bookstores aren’t dying yet. However, with so many sources of FREE info on the net, the printing industry be wise to start offering cheaper books if they want to compete.

I’m familiar with Liara Covert’s work, and I do think highly of her. She’s a guru who doesn’t talk down to you, and in the self improvement industry, that’s a rare thing.

@ Sire

You’re 100% right. You’ll NEVER improve on yourself unless you’re acting. Sure, you can read stuff to hone your techniques and such, but don’t wait to start self improvement. After all, you have the rest of your life to improve. You don’t have to do it all in a month!

As far as math skills go. My opinion is that while you should have a basic idea of how math works, it’s becoming less necessary to be good at it, because it’s something that computers do so much better than humans can. Computers can’t think creatively though, and that’s something that people need to improve on… creativity.

@ Michael

That’s true. You can turn any job into an outlet for self improvement. I’ve become better at keeping my house neat and tidy, because my current job involves that I do a bit of cleaning before I leave. Thus, I’m learning to not leave the kitchen a mess after I’m done in there and such. Thanks for your contribution!

By: Michael @ Monetize your Life

Michael @ Monetize your Life — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:26:45 +0000

I agree with you fully most of my most marketable skills currently come from getting stuck in at work and normally on matters outside my job description. Attitude has a lot to do with succes in personal development. The first change you need to to make is to change your mind and decide to do it for yourself. Every job has opportunities for you to better yourself if you look hard enough.
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By: Sire

Sire — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:28:25 +0000

The thing about self improvement is not to read about it but to get out and do something about it.

I agree with what you’ve said Trey, and in regards to the math section, I can do the 16 times table because I have to deal with it daily. The problem with a lot of people, in regards to math, is that they rely on calculators, you take that away from them and they would be lost.
Sire´s last blog ..Dragons Creatures Of Mystery

By: Jannie Funster

Jannie Funster — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:02:03 +0000

With blogging such a big big part of the self-help industry I am amazed people still write and read those kinds of books, yet they do. Blogs are such awesome ways for authors to promote their books.

I really really love Liara Covert’s Self-Disclosure book, and her DreamBuildersAustralia blog. Top notch for improvement — which all comes down to just accepting yourself and loving you just for being alive and part of the one Great Love we were all created from.

Social skills?? We’re all working on different stages of them, (nme too!) and if we’re not, we’re probably too full of ego and should be working on them!
Jannie Funster´s last blog ..Funny Typos, “Like A Bord on A Wire,” 14