Phoning It In
Jerry Fletcher
Messaging Master and International Professional Speaker, I find the words and graphics Coaches, Consultants and Entrepreneurs use to become more memorable and more profitable even when they are not sure they are unique.
I finally got a new phone.
The time had come. I’d paid off my I-phone a couple years back.
I wasn’t using it to its full potential.
Moon shot capability
This new one is an android and has 256 Gigabytes of storage. I’ve used computers that maxed out 256. This phone has more capability than the computer that took our astronauts to the moon and back!
It must, to serve up all the apps that it comes with and all those video streaming capabilities. But, at my age watching a movie on a phone size screen, even in landscape mode, is too tiring to even think about.
The Quick Start Guide ain’t.
It is a bit of paper 14 inches wide and 6 inches tall folded into 6 panels printed in fly spec bold. There is a panel with photos of the devices you might have selected, 2.5 panels of actual directions ending with where to find the User guide on the device. All the rest of the printed piece is given over to Terms and Conditions plus other legal ramblings.
Learning to use it.
I’m not gettin’ any younger. I grew up in a time when a phone was for calling people not texting or searching or getting directions. But I’ve vowed to learn how to do a bunch of stuff. Specifically:
It is not second nature.
I’m going to have to work at it. It doesn’t rely on conventions that I learned at my Daddy’s knee. I can tell time using an analog clock. A lot of youngsters can’t. I can navigate using a paper map without having to turn it to the direction I’m heading. I have multiple digital cameras. Relying on a hand-held computer seems like cheating.
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But, I said I was going to learn to use it.
I will. I’ll override my pride of being held captive by a hand-held computer on steroids!
I’m sticking to that promise. My credibility depends on it.
And Credibility leads to cash.
The Takeaways:
1.??? Smart phones could easily control a space shot.
2.??? Don’t expect makers to teach you how to use their devices.
3.??? You can never stop learning. Try to stay even.
I’m Jerry Fletcher, strategic messaging consultant and professional international keynote speaker. I find the words and graphics individuals and organizations use to become even more memorable and more profitable. Learn more at my web sites:
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