At some point when you were growing up, someone probably told you to “be nice to geeks because you’ll probably end up working for one someday.”
What they didn’t tell you: you’d need to become one yourself.
Check out the five things you must do to start thinking like a geek and thrive in this digital age.
Action Steps:
- Instead of getting mad the next time your computer acts up, think about the data you gave it.
- Avert disaster by backing up your data, both on a physical drive and in the cloud.
- The next time you buy a new piece of software, take some time to play with it before reading the manual or attempting to use it fully.
- The next time you have a problem, see if there’s an app out there to help you solve it.
- You can find answers to most questions using Google. Google everything.
- Please comment on this page and share other “think geek” tips.
Principles to Learn:
- Having a geek’s mindset is an essential survival skill in today’s world.
- GIGO stands for “Garbage In – Garbage Out.” A computer’s results are only as good as the data you feed it.
- Losing your data is a matter of “when”, not “if.”
- Technology can’t solve all of your problems—but it can solve a lot of them.
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