Flattening The Learning Curve

Currently the projects I’m working on have me a bit bewildered. I’m aware there are better and more efficient ways to complete the tasks, but I don’t know how to do them. The amount of time it’ll take to learn seems too long, compared to doing them the way I know how. I’m in Stage One or Stage Two of learning, either Unconscious or Conscious Competence. Basically, what I know is good for manual completion, but I’m aware there’s a better way, but don’t know how. There’s my conundrum.

I can and likely will keep doing things manually. It’ll be less time intensive than becoming proficient at learning the tools for automation. I may choose to learn them later, but for today it’s completion is better than automation. The ability to pay an expert is beyond my reach, at the moment, so this must suffice.

I’ve made decisions financially that prohibit my ability to hire experts. There’s no right or wrong in this instance, merely a statement of fact. No fault finding and what not needed. The accurate assessment is manual completion is best at this stage. Things will change, as they always do, but for the moment, for this day, this are what they are. My ability to move forward is what’s key. Contemplating other options, doing mental gymnastics, and delaying production only results in delays. Those delays allow a window of opportunity to close. The potential benefits beckon for completion. No one is doing what I’m doing now, but they will. They’ll be able to do it better and with more effectiveness, more than likely. My opportunity lies in being first. Growth and dominance will come afterwards.

The silver lining in this cloud of manual completion is proficiency. While working yesterday, I was able to make a few enhancements. The results are better than those from a few days ago and implementation was relatively short, a matter of minutes not days or weeks. I’ll integrate the changes in today as I continue production. I’ve also been able to map out the first books, complete another one and realize two were already completed and I was aware they’d be on the research list.

It takes time to get great at most things, probably everything. From walking, writing, driving, and so many other things, we have a learning curve. We go from Stage One to Stage Four and it’s inevitable. What can you do in each stage to move to the next? How can you flatten the learning curve and lessen the amount of time in each stage? That’s the key, in my opinion. My experience is we think we have more time than we do and now that I’m a bit older, I’m aware action and movement are more important than perfection. Get something done and into the market place as quickly as possible, iteration can occur based on market feedback. That’s what I’m doing and will continue to do sice other methods have failed.

Today, Thursday, July 25, 2024, I am grateful that:

Gary and I had a chance to speak briefly this morning. It’s been a few weeks and it’s always good to converse with someone I’ve known so long. The older I get the more important long term relationships become.

I nearly finished one project. I probably could have finished it, but it was way longer than I’d a

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