The easiest task for me is almost definitely #6, using technology to my advantage. I've been lucky enough to be born and grow up at just the right time - I got into things like the Internet in my early teens, and never had the chance for them to be scary and daunting. Of course new things have been constantly developing since then, but since that's the way it's been for my whole life - accepting new technologies is just part of the process for me, if that makes sense. I expect it and look forward to it. If I meet with a topic I'm less familiar with, I know all I have to do is check Wikipedia for a general overview, then head on over to Amazon or the library website for a more concrete source, google for some pictures or news articles, maybe search youtube for some videos about it. There are dozens of different ways to find out more, and I'm learning about new ones each day - it's kind of fun, I could almost link it to Habit 7 1/2.
Unfortunately, with all this coming so easily to me, the hardest habit for me is 7, teaching and mentoring others. As easy as a lot of technology is for me (maybe because it is so easy) I find it quite difficult to teach others. Imagine someone coming up to you asking:
"How do you breathe? Please teach me how to breathe."
"Well, fill your lungs up with air and-"
"Wait! Lungs? Air? You're going to fast for me here!"
...this is kind of how I feel when my mother asks me how to operate a touchpad mouse, or save a picture online to a certain folder. I can get through it, it just takes me a while to break it down enough for someone who is new to the topic to understand, because I learned it myself in a touch and go, no thoughts, intuitive way. I have a great deal of respect for anyone teaching the technology classes, because I know I'd just be standing there, trying not to twitch!
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