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Slow Learner, Fast Learner

Sometimes when you look at your life you realize there are things you are really adapted to and many more things that you are either naive or just slow at.   When it comes to things related to my business ventures, I would like to think that I am a faster learner.   Being a commodity trader forces you to be quick and extremely adaptive.   You have to be able to change your mind and your direction 180 degrees in a matter of minutes or you will not survive.   It is the nature of the business and it is fast.

Things that I am really slow at seems to be with some of my greatest loves, the web.   With coding, I don’t do enough research on the proper ways to do things, but rather, focus more on just getting it to work for me.    That is were I am not really a good coder.   I don’t seem to have the patience or the ability to make things universal with something that I am not really interested in.    I am a slow learner and will eventually get better at it, but I need to learn the right way to do it.

Being a fast learner on some topics is a great asset.   This includes reading people in business and reading people in games such as poker.   That can really be loads of fun.    Reading someone incorrect isn’t a big deal if you can change 180 in an instance.    Slow learner syndrome will be a downfall, but with practise you can get better.

I am really a slow learner with things like video chat.   My wife and I finally started video conferencing when I am on the road or in my office.   It works great and gives you the feel that you are really almost there.     I was a slow learner on this topic and yet with technology and gadgets, I am usually an early adaptor!

It is funny how we seem to adapt well to certain things and really suck in other things.    Knowing which ones you are good or bad at is an asset.   Knowing which ones you can improve on and which ones are important can be a competitive edge.   Doing something to better yourself will make a difference.