Why would anyone in their right mind start blogging about anything. Oh, key words, "right mind". Somewhere on the internet, there is someone right now, doing this same thing and people are actually reading it. Why? Because, someone wants to know. I have been asked numerous times to answer questions about topics, from Ham Radio, Computers, Cars, Plumbing, Electric, etc. Is there a stamp on my head that says, "Search for information here." Not that I mind being a repository of useless information, but at some point you ask yourself, "If I know so much, why am I not rich?" Well, because everything I know is a random mix of actual hands on experience, and internet searches, and real classroom knowledge. Putting it all together is like building a puzzle with no picture on the front. You can't tell what it is until you put it all together. Back to the point, why am I not rich, or at least well off? I have no sense of business. I am the worst organized person in the world.
Intelligence is overrated. What matters is documentation. If it isn't on paper it doesn't count. Had I not quit school in the 12th grade, because I was bored, I would have gotten a diploma. So ten years later I decided to go back and get it. Now it isn't worth the paper it was printed on. You need a degree from a place of higher learning in order to be taken seriously. I have tons of certificates and diploma's, and achievements, from FEMA, the Department of The Military, The National Weather Service, The State of Tennessee... Speaking of the State of Tennessee, I have a certification as a Children's Services Councilor. I got it because I went to work as a maintenance man in a youth detention center. So documentation means nothing either!
How does one go about putting pieces of random information and certification to use? Well, you pick out what is pertinent, and put it with what you know, and find a way to link the two together. If you are like me it all amounts to squat! There is one job I am qualified for and someone else has it. One job I could actually do and enjoy it. In this county, you have to wait for someone to die or retire, and then you have to wait on a change of politicians, to even consider applying for that job. Yes, I burned some bridges, and that leaves me out on a limb, with a bundle of paper.
Do you wait for the right moment to present it's self, or do you try to insert yourself in a position that makes you useful. I decided to become useful to someone, anyone. Doing pro bono work for government agencies, and people in leadership positions. Oh, now they have found out that I am useful... well alrighty then, my foot is in the door. Let's find out if I can keep my foot in the door. Time to start showing them what I can do.
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