Technology is changing the way we live and earn money in a super fast way.
Let’s list some industries that have gone away because of changes in technology or health awareness
- Cotton – the cotton gin made it super easy and cheap to process cotton
- Farming – used to have lots of small, local farms, now we have fewer, industrial farms
- Tabaco – went away due to health concerns
- Printing – Replaced with email and digital documents
- Taxi Drivers – replaced by UBER
- Lots of local shops – replaced by Amazon
- Lots of national retail chains – Replaced by Amazon
- Trains – replaced by cars
My hubby and I own 2 print shops. We work to be the best print shops around, but just as important, we work to develop business skills. While all of us can focus on a specific field, and develop skills in that field, we also want to develop universal skills that will translate into any field we decide to pursue.
What universal skills can we develop?
Scott Adams, in his book, “How to fail at almost everything and still win big suggests, “Some skills are more important than others and you should acquire as many of those key skills as possible, including:
- Public speaking
- Business writing
- A working understanding of the psychology of persuasion, (or marketing)
- An understanding of basic technology concepts
- Social skills
- Proper voice technique
- Good grammar
- Basic accounting
Develop a master skills list, and start working to develop those.
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