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When I was a young child, I learned fire safety in school. One of the principles I was taught was to stop, drop, and roll if your clothes catch on fire. This week I experienced a fire. My fire was not a literal one, but it is something that caused alarm. A new data system was implemented and forced people to rethink how they do the tasks of their jobs. It also threw people out of sync of their daily routines. For many people new things cause stress and panic, but a change in how you carry out your tasks does not need to be a five alarm crisis.   The solution to the crisis of the change is back to elementary school fire safety. Before you panic, stop, drop, and roll. Panic does not help the situation. It only makes learning harder. When something new rocks your daily routine, slow down.   First, stop for a minute and think. What comes first? What is a sequence of tasks to complete a process? What are the fundamentals of the topic? What materials do I need? What...

A person cannot spend any time in the workforce field without being an endless observer of people. Good or bad, people are what make the larger economic development machine work. Watching people, you come to learn we are part of the animal kingdom with some behaviors unique to our species and others similar to the other creatures that breathe on this planet.   This is why one of those more non-traditional interview questions, “What animal best describes you and why,” is used by employers to get insight into potential employees and see how self-aware the applicants are. Before self-declaration as a hippopotamus or a gold fish, a little reflective thought is the best preparation to understand what animal you are and what animal you really want to be like.   To really understand animals and how you are part of the animal kingdom, take a moment to watch some videos. Does an animal live alone or in groups? How does an animal seek its food? Does it set a trap and wa...