When I worked on Wall Street, I considered a move from one type of bond department to a new type of department. Even though I had been successful in the industry for 7 years, I was still afraid I that I wouldn’t know how to be successful in my new department. Then I spoke with one of the other traders, George Adelle, who was also moving to the new department, about my fears.

He said I’d do fine… I’d just need to learn some new words and a different way to do the math on this security. This conversation forced me to think and what I ended up realizing was that all that separates one thing from another is learning 200 new words! That’s not only true for securities… it’s true for so many things in life.

Take computers. They come with 200 new words you need to learn. Using email means learning a list of 200 acronyms. Each new program comes with its own 200 words to learn. Actually each new “thing” in life seems to come with its own 200 words! Next time you’re about to stress out as you learn something new, remember… its just 200 new words!

Use the resources below to learn the meanings of any words or acronyms you come across as you learn more about your computer.

Common Acronyms http://www.coachmaria.com/articles/acronyms.html
Web Acronyms http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html
Acronym Finder http://www.acronymfinder.com/
Computer and Internet Technology Dictionary http://www.webopedia.com
Internet Dictionary http://www.netlingo.com
Meta Tag Dictionary http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/
Dictionary and Thesaurus http://www.dictionary.com

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