Last week I wanted to change the code on my garage door opener key pad and remote control unit but didn’t know how to do it. I’d long ago lost the written instructions and was concerned about knowing what to do. But, lucky me, when I googled
the name and model of the machine there were instructions as well as a video demonstration for me to look at (hurray for the internet…our ever present teacher). I went into learning mode.
You’ve probably seen the ‘Easy’ button that Staples, the office supply company uses as part of their advertising campaign. Did you know that garage door openers have a button labeled ‘LEARN’? Once I pressed the ‘LEARN’ button, I had to wait for the light to stop flashing and then go to the door key pad and key in a new number since the machine was now in ‘learning mode’ for 30 seconds. Once the new code was entered it blinked lights at me (visual signs) but also made beeping sounds (auditory signals) to tell me that the new code was encoded in its memory.
To my amazement the process actually worked. The machine had learned the new code. To achieve success I needed to engage my own mental ‘LEARN’ button to gather the needed information to solve the problem and then sync what I’d learned with the machines ‘LEARN’ button. I love the fact that the machine designer thought of calling the machine’s memory button ‘LEARN’. How appropriate. Now, if only I had a pill named NZT-48 to become a limitless learner, like Bradley Cooper in the 2011 movie called Limitless. It’s about a writer who discovers a secret drug that gives him super charged mental processing abilities. I wish. On the other hand, LEARN buttons are all around us, if only we learn
to access them.
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Last week I wanted to change the code on my garage door opener key pad and remote control unit but didn’t know how to do it. I’d long ago lost the written instructions and was concerned about knowing what to do. But, lucky me, when I googled the name and model of the machine there were instructions as well as a video demonstration for me to look at (hurray for the internet…our ever present teacher). I went into learning mode.
You’ve probably seen the ‘Easy’ button that Staples, the office supply company uses as part of their advertising campaign. Did you know that garage door openers have a button labeled ‘LEARN’? Once I pressed the ‘LEARN’ button, I had to wait for the light to stop flashing and then go to the door key pad and key in a new number since the machine was now in ‘learning mode’ for 30 seconds. Once the new code was entered it blinked lights at me (visual signs) but also made beeping sounds (auditory signals) to tell me that the new code was encoded in its memory.
To my amazement the process actually worked. The machine had learned the new code. To achieve success I needed to engage my own mental ‘LEARN’ button to gather the needed information to solve the problem and then sync what I’d learned with the machines ‘LEARN’ button. I love the fact that the machine designer thought of calling the machine’s memory button ‘LEARN’. How appropriate. Now, if only I had a pill named NZT-48 to become a limitless learner, like Bradley Cooper in the 2011 movie called Limitless. It’s about a writer who discovers a secret drug that gives him super charged mental processing abilities. I wish. On the other hand, LEARN buttons are all around us, if only we learn to access them.
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