Life As Usual Video Blog #12 – Adaptability

Every week I do a video blog (or VLOG).

This week I talked about Adaptability.

When I started this,  I was very scared of putting myself on video, so I got the courage and put myself in the arena, killing a lot of bad self talk.This gives me the chance to work on my communication skills, start a new medium, and experiment!

Once a week, after I have thought about them, I will give them a day here on the blog.

These aren’t just promotion posts (although they are, please watch and share ) I want to take the time to break them down and try to clarify what I want to communicate and the tactical things I learned through doing.

Question of the Week:How have you adapted? What did you learn the last time you had to adapt?

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What I Wanted To Communicate About Adaptability

Learning how to adapt (Adaptability)  is a powerful skill. It’s what connects high value people in any business. Learning how to take opportunities and gain both lessons and value make anyone better at anything they do.

• Taking opportunities
  • Take advantage of a new issue, turn a negative into a positive (I decided to shoot outside since we just had one of the biggest snow storms on the east coast.
• Learning through action
  • I got my first outside video done, and got a ton of lessons from it that will help me shoot the next few, and any that I decide to do outside.
• Willpower check

What I Learned Doing This Video

• Audio – If I record outside I need a microphone, or else it’s not going to get my audio.
• Lighting issues get eliminated outside, but sound issues matter a lot more.
• The apple microphone is good at capturing just your voice when its close. It’s a tradeoff because I can’t use my tripod for stability, but another way to learn.
• I have to keep the camera above my head. (thanks Yuriy B.)
• People are open to help (I had a lot of passers-by offer to help me.) People love people who are doing something.
• Back away a bit.

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