Dave Sherwin is an online network marketing expert who won the "Rookie Of The Year" award in his network marketing company. He is also the co-founder of the Lighthouse Marketing System. To learn more about making money with blogging, visit:
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I was having software problems. When I have technical problems I have a variety of symptoms, including high blood pressure, accelerated heart rate, and in extreme cases full-fledged temper tantrums including lying flat on my back pounding my fists and… you get the idea.
But in this case I’m thinking of I actually got the programmer on the line. After trouble-shooting the problem for a while, the programmer mentioned that the problem appeared to be a PEBCAK PROBLEM.
PEBCAK: (Prounced Peb-kak). Short for “Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard.”
He patiently explained what a PEBCAK problem was, being careful to use very small words so I would understand.
At first I didn’t think it was very funny, (if you didn’t get it yet, the problem between the chair and the keyboard was ME!) But in hindsight, that short conversation has served me well since then, as I have taken more responsibility for my technical frustrations and made sure I knew what I was doing BEFORE getting help.
Here are a few tips to overcoming PEBCAK problems:
1. Read the stupid manual! The time spent studying your software or services will MORE than pay for itself in increased effectiveness. Reading the manual includes watching training videos, reviewing “getting started” docs, etc.
2. Google the problem. It’s AMAZING how often you can find answers to technical questions just by entering your question in Google.
3. THINK. There’s nothing like good, old fashioned thinking. Sure, it sucks to have to resort to such an old fashioned method, but sometimes we have no other choice. We actually have to use our own mental exertion to solve problems. Ouch. Tough love for sure, but nobody ever died from thinking too much.
There you have it, cocky but sincere advice on how to overcome your own PEBCAK problems in your quest to turn your computer into a cash register!
To your success,
Dave Sherwin
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