A bad workman always blames his tools

There are a lot of people that blame their tool, or would rather do some extra steps. When I am told something like this, or my name is mentioned in connection to a job, I just say that I don’t know the term for “tool”, because I have never used one to do anything until now.

There were four years ago when there was no internet. So at the time, a lot of us had to rely on other things like television or radio, so we could listen to music, watch TV shows, and talk about our daily life. In between, there was not much else, but I am talking about computers. Nowadays there is more than one laptop a person can use at the same time and you can also find many laptops with different features on the market.

We all have our own idea of what a “tool” is and why is it important. But, I will ask myself another question: did anyone use these tools before? And I have to answer why are these tools so important, even though there is nothing about them that requires the use of them at all.

I use tools every day and, in fact, I am talking here about two very big and powerful ones: Office 365 and YouTube (I will explain what those two tools mean later). These were the two major tools at the time.

I am talking about Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Skype, Dropbox, etc. The list is endless, but these are the most common products. As a rule, people blame the tools at first and then move on to using other things. However, let me tell you about the case I had to hear.

Example 1: If someone tells you about how it would be better to learn how to make a website, then he probably doesn’t know what websites, how to create a website, or even how to start your own website from scratch. What does all this need to take place? This is the example I am talking about.

If you want to know all about website development, this is your opportunity. It looks easy enough. You just go to the website builder service and get everything you need. From choosing templates to building a website completely. Of course, there is a free trial period, and if there is something you love, pay monthly or yearly for additional features that are only available for 60 days. After that, you may get access to special bonuses.

The whole thing is pretty simple, but the problem comes in the way of communication, which seems to be not good when you try to share ideas and knowledge. Some communication platforms offer messaging apps, others allow messages, and others cannot communicate at all.

Let me describe what I want to write about now. First of all, I want to give you an idea about what I do. Then you can know how I am spending my days, with the help of my smartphone. Sometimes I like sharing short pieces of my life, but usually, I just upload a video and post it on YouTube. One more feature of my phone, it allows me to keep track of my thoughts, likes, and dislikes — not only through social media but also through emails in real-time mode.

I spend almost all my time on YouTube, but this should not be confused with watching movies and reading books. Let me tell you, with YouTube, you learn how to speak English as well. We are living in the 21st century where we can speak English almost every day. Here I am giving you an idea of what I spend my days with. After you have understood me, I will continue telling you my story and how it became possible for me to meet new friends and experience true friendship. I know this sounds boring, but it is possible to change this feeling by paying attention to what I am going through. Do the best you can.

Another benefit of this platform is that we are getting closer to other countries, with whom we communicate daily. Another amazing thing about it is that you can enjoy traveling. At least, you can choose whether to travel within your country or abroad. With it, you will be able to spend more time on your vacation. That means that you can plan adventure trips with colleagues, travel guides, and even cooking classes. More people are getting interested in traveling and I believe this trend will become constant soon.

One last thing that makes it worth knowing why we want to use tools

I was talking about software. Well, let me tell you why we use software and the main reason why we always blame the tools, the definition of it, and why we are not careful about them. Why?

Sometimes, we may lose our jobs, we may lose relationships, and we may not get good results in our jobs. People blame the tools because they think we are incompetent people.

This is the type of reason people never stop blaming the tools. Well, let me remind everyone of those examples. Are we still incompetent people? Probably, I can say yes, absolutely sure.

For example, let’s imagine that you want to open a website, but let’s say that you are unable to develop it. You are losing your job and you have to start working for yourself. No one has ever trained you, and you are not sure what you need to do. They blame the tools, and then you blame yourself for being incompetent.

People always blame the tools for everything, especially when they know nothing about them.

Why does it make sense to blame tools? There is more than one reason for it. First, we are often told that only professionals can make them perfect. Not educated professionals, but just experts. To be honest, these types of professions (like programmers, designers, marketers, doctors, and engineers) were once called such.

So let me clarify. Don’t we need experts in certain fields? Definitely. Yet, we need them so little, that we are satisfied with what we receive.

Let’s see how people blame something while they are unsure of themselves. For instance, if one day at school, you did not know a word. You asked your teacher to teach you a word. He replied, “Do you know the word?” and you answered, “No idea, I don’t know!”.

At school, it is normal practice to feel helpless every time and try to teach your students. How can you expect them to understand something that nobody knows?

This is why humans try to blame tools constantly. Maybe if we had to learn not to be incompetent, we would not be using the tools we do today.

Sometimes we just need to break down a task and understand its components to be perfectly competent and talented. Only this is why sometimes we want to blame the tools for what we are not capable of doing and what we do know how to do.

I am going to show you an example. Imagine that you want to run a business that offers medical services to patients with chronic illnesses. You want to provide quality care to those who are sick. The doctor calls you to schedule a consultation and asks that you come to him on a certain date.

You must meet the following criteria:

You are a physician and you are interested in this field.

Your skills are excellent. No other physician says this.

You are willing to work at least 40 hours a week.

You have a degree from any university.

Your educational background must be recognized and accredited by a hospital or organization. If you are already qualified, that is great. Please share it when it is your chance.

I have created a small sample of an appointment that you can simply copy and paste into your calendar. If it gets in your email inbox, please note that you are required to leave this link and it never expires I will respond to you the moment you receive it.

You are ready to get started with your medical training. Just click this link and wait for a few minutes or hours. Next thing you know, you are going to join us via Zoom, which is really nice!

Now, what do you say if after these 3 minutes you have arrived at the clinic of Dr. Jekyll or Mister Hyde?

I don’t exactly know. All I know is that I have already made a reservation for some patients. This is a fantastic opportunity to train yourself but you are not ready for it. It is important to get the time to prepare and prepare yourself for this. And I know this is not easy either.

So that’s why many people blame tools every time. Or, “What is the meaning of everything?”, which leads you to a totally dark world of information that you can only guess.