You’re Not Helpless

Most beginners need to overcome two major hurdles to really start using their computers. The first is the
sheer anxiety that comes from fear of the unknown. “Am I going to do the wrong thing and ruin the
computer?” “Am I going to find out I’m too stupid to work this thing?” The answer to both questions is
definitely no. There is no secret “ruin this computer” button that you can accidentally click. In fact, if you
sat blindfolded at the computer for hours and just clicked away and pounded the keyboard at random,
you would probably do no harm whatsoever.
If you’re thinking you’re too stupid, you’re dead wrong, The very fact that you can read these words
proves that you’re smart enough. Unlike the olden days of computing, when you practically had to be an
electrical engineer just to use the darn thing, modern-day computing is a simple matter of pointing and
clicking. Granted, you weren’t just born knowing how to work a computer. But neither was anyone else.
If Albert Einstein came back to life and was placed in front of a computer, he wouldn’t have a clue as to
how to work it either. We all have to learn the things we weren’t just born knowing — which is pretty
much, everything!