Three more lessons
from my dad.
StatQuest. Hello! I'm Josh Starmer and welcome to StatQuest. Today, we're going to
talk about three more lessons from my dad and they're going to be clearly explained.
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This StatQuest is also brought to you by the letters, 'A', 'B' and 'C'. 'A' always.
'B' be. 'C' curious. Always be curious. September 4th is global Frank Starmer day
and to celebrate we're going to talk about three lessons my dad taught me that he learned from his dad.
Number one: A good helper knows what tool is needed before it's needed. Back in the
day, my grandfather repaired elevators for a living and on weekends, my dad would
help him. And my dad was a good helper because every time his dad needed a tool,
my dad had one waiting for him. Bam! Now, we don't have to be fixing an elevator
to be a good helper. We can always be a good helper. All we have to do is look around ourselves and have a little curiosity.
When are curious and ask questions and observe, we can learn what needs to get done.
And once we learn what needs to get done, we can be a good helper and do it. Personal
Note: In my various jobs, the one skill that always made me essential and got me
promotions is I always tried to be a good helper. For example, whenever I had down
time at work, I went around to learn what everyone else was doing. Then I would try
to find a way to help them. Bam! Number two: I never met someone that I couldn't
learn something from. To be honest. I don't know if my dad learned this at the bottom
of an elevator shaft or not, but he heard it a lot from his dad, and so did I. And
it's important, so let's hear it again. I never met someone that I couldn't learn
something from. What it means is that no matter how different we are from someone
else, no matter how crazy that other person might be, no matter how much we might
not like that other person, if we show a little curiosity in who they are, we can
learn from them. And learning new things always makes us smarter. Personal Note: I
get comments all the time in my videos. Sometimes people write things that seem a
little crazy. However, with a little curiosity, I learned that the people were not
trying to insult me. Instead, it was just a "Lost in Translation" thing and they
were making helpful comments. So the next time you meet or hear, or read about someone
who seems totally crazy and you want to ignore them. Stop and tell yourself, "I never
met someone that I couldn't learn something from." Be curious about them and see
what you can learn from them. It will always make you a better person. Double Bam!
Number three: There's always room for ice cream. Hey, look, it's StatSquatch!
Yum! I sure love ice cream.
But what does ice cream have to do with curiosity?
Well, there are a lot of ice cream flavors and if we're curious, we get to try them all.
Personal Note: Pistachio ice cream is green and can look kind of gross, but it's delicious.
Triple yum!
In summary, 'A' always, 'B' be, 'C' curious. Always be curious. When we're curious,
we can be good helpers and discover what help is needed, we can respect everyone at least a little bit and
learn something new from them and lastly we get to eat ice cream.
Yum!
Now, last but not least, happy birthday dad! Now it's time for some shameless self-promotion.
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