Saint Augustine

Netafect Learning

Some of my best memories are when I've thrown a car repair party. That's right, I welcome any excuse to break away, get dirty and talk smack with friends or family while repairing cars together. Not that everyone thinks of car repair as a heart-warming experience, my point is, even the worst task is better when we're not facing it alone. It's a culture thing, power in numbers. The more we bounce off one another, the better we understand ourselves through others. At least, that's the way it used to be until mobile technology upset the way we live our lives through on-demand services. We have shifted from "the customer is always right" to a "user", self-serve mentality. So what is the cost? Are we becoming self-sufficient or selfish?

I lead a campaign called Netafect Learning, spreading awareness how the repetitive use of gaming consoles, cell phone and other types of multi-media devices act as a virtual learning companion. This type of conditioning in its current state feeds the ego more than intellect. Some say the more we rely on these devices to make our lives simpler, the more we write a check for costs our phyches can't afford. Whether we're scanning at the grocer or registering on line, are we inadvertently learning to avoid others?

Family

We are all influenced by the company we keep. Family, friends, coworkers, and neighbors, we all are changed as we bounce off one another. My Father was an avionic engineer that supported the earliest versions of system diagnostic in aircraft. That definitely set the path for me. My Mother raised six children and supported us in all our ventures, including taking Math analytics with my Father.

My parents provided. We always had good food, housing and wares. But more important was the circle of friends my parents kept and the lifestyles we led. Their example is a difficult path to follow with the exception that all of the bounty on my Father's Table was founded in Faith....Faith in self, Faith in one another as members of one Godhead to build one another up. I would never recognize how altruistic temperaments like theirs that put others before themselves would play in relations later in life.

Aaaah Auto Air Honest John's Mobile Repair

Sole Proprietorship

I have owned and operated a mobile repair service that focused on electrical and air conditioning services. Little did I know that most automotive Emission Controls work off of something called adaptive strategies. Mastering diagnostics in automotive set the stage for a bright future in understanding Next Generation technologies and artificial intelligence.

Clients

I believe the best way to get experience is to take a decisive role in anything I do. But trying to align client core goals into actions among teams is a challenge. While testing my new skills in service work, I found as I would serve one organization, that organization would partner with another. Through new relations, that would surface new ideas with new opportunities. This tested the patience on both sides of the same coin. The only question was, who's going to be heads, and who's tails. What might be essential in one organization might have little or no value to another. I learned to respect these constraints and walk in faith. This helped me temper my own tendencies to work through problems to formalizing plans.

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