# Chapter 200

You can learn anything. Especially in the modern world. Especially in the YouTube world. I read of a person or two who built an entire house based only what they learned from watching YouTube vids. They learned what they needed to learn when they needed to learn it. But they were humble enough to understand that they were amateurs, beginners and that they needed instruction. You can even likely become a Master at your desired task, if you are willing to learn and apply yourself.

As Emerson said, “every artist was once an amateur.” Everyone starts in exactly the same place, at the beginning. There is no other place to start. But interestingly enough, I am noticing that my younger relatives want to start way ahead of the beginning. They in fact, sometimes want to start in the C-suite. If only I were joking, but I am not. It is not clear to me why they are confused about the word start. The very definition of the word is about the beginning of something. They don’t understand that this is where we all enter the gate. There is no other way to get on the raceway of life. The entrance is always at the lowest level.

And this is certainly a power and position issue, I get it and wish it weren’t, yet it is also the only way to insure that you and I learn the basic building blocks of our craft and that we understand what we should do next. Don’t resist, embrace the start, the learning.