Veronica, you need to chunk down. You are approaching the problem from too high of a chunking level.
So let’s take it slowly.
1. Technology is here to stay. Whether we like it or not, it’s not an option. I admit, the crazies in the Sylicon Valley push technology on all of us whith a speed that is unprecedented. The younger generation cannot fathom life without technology. Refusing to adapt to the new environment is not the solution in my view. Of course, you always have a choice. You can simply continue to proceed without it but this will reduce the pool of people you could affect positively and assist.
Let me tell you a little story. Last year we did an APEP training in Guatemala, and next to the hotel where we were, it is this little Mayan town. About 15,000 people. Many still live in mud huts, little houses where the whole (large) family sleeps in the same room. By all standards these are poor people. But they are all having an IPhone or an Android device or another form of a “smart” device, and are on FaceBook and other social media. They think that FB IS the internet. So, technology is pushed on everyone around the world.
Now is technology bad in and of itself? I don’t think so. It allows people to connect with any other person in the world anywhere at any time. Therefore…
2. Change your values, and put “using technology for my advantage” as a value, and also do some SMD shift and put technology (specifically for each piece of technology you abhor now) in the SMD’s of liking. Basically it is a like to dislike.
3. What specifically about technology is that turns you off? The fact that it is a big unknown for you? Maybe you simply need to spend a weekend to learn basic things about how to use it. I don’t know, I am just mind reading and please allow me to be wrong as I am guessing.
4. I teach trainings on line (the Trainers Trainjng with Japam is done online). I don’t see this a cold and non-rewarding. It is true – and this is important – it is not an instant reward as it is when you see the person’s face, physiology and you get a hug at the end. So it is a little deferred satisfaction or better said, it is in another modality. It does not imply any kinestetic touch and it relies mostly in V, A and Ad. But the connection is the. More and more face to face relationships are disappearing. I didn’t lime this more than you, but it is the triumph of the world in which we live. But in my case, I hallucinate the K based on the visual cues I see on the screen. Tad and I have done quite a few sessions of coaching online using Skype. And it worked as good as live, face-to-face. If we did not have technology, most likely we would not have had the clients as they were unwilling to fly to us, and surely we would not have the training in Japan as we are not flying there because of the radiation due to Fukushima event from 2012.
5. The website. You can ask someone else to do it for you and teach you the basics of how to use it. Nowadays setting up a website is far less complicated than in the past. You can exchange services so you don’t have to pay cash. Usually a younger person will have no problem with that as technology is part of their world. They did not grow up without it as our generation.
6. There is just one way to be ok with technology and there is no way around this. You have to learn to use it. If you are shy because of your lack of knowledge – bite the bullet and spend some time to learn. In the past I built a house for us. I had no clue about architecture, or how to even begin to think about building a house. I bought a software program called Chief Architect which comes in different versions: for beginners, intermediate and professionals. I started with the beginners version, I went online and got lessons in how to use it (everything is on YouTube including on how to use Word Press to set up your website) and before I knew it, I upgraded to professionals. I learned how to use the software and it did not allow me to make mistakes. I built a whole house on that program, and when I went to the engineers to check my plans, everything was perfect. Learning the program has allowed me to proceed with a project that would have costed me tons of money (architects are not cheap) and I built it the way I wanted it not the way someone else wanted based on their thinking about what I should need.
7. If you are not going for it, it is not in your values. This is why I suggest you change your values and put this values in your business values, or even in your personal development becaue when you learn something new, it affects your whole sense of personal development. It improves YOU. When computers came about, I was still in Romania. To understand how the programs work, I set up to make something fun and I asked and asked questions and learned basic computer programming and made a game with a little ghost who was dwelling and scaring people in a house. I made that game. After that I was not afraid of computers anymore. Tad has done the same prOcess only differently. He has built a computer from component parts to learn how it works because until them it was this big unknown and he was reluctant to use it. So, there is no way around it – to like technology you need to be willing to understand it at least to a level where you can use it for your benefit. I am not saying build yourself a computer or learn computer language. That’s useless for your purposes. But you can lean how to create a website because all info is on the web, just type in a search engine “how to make my own website using Word Press” and you’ll get to tones of explanations and videos that can show you everything you need to know. The quicker you make your website, the easier is for people to find you. Plus, once you learn technology, you can be more connected to people than without it.
In a few days (I hope) we’ll have the app belonging to the forum up and running. Meaning you will just have an app, you don’t even have to login to the website to see the posts and to respond. That is technology that helps all of us to stay connected and help each other.
Anyway, of course this is all up to you. I hope I could help a little with your thinking even if I have just mind read your real issue. If I am wrong… Let me know. Please also let me know how else I can help. I am here to support and assist you as much as I can. This NLP community of likeminded people I am trying to build would not be possible without technology. Just know that the forum is here for exactly this purpose. Ask whatever you need, talk to us, otherwise you’ll be feeling like you’re on your own. I know you’re self -reliant but you’ll still be self-reliant. I am not going to do the work for you. But me, and Laura, and all the other folks participating, can support each other. We all have the same issues and problems. We are all human beings – not robots…just yet! ?
I would suggest that you watch every video and read every article I and other people have posted under Videos and Aritlcles of Interest. Although many times unpleasant, it opens your mind to things that you need to know.
Be well my friend.
