Ten-Key by Touch

Paper Summary:

The paper notes that there are many skills that help a person in their career but are not commonly taught in many of today's schools. The paper focuses on the skill of using a 10-key calculator by touch. Every computer keyboard has a 10-key calculator attached that is used on a daily basis. The paper relates that this is an important skill for anyone in business to have. The paper points out that you will not save the world or save a life if you learn how to use a calculator without looking at it. However, mastering this skill can make your business and personal life easier. The paper highlights how mastering incompetence gives a feeling of achievement and pride and so does learning a new skill, no matter how small.

From the Paper:

"Think about the last time you balanced your checkbook, averaged your expenses for the month, or figured out a players ERA average. You used a calculator. Chances are you use a calculator all the time at home, and at the office, too. If you know how to use that calculator more quickly and efficiently, with fewer inputting errors, it could save time and give more accurate results. Learning 10-key by touch skills can give that time and save costly data entry errors. Some schools do offer 10-key courses for accounting students, and others offer them as part of basic computing classes."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Author not Available. (2005). Learning a new skill. Retrieved from the Memory-key.com Website: http://www.memory-key.com/EverydayMemory/skill_memory.htm 29 June 2006.
• Masterson, M. (2005). How good people get even better. Retrieved from Thewebzine.com Web site: http://www.thewebzine.com/articles/122305GettingBetter.html 29 June 2006.

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