What is Basics By Babci?

What is Basics By Babci

and

What does it have to do with Career Growth Basics?

Hi. I’m Andea G. Shenkman, also known as Babci.

Basics By Babci got started out of fear and frustration as I started to write my 2025 holiday greeting.

I just could not come up with:

words of joy.

words of encouragement.

When faced with a blank page, my go to solution is to start with “Once Upon A Time.”

So, I started with - 

“Once Upon A Time I could write Happy Holidays.

Once Upon a Time, I could write joy to the world.

Once Upon a Time, I could find words to encourage -

words to reassure.

Once Upon a time, I could hope."

And, that's when I realized hope was gone.

Fear and frustration ruled.

Naming what was wrong made it so much scarier.

Writing is an effective tool that helps to sort through and feelings.

As I continued writing, I felt sadness then anger.

Anger at-

losing possibilities of a way forward.

losing the power of choice.

Eventually, curiosity kicked in opening a small window to a path forward.

At first, I couldn't see all the steps to take, but i could see a shadow of hope.

The result was the Remembering Hope Exercise introduced in the CGB Report #004. 

How did Basics By Babci grow from hope?

This is how Basics By Babci started in fear and frustration and grew out of hope.

It's purpose is to strengthen Career Growth Basics during its use to find solutions

to end a career rut in the Age of AI.

What can hope do?

Hope can wrestle fear.

Hope can spark action.

Hope can show the way to possibilities.

Basics 4 Hope is the antidote to fear.

Yes. I know.

It’s not easy to find hope when every cell in your body seems to be screaming:

“Danger Will Robinson!’

You think this a bit hokey?

I think it fits the situation. 

In case you don’t know the origin of the above quote

and

In the interest of giving credit where credit is due---

the line is said by Robot in Lost In Space.

How is a Robot going to help me find a job?

The Robot in Lost In Space is a helpful companion.

It's purpose is to protect the humans Lost In Space.

It's a helpful machine helping its humans.

Computers are machines that help humans.

Presently, there is a great deal about AI that is scary because a great deal of what we are hearing about AI seems to be a threat to the human workforce.

A Change in Perspective Opened Possibilities

Thinking of Robot in Lost In Space helped me begin to look for the possibilities in the changes happening in the workforce.

And. so that is what I've been doing these past weeks.

Searching for career growth opportunities.

They are out there.

These reports with strategies to find a way forward will soon be ready to be published on this website.

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