Age is just a number. Last month, I had the privilege of training a 65 year old man to use an accounting software to keep the books of a clinic. The clinic belongs to his daughter and he has been using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to track the cash inflows and outflows. He wanted something simple to help him prepare the Income Statement.
I introduced the entry level range of accounting software (MYOB Business Basics) for the clinic, which in my opinion meeets his requirements very well.
Initially he was quite worried about using an accounting software because he said his knowledge of accounting is "very basic". But I assured him that using MYOB is just like entering data in Excel spreadsheets. After he has entered the data, MYOB will do the rest - "post to the ledgers", and generate the Income Statement and Balance Sheet, without any need for him to master "debits" or "credits".
After 2 lessons, he is now happily generating other reports on his own. His next project is to teach the clinic assistants to enter the data, and he will review their work.
So, age should not be a reason for not learning something new.
By the way, this same man earned his MBA at age 64 - he only told me at the end of the training. He said he could learn up the software by reading the manuals himself, but he wanted to leverage on an expert's advice, so that he can start on a correct footing.
1 comment:
Its good to know that business is good. Its really a good idea to involve those kids in business during the school holidays. Those kids are amazing!
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