Module 6

As the world becomes more “flat” the more we are working together as a human race to better ourselves.  Free trade is a great example of how we can work together for improvement. Free trade is where we can buy and exchange items or services.  Of course in some countries there is tax so not all profit will always go to the traders.  Free trade helps us expand our relationship with the rest of the world and can help economies.  Free trade can help us improve  ourselves and our products/services because we want more in return.  It opens up the world and increases demand.  With increasing demand to make ends meet that usually means more employment, which is good for our country.  In order to make a fair trade you have to be worth as much as what you receive in return.  There have been countries that do not allowed free trade policies and more then often the affect of that is disastrous.  With proof that it does improve our world immensely I believe it is very important. Countries that still do not allow this policy might not be hurting, but they are not improving either.

As we improve we must be more competitive if we want to come out on top.  To do so we must learn new skills to make our selves useful enough that we can’t be replaced by machines.  These generation of people have to make themselves more valuable then machine, this class of people is know as the “new middles”.  From my understanding of the book, new middlers are people from the middle class that need to adapt and sometimes go above and beyond, in order to be stable in their work environment.  If not, they will loose their jobs.  As I mentioned before, working together is a big part of improvement in this modern age.  Being able to collaborate and work together is a necessary skill new middlers must learn.

CQ+PQ>IQ is a formula that refers to even more great tools to navigate this flat new world.  Curiosity, passion, and motivation are very great assets, more valuable then common knowledge.  There is no limit to how intelligent and even valued you can be, if you are curious, passionate, and motivated.  Technology gives us limitless possibilities!  If you are passionate about something, why not learn all the information you can from it, it will only better yourself. Well, in most situations.  In todays standards, its almost necessary that you always go beyond what is expected.  Technology makes it easy for us to access this in the click of a button.