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                                                                                  training classes that are offered
              WHERE TO FIND ONLINE TRAINING COURSES                               through  some  of  the  above

                                                                                  platforms,  and  many  of  them
       Continued from pg 5                                                        offer  certificates  of  completion
       platforms you can try.                                                     or  other  proof  of  training.
       Code Academy                                                               MOOCs  are  available  to

       ·      -  Code  Academy  is  an                                            individuals  and  often  to
          online  computer  coding                                                businesses so that employees can
          training  campground.  You                                              upskill. Some industries, such as
          can learn to develop websites                                           real estate and accounting, have
          using  HTML,  CSS,  and                                                 online  training  resources
          JavaScript  or  move  on  to         videography.                       available  for  continuing
          more  advanced  coding            Business Training                     education.  Learn  more  about
          classes  such  as  Python. You                                          MOOCs at Mooc.org   .
                                            ·      - Learning how to start and
          can  also  study  data  science,
                                               manage a business is not easy.
          learn SQL, and skill yourself
                                               Learning on the job is free, but
          in other computer languages                                                 SUCCESS QUOTE
                                               when  you  consider  that  most
          such  as  Java,  Ruby,  PHP,                                               “Don't aim at success.
                                               new  businesses  don't  survive
          C++, C#, Swift, and R. They                                                The more you aim at it
                                               past five years, and many don't
          also  offer  a  catalog  for                                              and make it a target, the
                                               make  it  beyond  the  two-year
          businesses.                                                                more you are going to
                                               mark, it pays to gain some basic
       Guitar Lessons                          business knowledge before you       miss it. For success, like
                                                                                     happiness, cannot be
       ·      -  There  are  all  sorts  of    start.  Open  Culture  lists  over   pursued; it must ensue,
          places online to learn how to        100  free  online  business         and it only does so as the
          play  the  guitar.  Just  Google     c o u r s e s   f o r   w o u l d - b e    unintended side effect of
          “guitar lessons” or search for       entrepreneurs.  These  range        one's personal dedication
          guitar  lessons  on  YouTube.        from basic business strategy to      to a cause greater than
          The best training will be paid       financial accounting.
                                                                                      oneself or as the by-
          training,  but  if  you're  just   Investing Classes                           product of one's
          starting out and want to test
                                            ·      -   O n e   w a y   m a n y       surrender to a person
          the waters, guitarlessons.com
                                               companies  secure  new  clients         other than oneself.
          offers  free  online  guitar
                                               is by teaching those clients how    Happiness must happen,
          lessons.
                                               to perform tasks related to the      and the same holds for
        Cooking Classes                        company's  core  competency.        success: you have to let it

       ·      - If you want to learn how       TD  Ameritrade,  for  instance,        happen by not caring
          to cook, PopSugar has a list of      has courses for its clients that      about it. I want you to
          12  free  online  cooking            t e a c h   t h e m   i n v e s t i n g    listen to what your
          classes.                             principles. By the same token,       conscience commands
                                               investment  research  and  data       you to do and go on to
       Nikon School Online
                                               firm  Morningstar  offers            carry it out to the best of
       ·      - Photography is another
                                               investing classes.                    your knowledge. Then
          skill  you  can  learn  for  free
                                            If  there  is  anything  you  want  to   you will live to see that in
          online.  Ther  are  plenty  of
                                            learn, there is likely a way to learn   the long-run—in the long-
          places to go if you just Google
                                            it online. You just have to find the    run, I say!—success will
          “ o n l i n e   p h o t o g r a p h y
                                            right  resource. And  much  of  the       follow you precisely
          lessons.” In this case, camera
                                            training is free.                           because you had
          manufacturer  Nikon  has  a
                                            One category of online training is     forgotten to think about it”
          series  of  free  classes  in
                                            called  Massive  Open  Online          ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's
          p h o t o g r a p h y   a n d
                                            Course (MOOC). These are online           Search for Meaning
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