Monday, February 28, 2011
Starting a business makes me wanna Swear!!!: Well... it is Monday... I need March to come in li...
Starting a business makes me wanna Swear!!!: Well... it is Monday... I need March to come in li...: "Well... it is Monday... I need March to come in like a lion!!! Not just in terms of weather but in terms of my work ethic. I want to ta..."
Well... it is Monday... I need March to come in like a lion!!! Not just in terms of weather but in terms of my work ethic. I want to take Spring by its' ears.. shake it and scream.. I got it...I have figured all this out!!!!!
But alas.. this Lion is going to end up a pussy cat. Each day I go thru my e-mail.. eagerly looking for inpsiration and knowledge. Inspiration is easy... how can you not be busting with hope when everyone on the planet has the answers for you just a click away or a newletter away.. or a webinar away. And whatever you do ACT NOW cause this offer will expire. So you spend a good portion of your morning and several cups of tea... creme no sugar please!! ...clicking, listening, reading, decifering, absorbing.
You know those e-mails begging and pleading for you to pass them on or else a plague of locusts will hunt you down or worse.. gasp... you just dont care enough to send your friends the defining letter to change their luck and their life.. shame on you!! I am starting to feel the same way about my business e-mails. A myriad of try this method, try that approach, it worked for me now I want to make it work for you....that all end up with the same message... buy my stuff!
Now.. dont get me wrong.. I highly respect these professionals who managed to make a success for themselves. I have discovered some wonderful people on my internet travels. But I have found that there is a very thin line between helping people and taking advantage of them.
Maybe my work is taking a more investigative journalisim approach now.. hmmmmmm damn my curiosity... must sew.. must sew... ok.. maybe some more digging around.. then sewing.. I swear!!!
But alas.. this Lion is going to end up a pussy cat. Each day I go thru my e-mail.. eagerly looking for inpsiration and knowledge. Inspiration is easy... how can you not be busting with hope when everyone on the planet has the answers for you just a click away or a newletter away.. or a webinar away. And whatever you do ACT NOW cause this offer will expire. So you spend a good portion of your morning and several cups of tea... creme no sugar please!! ...clicking, listening, reading, decifering, absorbing.
You know those e-mails begging and pleading for you to pass them on or else a plague of locusts will hunt you down or worse.. gasp... you just dont care enough to send your friends the defining letter to change their luck and their life.. shame on you!! I am starting to feel the same way about my business e-mails. A myriad of try this method, try that approach, it worked for me now I want to make it work for you....that all end up with the same message... buy my stuff!
Now.. dont get me wrong.. I highly respect these professionals who managed to make a success for themselves. I have discovered some wonderful people on my internet travels. But I have found that there is a very thin line between helping people and taking advantage of them.
Maybe my work is taking a more investigative journalisim approach now.. hmmmmmm damn my curiosity... must sew.. must sew... ok.. maybe some more digging around.. then sewing.. I swear!!!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
More of the same... but yet different.. somewhat..
OK.. remember how I said I was now obsessed with Internet marketing and such?... Well.. now I am concentrating... see how I didn't say obsessed again cause it was scaring me... lol . Anyways, concentrating on the stats from these newly found tactics.
One thing I love is the immediate gratification. And these up to minute numbers are WOW! To think.. someone has read my words.. my words...
I was on a wonderful site getting wisdom and some much needed grounding.. and another facet has peeked my interest.. the NEWSLETTER!! I feel like Wyle E Coyote.. super genius... not that I am .. but like him, the ideas and the enthusiasm cup overfloweth!!! I just hope I don't have his outcomes!! YIKES! But I do want to share his never give up way of thinking.
But I have to ask myself how much is too much... are my eyes bigger than my stomach as my Grandfather used to say after I still had food remaining on my plate. These other people seem to juggle every ball they can effortlessly. AHHHHH.. I get it... it's that darned time management.. planning.. organizing..I just cannot get away from this can I?
So enough for now... off I go to regroup.. rejuvenate... rethink.. and tomorrow will begin the planning... the organizing.. the planning... really.. this will be it.. I swear!!!
Amanda
One thing I love is the immediate gratification. And these up to minute numbers are WOW! To think.. someone has read my words.. my words...
I was on a wonderful site getting wisdom and some much needed grounding.. and another facet has peeked my interest.. the NEWSLETTER!! I feel like Wyle E Coyote.. super genius... not that I am .. but like him, the ideas and the enthusiasm cup overfloweth!!! I just hope I don't have his outcomes!! YIKES! But I do want to share his never give up way of thinking.
But I have to ask myself how much is too much... are my eyes bigger than my stomach as my Grandfather used to say after I still had food remaining on my plate. These other people seem to juggle every ball they can effortlessly. AHHHHH.. I get it... it's that darned time management.. planning.. organizing..I just cannot get away from this can I?
So enough for now... off I go to regroup.. rejuvenate... rethink.. and tomorrow will begin the planning... the organizing.. the planning... really.. this will be it.. I swear!!!
Amanda
So, in keeping with the last blogs theme of sailing off .... I have been cruising cyberspace marketing tactics, I am completely obsessed with computer creativity. Before, I was crazy with finding fabrics that called out to me...sewing...OH.. I create purses along with my mom.. have a website too.. www.mandicandi.com might be nice if you know what the heck I do!! Although I do have this purse on my profile... well anyways.. I must straighten out my seams here and get back on track!! Now, it is twitter, blogs, Facebooking, and one website leads you to more.. which leads you to more... and so on..
The Internet sure is a huge time sucker.. but wow the stuff you can find. And if you know what you are doing ...can be very very lucrative. And if you don't... it is just another aspect to fill you up and leave you breathless AND you are left with 17 open windows and cant remember where you started from!!
Message that comes across everytime tho...... time planning and organization!!!! I believe they are truly the keys to any amount of success. I turned my nose at this idea before... but day after day I would end up so frustrated by asking myself what I did that day and really... was very disappointed. WAIT... you know what the real KEY IS... not the realization that you have to plan and organize.. no no no!! Here is it... READY?
THE KEY IS TO START.. SIT YOUR BUTT DOWN AND DO IT.. NOT TALK ABOUT DOING IT. JUST DO IT
I have great expectations the night before... tons of ideas fighting to get out but cant.... I envision my brain like a giant sale... people lined up for miles.. all want to be first when the doors open... and when they do.. the pushing and shoving gets everyone stuck in the entry.. big clogged up mess!! So this organization stuff is like teaching those ideas in your head to have some bloody manners and respect for the other ideas. For heavens sake this isn't an idea competition.. first out is not the best... they just need to get out!!
I think there needs to be a day where you do not allow yourself to come into contact with your computer... just go back to the caveman.. sorry, caveperson approach of pen and paper. Write down all the ideas without any notifications, beeps, twitters, texts or rings from these technological gadgets that make our lives easier and complicated..... simultaneously!!
So off I go to take my own advice of Just Do It... after I check my e-mail... just my e-mail.. that is it.. I swear!!!
Amanda
The Internet sure is a huge time sucker.. but wow the stuff you can find. And if you know what you are doing ...can be very very lucrative. And if you don't... it is just another aspect to fill you up and leave you breathless AND you are left with 17 open windows and cant remember where you started from!!
Message that comes across everytime tho...... time planning and organization!!!! I believe they are truly the keys to any amount of success. I turned my nose at this idea before... but day after day I would end up so frustrated by asking myself what I did that day and really... was very disappointed. WAIT... you know what the real KEY IS... not the realization that you have to plan and organize.. no no no!! Here is it... READY?
THE KEY IS TO START.. SIT YOUR BUTT DOWN AND DO IT.. NOT TALK ABOUT DOING IT. JUST DO IT
I have great expectations the night before... tons of ideas fighting to get out but cant.... I envision my brain like a giant sale... people lined up for miles.. all want to be first when the doors open... and when they do.. the pushing and shoving gets everyone stuck in the entry.. big clogged up mess!! So this organization stuff is like teaching those ideas in your head to have some bloody manners and respect for the other ideas. For heavens sake this isn't an idea competition.. first out is not the best... they just need to get out!!
I think there needs to be a day where you do not allow yourself to come into contact with your computer... just go back to the caveman.. sorry, caveperson approach of pen and paper. Write down all the ideas without any notifications, beeps, twitters, texts or rings from these technological gadgets that make our lives easier and complicated..... simultaneously!!
So off I go to take my own advice of Just Do It... after I check my e-mail... just my e-mail.. that is it.. I swear!!!
Amanda
Friday, February 18, 2011
May I vent?
The rush of having an idea is overwhelmingly euphoric.... but it is also overwhelmingly chaotic!
In my head are visions that I need to get out and make sense of on paper... wait... the computer.
Do I spew them out tho?... NOPE.. I try to juggle my thoughts and apply them how I see fit. BIG MISTAKE!!!
I am by nature a creative person.. so I, of course, want to create... not write down a list and organize my ideas... ugh.. that is boring and tedious!!!
So what ends up happening?.... I end the day with an A in procrastination and house cleaning... and an F in organization :(
Now that I have officially become a PRO procrastinator, I have decided to give myself the proverbial kick in the butt and set sail for planning land... a wondrous place I hear rich in clarity.. to do lists...goal setting...
Ship is leaving the dock soon... will keep you posted in my blog.. hopefully I don't get sea sick!!
In my head are visions that I need to get out and make sense of on paper... wait... the computer.
Do I spew them out tho?... NOPE.. I try to juggle my thoughts and apply them how I see fit. BIG MISTAKE!!!
I am by nature a creative person.. so I, of course, want to create... not write down a list and organize my ideas... ugh.. that is boring and tedious!!!
So what ends up happening?.... I end the day with an A in procrastination and house cleaning... and an F in organization :(
Now that I have officially become a PRO procrastinator, I have decided to give myself the proverbial kick in the butt and set sail for planning land... a wondrous place I hear rich in clarity.. to do lists...goal setting...
Ship is leaving the dock soon... will keep you posted in my blog.. hopefully I don't get sea sick!!
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