Net,Marketing,amp,#58,Passion, marketing Net Marketing: A Passion Or An Obsession?
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It had been a long day. I'd started at 4 a.m. reading and sifting through a mountain of emails; placing ads in ezines; researching new ezines to place more ads; writing an article; editing two other articles; and justtrying to learn a few things along the way. I promised myself I would takesome time to relax and lay in the pool. By 8 p.m., I was still on thecomputer tired, grouchy and hungry. I never did spend any time in the pool.Desperately needing a break, I went outside to sit on the patio. As I was sitting there, I asked myself, "Why am I doing this? Why am I spending 10-12 hours in front of the computer?"Asking myself those questions caused other ones to flood into my mind. First they were:- When was the last time I sat outside and just listened to the summer nightsounds? - When was the last time I read a book for pleasure and not to learnsomething?- When was the last time I called my best friend just to chat?- When was the last time I REALLY listened to what my husband was saying when my mind was not working on headlines/ad copy?- When was the last time I went to dinner and a movie with my husband?- Do I really need to get up at 4 a.m.?Then those questions led to THESE questions:- Why did I get into Internet marketing in the first place?- Are the elements that attracted me in the beginning still there?- Where do I see myself three years from today five years from today?- Where does Net marketing fit in my life and do I still have a life?- Do I really need to get up at 4 a.m.?And those questions led to THESE questions:- Why do I feel so driven to get so much done in one day?- How much time each day do I want to devote to marketing?- What am I trying to accomplish each day (in Net marketing)?- Do I really need to get up at 4 a.m.?And FINALLY:- Has Internet marketing gone from a passion to an OBSESSION?- Am I still having fun?- Do I really need to get up at 4 a.m.?I suspect these are questions we ask ourselves frequently. I think we ask these questions when we are tired, burnt-out and frustrated those times when we feel like failures and think we're never going to "get it."I know that's how I felt that evening.I was able to answer some of the questions. Some I still need to think about. In particular, trying to understand where that thin line between a passion and an obsession is.I think we HAVE to step away from the computer every once in a while. We NEED to ask ourselves these questions and explore the answers we come up with. And here are perhaps the two most important questions of all:- Am I ignoring the special people who enhance my life?- Am I forgetting that I only have today?"It is not the length of life, but the depth of life."EmersonP.S. I threw my alarm clock in the garbage.
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