> This Week:
What's this Web 2.0 - Social Networking - All About?
Welcome to "SIMPLY SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS" - Jan 22, 2009:
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Helping You Create What Matters MOST in Life and Work --
And Support The Systems of Life that Support Us All!
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Hi All,
Short post this week. Don't want to overload you every week. ☺
Actually, on the blog, this is published out of order -- because I forgot to post it. Oops!
First, some good news - for me! I am HubPages "Featured Writer" this week. I've only been on the site for 5 months, so it's a bit of an honour for me.
HubPages is a popular site where just about anybody can write something and put it up on it's own webpage. There are 45,000 members. It's one of the most popular sites on Google, and it's a fun place to put up short articles and get feedback from peers.
OK, there's a few nutballs, and fundamentalists of different stripes, and techno-geeks, but, hey, that's diversity. And I find I learn a lot, about others, and about my own writing by participating. I've only been doing this for a little over 4 months, but some of the old timers make up to $1000 a month by using their Hub Pages as vehicles for Google Ads, Amazon offerings, and eBay sales.
So, far, I've made $8.96 from mine. So I'm obviously not in it for the money, but for the fun. You can read the interview with me @ http://hubpages.com/newsletter/Bruce+Elkin,
and view my profile and list of articles at
http://hubpages.com/Bruce+Elkin
Being on HubPages is part of an experiment I'm doing, trying to learn about Social Networking and on-line communities. I’m also playing with Twitter (and starting to "get it") and connecting with old friends and colleagues on Facebook and Linked in. The last two I’m quite restrictive about, but anyone interested can follow me on Twitter. Search for BelkinB, and tweet away.
Why, you ask, am I doing this? Partly just out of personal interest. But also, as a coach, I think it behooves me to know what is going on in the world, and when so many people are using the Social Networking sites, I didn't want to be left out in the cold. An old dawg, trying to practice what he preaches, and learn new tricks!
What have I learned? Well, it takes a lot of time, if you don't create a system to guide your actions. It also takes a while to learn your way around the various sites. Although there are help pages, like much of the online world, they're sometimes not that helpful. So I've begun following the lead of people much younger than me, and just poking around in the site, playing with it, until I figure it out. It's a different way to learn for me, and has been frustrating. But, it is getting easier, and as it does, it gets more fun, and I get to do more with less. So that's good.
Finally, the Social Networking sites are repositories of useful information, if you can sift through the not-so-useful. I'm starting to get more and more of my info from sites like Twitter, Digg, and Stumble Upon. It's like an ever-changing encyclopedia. Very exciting. C'mon over and follow me, at BelkinB@Twitter.com and try it yourself. You might like it.
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>DON'T BUY STUFF YOU CAN'T AFFORD
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Here's a link to an old Saturday Night Live skit that is quite funny, and has a good message, especially for folks trying to live simple, successful lives. Give yourself a laugh; check it out at: http://tinyurl.com/bdmsrv
>WANT TO WATCH TV ON YOUR COMPUTER?
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Here's a real find, if you don't know about it.
Livestation TV, at http://www.livestation.com/ enables you to see many global TV stations live on your computer, including ABC, NBC, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and hundreds of others channels. And it's free!
Pretty nifty for people who want to get a variety of viewpoints.
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>THE MOST AMAZING CHALK ART I'VE EVER SEEN!
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Julian Beever is an English artist who is famous for his art on the pavements of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium. Its peculiarity? Beever gives his drawings an anamorphosis view; his images are drawn in such a way that gives them three dimensionality when viewed from the correct angle. It's amazing! Really! Check out these sites:
http://www.rense.com/general67/street.html
This art will astound you. It really will. Talk about creativity!
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>QUOTABLE QUOTES:
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"The secret of life is to have a task...something you bring everything to...And the most important thing is - it must be something you cannot possibly do."
-- Henry Moore
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain."
-- Emily Dickinson
"To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer."
-- George Bernard Shaw
"The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it, put your whole soul into it -- every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have."
-- John D. Rockefeller III
"Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."
-- Helen Keller
"Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them."
-- Marcus Aurelius
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>MY BOOKS:
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Just a reminder that I sell my books from my website. For more info, or to purchase
• Simplicity and Success: Creating the Life You Long For,
• Emotional Mastery: Manage Your Moods & Create What Matters--With Whatever Life Gives You!
• Creating Sustainable Success: How We Can Transcend Problems, and Create Simple Yet Rich, Healthy, and Sustainable Lives! [Contact me directly for this one, or buy the other two on the site, and I'll give you this one, too!]
Visit http://www.BruceElkin.com
Buying these books is a win/win way for you to support the newsletter and me. I appreciate your support!
Also, I'm just about finished a new ebook titled Staying Up In Down Times: Creating Resilience, Results, and Rewards. I'm going to be making it available to anyone who wants it, as my gift. Stay tuned!
>Want a preview: http://hubpages.com/hub/Staying-Up-In-Down-Times
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>IT'S NEVER TOO LATE!
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> If you haven't made resolutions, or set goals, this year, why not start now? It's never too late, and people with written goals out-perform those without them. For info, email me with "Coaching Info" as subject!
Have a wonderful week!
Bruce |
