A heroes journey

So how does one overcome oneself? I think that we all will (in some way or form) must deal with overcoming themselves because we all have so many imperfect aspects that we want to change. I think this is interesting that we initially want to say we “Can’t” do something because we are afraid of somehow hurting some form of ourselves in the process. To combat this I have two things Id like to share as well as implement in my future business endeavors is to be positive and have a plan. Positivity can be difficult for me at times and having read “Can’t” (by Guest) I felt empowered with the confidence that I couldn’t ever fail. It was as if some witch doctor gave me a potion that gave me a surety that I could do anything.

“Can’t is the word that is foe to ambition,

An enemy ambushed to shatter your will;

 Its prey is forever the man with a mission

And bows but to courage and patience and skill.

Hate it, with hatred that’s deep and undying,

For once it is welcomed ‘twill break any man;

Whatever the goal you are seeking, keep trying

And answer this demon by saying: “I can.””

I like the text that I provide from the poem especially the line about hate and how it is welcomed because it is only going to make things worse rather than improve your situation. This led me to reconsider many things especially how am I fighting my demons? Or more importantly “am I destroying my demons or making it easier for them to destroy me?”. Also in the text above it talks about how it bows but isn’t beaten by courage, patience and skill.  This leads me to having a well formulated plan on how to achieve your goals.

Social Media

This week was just an overall great experience mainly because it was on social media and how we can us it to benefit our businesses. I felt like I went in knowing so much that I could do to promote my business but I was pleasantly surprised that I came away with more ways to help my business. Something I think really helped was seeing all the other classmates and their input on what they thought would be a good promotional tactic for them. This allowed me to see what others are considering but also I could compare the effectiveness between there view versus mine. Ultimately, I felt that I was well grounded but most importantly reasonable with my approach and reasoning supporting my ideas. I felt that "Instagram" was a great outlet for me and my business because they allowed for different posting options as well as allowing me to merge my customers with my friends also. Plus it gave just the right amount of formality while allowing for casual post as well.

SEO

This week we focused more on advertising and how to optimize search engine results to properly represent your ad. This is a huge component with advertising because the key with being successful in advertising is to take the customers limited attention and present them with something that will make them want to go buy your product until the day they die. This is often difficult because certain markets are difficult to grab peoples attention for longer than what is normally required. Ultimately, in order to help customers to your products you need to eliminate any difficult issue that would take away from them buying your product. You need to dangle that carrot but also make it as easy as possible for them to get it.

Priorities

This week we greatly focused on deciding on what we considered more important in life. This is something to keep in mind when going into business because the line between real life and business life tends to greatly blur when you do not decide before hand which one is more important.

 I am personally a realist and tend to have little understanding when it comes to choosing sentiment over reason but there are a few things that I feel surpass those notions. I think that at the end of the day we need to remember what we value most and to attend to those priorities rather than the fallacies we develop from society.

 

Google Analytics

This week we were able to work with syncing google analytics to our website. This proved to improve our website sell experience by allow us to follow the analytics of business. Google provides great tools to help you run your businesses that many times are compatible with many different websites. By having this perspective in business one is able to properly assess the areas that need change as well as the margins that those changes need to take place. I look forward to see what else google provides in the coming years to enhance the google using process more business friendly

   This week we talked about ethics in business and how it matters. I think that ethics and morals should overlap but also look for improvement in both. I think that one has to set the example for others to see how things so be in terms or workplace ethics. As we continue I think that we need to change for the better while still keeping our identity of who were are.      

  I was told once that "Hell, is when you person you are meets the person you could become." Interesting concept. I can almost picture that encounter in my mind and see all the skills and talents the better version of myself  possesses. I would imagine that experience would be very difficult. I often refer to this hypothetical version of myself when I begin to talk myself out of doing something I know to be important. This is also a great way to understand what exactly is important to you and what doesnt matter. I think people have a power to make themselves better when they are able to be self aware in the space they live. When we look at who we are and the environment we live, we are then able to observe and most importantly think about what it is we really want. When we make the hard choices first, everything else becomes easy.
   
Something I think is very important in becoming who you want to be are the goals you set for yourself. I think that wanting something is a great way to change things about yourself. I think that ones level of desire for something should be reflected by there will to do it. I think that we ultimately create our own realities with the time and energy given to us by the universe. If that is true then what would you create? Why? I think that ones goals should also be tested by questions from yourself and others. I think that people experience exponential growth in becoming who they are and that the growing period is dependent on their environment and their goals. I think that weak people allow their environment to dictate their goals while strong people experience the inverse experience.



                 

Priorities and Passion

      Passion is something that drive us to want to become better while also having the unique ability for us to enjoy doing as well. If we became passionate about everything then those initial passions would be prioritized as the same. The thing that unintentionally make a passion stand out is the fact that there are other things we dislike. But is that a bad thing? Shouldnt we be passionate about life and about everything? Yes and no. Life isnt the same thing as everything. We should be passionate about life and living but we shouldnt be passionate about everything. Passion is ultimately something that makes life worth living but if we are trying to make everything passionate then those passions become normality thus making life no longer passionate. I think the key to passion is priorities. I think that if we are able to prioritize our passions correctly then we are able to live to the fullest.

 I think that this week did a great job in helping me find those passions as well as prioritizing them to allow me to maximize my efficiency and joy in my life. In closing I want to share that I think that we have the ability to control our realities. I think that we are able to set a mind set that can dictate our surroundings to more desirable situations. I think, as people, we have that ability to make things more enjoyable by simply changing the way we think about things. I think once we find what makes us happy we are able to being growing in those areas and also trying to become passionate at the things we have to do also.