Like most weeks, you start out each Monday morning wishing you had another day to catch up on chores or ease your tiredness. You go through the motions of getting ready and traveling to work. Perhaps, you belong to the work from home "crowd" who stay in their pajamas while eventually deciding to sit at the computer, click you mouse, check your emails and most important of all, check how much money you made while you was fast asleep.

My week has been a mixed bag. It's started out with reading an email from John Reese. Who?

Just an Internet Marketer who made over $1 million dollars in one day from selling his "Traffic Secrets" course over the Internet.

John’s emails are normally greeted with high expectation because he is renown for testing advertising outcomes. John knows what works and what doesn't on the Internet. But this time his email was nothing to do with Internet marketing. As I read his email I was filled with "sad emotions".

John Reese, this "Internet Guru" guy, who was there when the Internet started and has made millions since then, wrote passionately about the reality of being human and coping with the trauma of illness and the death of people close to him; ex girl friend, brother and his grand mother.

Despite his passion for the Internet, John's experience of human fragility almost overwhelmed him. He considered selling all his web sites and everything he has built on the Internet.

After receiving an email from a woman who bought his traffic secrets course thanking John for making a real difference to her life, John decided not to quit, on the grounds that if he can make a difference to one person's life then maybe he can help many more.

Next, I received an email from an Internet Marketer who said how sorry he was that he did not find the time to say good-bye to an aunt that had died.

Next, I heard the news of Ken Gidden's death.

Here’s the link to a seminar that might have been Ken’s first:

Ken Giddens

By now I started to reflect on my own life and how fragile it was. It was then that I reinforced the promise that I have made to myself. Continue reading and I'll tell you what that is.

Next, I read an article about the fears that young people have about starting their own business and that because of stress many felt it was better to work 9-5 for the establishment instead.

Today is Friday and what a week it has been so far. I hope next week will be less emotional and that your week will go the way you want. Perhaps I should say instead, "be good to others". Because in doing so you'll heap a pile of gold on your head that is worth more than gold.

If you've read this far you're probably asking, what promise I made. Well it's simple!

This morning I read this article, here's the link:

Young Entrepreneurial Spirit

It's about a young man; a young entrepreneur who developed a small business idea and in doing so, has won prizes and has received free publicity. Good on him!

My promise is to put my brain to developing an income that will give me, in the short time I have left, time to spend with my family and to help people instead of slaving my time away. I don’t want to have regrets because of lack of time!

Have a happy week next week.

David
Small Business Resource