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Posted by Ivan                                         September 30, 2008

Today is an important day as it marks  my first foray into Blogging,  and the mark of a New Beginning , at least in creating a new personal history for myself.

Internet/Blogging

The media today is flaunt with too much information and knowledge about internet , blogging …but still I am sure that to many, this is still hazy.  I am not too sure what the differences are between Internet and Blog,  but I always imagine that Blogging is more for social and community networking without realizing that it can be profitable until I see the Profit Blogging BootCamp.   Infact, I had just prior to encountering this, signed up an Internet Workshop that helped created a web-site for me..   The problem was there was no interactive sessions , and while the website was done up nicely  for me,  the documentation itself although clear, was insufficient to motivate or push me to put it into action. 

Accidental Encounter

When I saw the Ads on Bootcamp and attended it, what really caught my interest was the 2 workshop programme and to be  followed by the 2nd payment to be paid out of any  the income derived from setting up the blogg.….which means that  the  interests of the Organiser to see to it that participant will actually start making income.

Bootcamp

When I signed up for this Bootcamp,  I must say that I have mixed feelings.  Firstly whether  I am consider old and gone past the hill to embark on this.  But the urge to initiate something at a reasonable cost and that does not take me away from my current job,  make this more appealing to me.  Furthermore, the continuous advert blitz in the media somehow  reinforces the value and the attractiveness of this whole thing.  For far too many years, I have been managing Technology, but to create value for the organization I worked for.  But for now,  it is to create value for my own personal interest.   How rewarding if this is successful.  So I took the plunge and here I am…

The 2 Days sessions was very well organized, with clear and easy to follow step-by-step guide.  During the 1st Day,  with hands-on, I was a bit rusty, unlike the younger group who seemed to have no issue following..  But I managed and survive.    I left the 1st session with every confident that my Blog would be up and running in no time.   The 2nd Day Advanced session was more interesting, where I realized that I am not in that that bad a situation, considering all the other participants.  So all you elderly folks out there,  don’t despair and be put off by all these technology jargon and stuff.  The 2nd session has instill more confident in me.  I felt energized,  rejuvenated to get my Blog up immediately… this time to really do create value for myself and my family.   For me, with my background and knowledge,  I must say that the Bootcamp was very good, practical that we can embark on and make it work.  I have attended a couple of others but find them theoretical and unable to put into practice.

Metamorphose

Now, my focus is to get my first Blog up immediately, within 30 days from the Bootcamp, and to start generating income within 3 months.

While this is going on,  I am still embroiled with my current job,  a  stable and well paid one.  The  new knowledge and skills that I have acquired over the last couple of weeks have instilled in me renewed confidence of really embarking on a new venture that will provide me passive income and  improve the lifestyle that I would dreamed of that comes with retirement.  Perhaps, retirement is a wrong choice of word, for its connotation that  someone is  considered  over the hill in their career.

Beginning of A New Horizon

I have come to realize that one must always spare some time to plan and create value for himself, his family and his environment.  Perhaps, this has come a bit late in my twilight  years in life. I had always held the belief and rightly practise it to the letter  that we owe it to the organization who employed us to deliver good work for the salary we are paid. No one pay us for shoddy work, good work is expected, not even average work.  But the reality is when one approaches his twilight years, one has to fend for his remaining future himself. Blog profiting has given me this opportunity and I  hope and this is my first Post since the inaugural launch of my blog   Improvelifeblog.com.
Yours truly,
Ivan

If you think this can motivate someone

Posted by Ivan                                                                              September 26, 2008

Greetings !!! and Welcome to this inaugural launch of my Blog… Improvelifeblog.com.

A wise one once said

“The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.  Make room in your life for improvement. And if you think you are already very good, look closely. You might still want to tweak a few things to make your better“

When I went to work at a new organisation one day, I cam across this poster hanging on the wall that says  “If better is possible, then good is never enough” Anonymous

While this is taken in the context of office productivity, I am certain in applies equally well to one’s life and environment. So whatever circumstances you are in now and no matter how well-off and comfortable you are at present, one cannot never discount further improvement that come along to affect some aspects of our life - be it personal, financial or environmental

In the course of my life, I have come across so many aspect of improvement that can add value to life. Except that we are just caught up in this whirlpool of never-ending work, work and work… that we never slow down to pause and think of what we can do for ourself. our family, our firends and our enviroment.

This Blog is dedicated to sharing of those ideas that I would be touching on and how they bring about improvement that will make some difference to the current situation.  It is important that we must not compare too much against others or the external, for at best it may bring out the best in us…but unfortunately most of the time, it will only cause us further anguish and unhappiness.  Please do leave behind your comment so the Improvelifeblog.com will continue to improve also over the years.

Yet another wise quote to end this

“Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors.  Try to be better than yourself”  William Faulkner

Happy Blogging.

Yours truly,

Ivan