Road Rage on the Information SuperHighway

Written by Rick Beneteau


I sat inrepparttar right lane atrepparttar 121632 busy intersection waiting forrepparttar 121633 light to change. A scruffy looking male driver inrepparttar 121634 left lane looked as impatient as I must have. Finally, on green, I continued downrepparttar 121635 6 lane road. About a half block up I saw a sight that horrifies me to this day.

A child, no more than 3 years old, was starting to saunter across this crazy road. Alone. Reacting instantly, I sped up and got ahead ofrepparttar 121636 driver to my left, then slowed dramatically, turned and stopped my car across both lanes to block traffic. Jumping out, I snatched up this tyke just as she was about to crossrepparttar 121637 center line and into oncoming traffic. The timing could not have been closer.

The story gets better.

As I was hurryingrepparttar 121638 toddler torepparttar 121639 safety ofrepparttar 121640 sidewalk I just about stumbled over her younger brother, who was starting to wheel his stroller between parked cars intorepparttar 121641 street, following his sister. Of course, he was safe as traffic was now blocked, and suddenly I felt blessed to have arrived at this critical moment.

Where was mom during all this? You shouldn't have asked:-) She had apparently told her kids to wait onrepparttar 121642 sidewalk while she walked across this major thoroughfare to go into a store. The siblings were simply trying to find her.

What I said to this poor-excuse-for-a-parent you don't want to know and has nothing to do with this article, but what does is that duringrepparttar 121643 entire time I was making sure these children were safe (which really wasn't that long) there was a car horn blowing furiously inrepparttar 121644 background.

Guess who?

Yep,repparttar 121645 disheveled looking driver inrepparttar 121646 next lane. When I returned to my car, he made a point to open his door, stand up and scream at me atrepparttar 121647 top of his lungs (in what I perceived to be Arabic). After witnessing what had happened, he was VERY upset WITH ME because I inconvenienced him! This my friends, is referred to as road rage.

I would assume that most people (andrepparttar 121648 drivers behind him) would have breathed a heavy sigh of relief that neither of these kids were hurt, or worse, killed on that road that day. But this article is not about "most people". It's about "some people" and a phenomena onrepparttar 121649 Internet that is becoming all too commonplace. And I don't like it one bit. It's what I call Road Rage onrepparttar 121650 Information SuperHighway.

The majority of people I come into contact with as customers, resellers (I own 2 affiliate programs), newsletter subscribers and folks who email me with questions or advice, are simply put, wonderful. But since I am communicating with sheer volumes of 'netizens', I am receiving more and more blatantly angry email. I meanrepparttar 121651 kind of ugly verbiage that most people would never haverepparttar 121652 parts to say to your face. And, I'm not alone. I'm in contact with many Internet marketers who are experiencingrepparttar 121653 very same thing.

Here are some recent examples, straight from my email files. Bear with me as I attempt to set these up for you.

I've written, and sell through a popular affiliate program, a best-selling marketing eBook called The Ezine Marketing Machine. The ordering system is state-of-the-art (digital delivery) and extremely dummie-proof. When a customer inputs their final order information on our secure server, they receive a 'Thank You' webpage withrepparttar 121654 simple instructions on how to download their book and bonuses. It's virtually impossible to missrepparttar 121655 simple process and get instant access to your goods (I send an automated email withrepparttar 121656 same download instructions as back-up), but a minority of customers do. I am only too pleased to quickly assist them and am online to do so from 6:00 am til 9 or 10 pm seven days a week.

However, one particular customer didn't quite "get it" and fired off no less than five emails within an hour. They arrived around 11:00 p.m. when I wasn't online. I've extractedrepparttar 121657 content (verbatim) fromrepparttar 121658 three I've kept:

#1. "I've paidrepparttar 121659 $$$ for your program, now what aboutrepparttar 121660 goods? The info sounds wonderful as does your yada-yada! Why not deliverrepparttar 121661 goods now so a mere morsel like myself may possible take advantage ofrepparttar 121662 material you allude to as "Gospel" for success?"

#2. "Is it time to take all this stuff torepparttar 121663 next level?? I'm prepared to do just that unless you can resolve this TONIGHT."

#3. "Why is this such a hassle?? I sent my $$$ and followed your directions. Whererepparttar 121664 hell is final product?? You "Gurus" appear to be allrepparttar 121665 same. You promiserepparttar 121666 moon and deliver nothing."

To top off his nastiness, he called at midnight and left a totally vile message about what a "#&@*!! thief" I was. Now, what makes this quite humorous isrepparttar 121667 fact that this unfortunately computer-unsavvy person actually had his filesrepparttar 121668 entire time, but never knew he had to click to open them:-)

Here's an example of how not to relate to content providers if you're a publisher onrepparttar 121669 Internet. Again, a little background first.

Self-Esteem is NOT Just for Kids - It's a Cornerstone of YOUR Success!

Written by Rick Beneteau


I'm positive you've donerepparttar same thing as me. Wondered about what exactly it is that separates those who we deem to be "successful" (and look up to), from those who are not.

Talent, ambition, vision, sacrifice, stick-to-itiveness and resilience are all major qualities I'm sure you'd agree, but I've simply lost count of TOO many absolutely brilliant, creative and serious entrepreneurs who are still wallowing inrepparttar 121631 mediocrity they sought for so long to rise above. In most cases, it's heartbreaking.

It really got me thinking about what could possibly berepparttar 121632 ONE defining trait or quality of those we admire in our quest to be successful. Here's one conclusion I came to.

I've never met an individual who I considered to be truly successful onrepparttar 121633 personal and business level who wasn't filled with good feelings about themselves! The kind of people who can look inrepparttar 121634 mirror and say "I like you a lot"! More than that, they can exclaim "I love you"!

Sound corny? If you think so, consider this question before you click on to something else:

In business, how could you possibly feel good about what you are doing if you didn't feel good aboutrepparttar 121635 person doing it?

Yes, I'm talking aboutrepparttar 121636 psycho-cliche of self-esteem. The kind we hear about every day on talk shows, read about in countless self-help and parenting books, and, gratefully see becoming a long-overdue part ofrepparttar 121637 education system in our schools. Feeling not only good, but great about oneself is arguablyrepparttar 121638 most important success-building characteristic a person can possess!

Think about this. Most of us were NOT raised whenrepparttar 121639 concept of self-esteem was a part of our "fibre", as it is now. Some of us may have been fortunate to have come from families that fortifiedrepparttar 121640 fact that "I am good", "I am special" and "I like and love ME!" However, most of us were nutured without learning, and having instilled deep within us,repparttar 121641 belief that "I deserve allrepparttar 121642 good things inrepparttar 121643 world I desire". That built-in sense of confidence allows us to grow (and keep growing) in order to be able to have ALLrepparttar 121644 blessings that life is just waiting to bestow upon us. In other words, SUCCESS!

I thoroughly enjoyed studying world religions in my last year of high school, when it became very clear to me that every "faith" hasrepparttar 121645 concept of self-esteem as a cornerstone of it's beliefs. The Bible has as one of it's injunctions: "Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself".

But doesn't this begrepparttar 121646 question, "How could you Love Your Neighbor, or anything else for that matter, if You CAN'T Love Yourself?" An unfortunate reality that translates into business ie: "If you are not able to love and respect yourself, then how can you expect others to even just respect (and trust) you?" And isn't respect and trust a cornerstone of successful businesses and entrepreneurs?

I've gone so far as to staterepparttar 121647 following inrepparttar 121648 new (print) book I am writing: "Selfishness is puttingrepparttar 121649 needs of others ahead of your needs. Since when can you give your best to others when you own needs go unattended?"

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