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Nice, a refund

I was pleasantly surprised when I was offered a refund of the delivery cost of something I ordered from Amazon. And my concern finally even seemed to be related to something on my side, like someone not opening the gate for the person trying to deliver the package.

And this reminded me of what I heard about a major hotel chain as that hotel chain gave every employee an amount like USD 200.00 to deal with concerns of guests that need immediate attention. And I thought that type of trust towards guests, customers and staff was a very good idea. And apparently Amazon has something similar in place.

And yes, it had a very positive effect on me, on the conversation, as I was just given something, for free and unneeded, just because I took the time to report some issue I did not understand.

So yes, if I am ever in a position again to implement something like that in my company I will certainly do. Even though it is probably much harder here, in The Philippines, than in the western world. But I will certainly do.

Popularity

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Well, interesting, people checking my LinkedIn profile. And of course everybody would be wondering what is my relation with internet and submarine cables. As there is nothing like that in my LinkedIn profile. And even someone called me ‘weird’, which I guess it’s true.

But the truth is that I am starting to believe that I can actually do something, even in a new industry, in an industry I hardly know anything about. And yes, that somehow confidence is key. And persistence of course. And the weird thing is that somehow also other people believe in me and are somehow interested in my ‘crazy’ ideas.

So it seems there is some truth in it, that it is lonely at the top, that there are not so many people doing the real big things, going for something big.

So yes, time will tell if I indeed will achieve something big. But somehow my confidence is growing and somehow I get the feeling the Universe is starting to help me. And yes, I did change my outlook, my focus. Indeed, looking more to do something for other people, in this case trying to provide Filipinos with better internet.

So thank you, Napoleon Hill, who inspired me for all those things and makes me believe. And thank you, person who gave me the book, even though how that went was kind of strange, even embarrassing.

So yes, God has strange ways to achieve things.

Thank you, Lord.

Almost 150

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There are almost 150 people that receive my daily inspirational quote right now. And that means if I want to keep using my current mailer, a plugin that I made for this purpose, I will have to send the e-mails in two batches soon as my hosting provider only allows 150 e-mails per hour to be sent from one account or one domain.

And actually I am getting a bit proud, as even not so many people have subscribed to the daily inspirational quote as I started with just adding people I knew and got e-mails from to the mailing list, there have been quite some people who used the subscription method provided in the site. And also people are using the unsubscribe option in the e-mail, so actually there are more, maybe quite a bit more than 150 people, knowing about this site and about my daily inspirational quote.

And no, I’m not really satisfied with the site and the project yet, as I have no clue on how to earn money with it. Or at least not lose money with it. Or stated in a better way: I have the feeling I did not receive anything really (in return for all my effort with this site and the sending of the daily inspirational quote.

But well, I’m not even two years on the way with this yet, so who knows what comes out of it. And as indicated before, this site, this project, and my related Dutch blog do help me, do give me ‘something’ in return, like analysis and yes, some pride. As it is not nothing, doing something every day, except Sundays.

So yes, I guess I can still be proud of myself for at least doing those daily things. And then I forget writing the mailer, which took me quite some effort a while ago.

And the weird thing with the last is that I am just using it now, every day. And it is a very efficient way to send the e-mails the way I want.

So yes, I hope you appreciate it, somehow, the things I do. Even though my writing is not always that interesting, not that inspiring.

So thank you for reading my posts and stuff. And thank you for receiving and maybe reading my daily inspirational quotes.

Relax

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Today was a bit a weird day as I didn’t feel doing a lot of things. Still I managed to get my development server running and found out that my new hard disk is not okay, so I’ll have to change it.

And it is very much time to evaluate this site, the site and project Inspiration for Success, as it didn’t bring me much success yet, at least not the success I’m looking for. And I’m not sure if my habit of writing every day a post is a good habit as I don’t really feel inspired recently

So yes, while thinking of all the readings about success I should continue, as success is just beyond the point where you kind of lose hope. But I’m getting tired and as of the moment I don’t really see where this site, this project is going and I don’t have a lot of energy going on, as it feels like nothing is coming back.

So yes, somehow I would love to finish and extend the IFS Tools, but without any users, even including me, it’s not much fun (anymore). As yes, I still feel alone with this, as with many things in life.

So what’s this all about?

And I’m thinking about what John said, that I should give solutions here. But I don’t want to be like all those other sites and bloggers, as there is already so much of the same self help stuff annoying people with pop-ups asking for e-mail addresses and then sending you e-mails regularly, sometimes even every day. And no, nothing wrong, as I’m doing the same with the daily quote, but in the end it seems mostly about selling and not about helping people.

So yes, I could use some feedback here.

Bruce Lee give and receive

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Letter of Bruce Lee to himself. I am still subscribed to some of the kind of self help sites from the beginning of my journey with Inspiration for Success. And while I somehow believe often they are a bit too commercial, sometimes I click a link to ‘read the full story’. So today I got an e-mail from http://authenticnumerology.com that got my attention: Bruce Lee give and receive. And I am not sure if the story is true, but I guess so. And it fits exactly the ideas of Napoleon Hill, so I just wanted to share it. The story is that Bruce Lee wrote a letter to himself in 1970, stamped “secret”, with the following text: “By 1980 I will be the best known Oriental movie star in the United States and will have secured $10 million dollars… And in return I will give the very best acting I could possible give every single time I am in the front of the camera and I will live in peace and harmony.”. And it seems that’s what he did, although I don’t remember when he died and how much money he had in 1980. But we all know he was a famous and probably the best Oriental movie star in The United States (ever?).

So I searched the internet for that statement and found some sites that confirmed it. Together with some more advice, like it’s not only about the statement, you have to live it, plan it.

Letter of Bruce Lee to himself. And it inspired me to re-read my desire document. And while reading it I realized that it needs some updates. As I missed some date. Yes, you read this well, I missed some dates. But no matter what, it is still the most important document I ever wrote. As I am starting to live it, it is just me, now, nothing more, nothing less. AND I WON’T CHANGE IT, at least not the basics, not the original idea, the original thing I stated as my definite purpose, the original thing I decided to give, even though I adapted the ‘giving part’ a little as the very first original statement was just too much, like fully giving myself away, which is not the right thing to do. And I won’t change the plan, the ways to achieve my original purpose, even though they don’t really sound like a plan, but more like another goal or definite purpose. BUT THE DOCUMENT IS MINE, I OWN IT NOW. And keep in mind, what I wrote here quite some time before, when I wrote it, my definite purpose were completely impossible. Literally impossible, at least that is what I believed when I first set my basic goal.

And right now I am living the document, on my way to my goals, on the way to my definite purpose. So don’t wait, write down what you want and don’t forget to state what you’re willing to give. You can even do that right now in this site by registering or logging in: login or register.