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Business Online Business Don't Think Competition, Think Cooperation
| Don't Think Competition, Think Cooperation |
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| Written by William Blake |
| Thursday, 11 December 2008 09:19 |
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There are those of us in this world that are competitive by nature. We are even competitive about being competitive. We are always thinking in terms of 'winning' or 'losing'. It's important to be able to tell the difference between a competitive event and one where the winner is determined through cooperation. Although there's nothing wrong with wanting to win, our desires can hurt rather than help if applied in the wrong scenario. You see, when you are engaging in a competition, there is always a goal or a finish line. If you are playing a game of chess, for example, the object is to 'check-mate', if you are playing football the object is to get more points than the over team in a limited amount of time. Internet marketing, however, does not come with a finish line. There is no time limit and the game is never over. The objective of internet marketing is self propelling in a sense. It wants to move itself forward. Internet marketing works best when discovering and implementing new ways to improve internet marketing. Cooperation is the best method for achieving this rather than competition. Everybody puts their shoulder to the wheel, so to speak, and pushes in unison in order to achieve the collective goal which is to move internet marketing forward. The joint effort is better for everybody concerned because everybody benefits. For those of us who are born competitors we have to compete to see who can be the most cooperative. We have to supply more leads. We have to put together more joint ventures. We have to reach out to help more quickly than others. That is the only way competition can help with the cooperation that is necessary for successful internet marketing. There is plenty of business out there for all of us. The supply of business isn't limited. We can all benefit when any of us benefit. That is what the whole idea of cooperation is. Leading on from this is my next point. Stop blaming the Guru's.. We have all met those people that always have an excuse for their own failures. Usually their failure was caused by someone other than themselves according to them. Sad story after sad story, one thing becomes apparent. They were the victims in this failed business and it really wasn't their fault. Baloney. Life exists in a causal relationship. Choice = Consequence. Bad choice = Bad consequence and obviously Good choice = Good consequence. Failed business' are the result of poor decision making and we are always responsible for our decisions. When businesses do fail...and they do....they fail for many reasons none of which can be attributed to others. I have heard internet entrepreneurs lay the blame for the failure of their businesses squarely at the feet of what they mockingly call, 'Internet Gurus'. These whiners will tell everybody who will listen that the failure of their internet business was not their fault at all and that their businesses failed because a 'guru' led them wrong, sold them products that they didn't need and flooded their inboxes with so many offers that they couldn't get their work done. Successful internet marketers ('gurus') often send out recommendations to their client list, informing them about products which may be of interest. At no point in time do they say that you are REQUIRED to make a purchase. If an offer, or product, is worthy of his list's attention the successful internet marketer has is perfectly able to send this to his list with a clear conscience, even though he knows that this recommendation won't be suitable for everyone on his list. But for several, it will be the perfect tool. Each internet entrepreneur is responsible for their own success as well as for their own failure if it comes to that. Everybody should know their own business well enough to determine whether a product offered would be truly helpful or not and when advice is given, it is just that, ADVICE. It isn't an order that you must follow...it is only a suggestion. The decisions about your business are always up to you and you alone. About the Author: William works for a firm of party wall surveyors as a party wall surveyor. In his spare time he enjoys scuba and freediving. Kindly provided by MoneyHunter.org You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include the link just before this text. |
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