Happy birthday to me 2
June 28th 2009 02:21
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts.
William Shakespeare, As You Like It
Running a business would be a lot easier if you didn't have to deal with people.
Customers might be essential to the bottom line, but it's amazing how many of them insist on doing things in a way which doesn't entirely agree with your own thoughts and plans and insights.
The way we do deal with it, of course, is a measure of the man or woman we are, and of our ability to make a go of business.
All this, on the anniversary of my first blog post anywhere, is by way of saying thank you to Orble, to Jon for starting it, and to Charles and Cibbuano for helping to sail it into mature waters. Many of us have a considerable physical and emotional investment in the community which is Orble, and acknowledgment and thanks to these people who have worked to create this environment is perhaps not always as forthcoming as it might be.
In one short year I have gone from a blogging novice with a new and shiny but empty Orble presence, to running a business offering blogs as a potent marketing tool. It involves dealing with customers, of course, and it has made me acutely aware of the difficulties Jon faces daily in dealing with many people with many opinions, not all of them built on common sense or tolerance.
Here's my opinion: Jon does it well.
We all play many parts in our lives, and on this, my blogging birthday, I would like to extend wishes for good health and a long business life to Jon, to Orble and to all who sail in her.
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Comment by Janet Collins
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I may not make a lot of money doing it but I certainly like all ( well maybe not all) that comes along with it.
Hope to see you around for Birthday No 2.
Janet
Comment by Chris Champion
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I don't think there are any valid criticisms of Orble. If things don't move quickly enough or issues don't get resolved immediately, what do people expect from what is effectively a one-man show? And if people get upset with the presence of bullies, extremists and crazies, they don't understand that, as in life, such things will always be present.
It's a good thing, Janet, that you and I are perfect