Blogging, Customer Service and My Purpose

"Blogging has become the medium by which I fulfill my purpose in life..."

Dio over at Fine Art of Blogging recently asked me if I would contribute to a project that he's doing about blogging. Many people are sharing their thoughts and experiences about blogging and why they blog and I have shared my blogging journey with his readers...

If you're a blogger, I'd like to know why you blog. Leave a comment below! If blogging is something that has piqued your interest and you want to learn more, I recommend checking out some of the blogging resources I provide over at the Online Business Resources blog. (Left hand column)

And speaking of purpose in life, I had an Ah-Ha! moment regarding my customer service blog today. I haven't been blogging over there as much as I used to - simply because I've been so busy with writing. I'm currently working on a book for people who want to start an online business. Plus other writing projects with clients have taken up time as well. Hey, no complaints from me! I'm thankful for all the Good that's coming in.

Anyhow, back to my customer service blog...I've been thinking about closing that chapter in my life, but I realize that there is so much work to do in terms of helping people become better at interacting and communicating with other people. Customer service is all about relationships and helping people, but as you may have noticed, customer service seems to be declining. Many people are unhappy in their jobs and many people are too focused on the $$. Not saying that focusing on money is a bad thing (because essentially that's how you attract money!). However, many people in business sacrifice people in their pursuit of money.

I've taken a completely different perspective about what my purpose is in blogging about customer service. Everything we do in life really and truly is about helping people. Now I know that I must help people discover their own purpose in life and to be truly happy and passionate about what they do.

By the way, I currently host the Carnivale of Customer Service twice month. However, this coming Monday Carolyn Manning of ProductivityGoal has so graciously volunteered to host it at her blog. If you would like to help others become better Helpers in life, send over your link to Carolyn right now or you can email it to me at maria [at] salondemaria [dot] info and I'll make sure she gets it!

Living a Dream: Multiple Streams of Income

I’ve been receiving some requests about my blogging secrets and how I came to be a “problogger”. Well, I’ve decided to do a series of posts over at Online Business Resources that will provide some very useful tips about blogging and making money online. Starting next Monday I’ll be sharing all my “secrets” ;)

It’s was a few years back that I read Multiple Streams of Internet Income and after reading it, I told myself that I was going to do just that - create multiple streams of income. Funny, but as I’m writing this I’m realizing that wow, I’m here! I’m doing it! Hey, you can too! So if you’ve always wanted to start making money on the internet, tune in Monday!




Thought for the day: I create abundance!

Learning, Teaching, and Trying Something New

As we head into a new month I reflect on the past couple months and think about some of the things that I have learned. The time seems to be zooming by and it only seems like yesterday that I was expanding my creativity and doing things that I’ve always wanted to do - like learn Photoshop, for instance.

The other day I sent away for a course in Spanish. I took three years of Spanish in high school, but I feel the need to brush up on it. Even though I live in San Diego and a vast majority of the population is Latino, I sometimes clam up when I start speaking Spanish to someone. Oftentimes I have to tell them to slow down in order to understand them.

Anyhow, what’s so fascinating about life is that there is so much to take in. There’s always something to see, do, and learn. At the same time, there are so many things to teach as well. That’s another reason why I love to blog. Hence, the start of yet another blog! Yes, you read right, I have started another blog. I haven’t even counted how many I have now!

This new blog is about the stock market and investments. Up until now I’ve only invested in mutual funds, but have been very curious about purchasing individual stocks and playing around with foreign currency. If you have any tips to share, I’d love to hear about it. Shoot me an email (maria [at] salondemaria.info]! Also, if you have some experience in this area and would love to contribute a post, let me know as well.

Have you learned anything the past couple months? Anything life changing that you want to share? Is there something you’d like to do but haven’t started yet? Why not? Go do it today! Try something new! What are you waiting for? You never know, I may have a blog that covers something you've always wanted to learn!

The Life of an Abundant Blogger

Get Up
Meditate
Blog
Blog some more
Read Blogs
Blog
Blog
Watch Ellen & Oprah
Read Blogs
Blog
Blog
Meditate
Go to Bed

And I eat somewhere in between blogging! Oh, do I love blogging though! The words just keep coming! Truly blessed to be doing something I love. Do you love what you do?

And then there are little getaways like the one I took last week with hubby. We relaxed in Yosemite and took in the breathtaking scenery... More pictures at my Flickr album.