Working is Just Like A Game

August 10, 2008 · Filed Under motivation · 5 Comments 

Before I start sharing my thoughts let me warn you that I am not going to tell you to play during work time. I will just be comparing how similar it is when you are playing a game and working.

Don’t you hate it when you are stuck in the middle of a big project and do not really have a clue how to make it work? It happens to me many times and I really hate it when it happens, but I learned to deal with it by taking it as if I am playing a game!

Let me explain, I know it sounds silly but I am more than serious here. I have noticed that many times when some people are stuck when they are working on something they will just give up and move to something else, sure there are some work that we do that are really annoying but we have not choice.  We have to complete that task.  So how can you take it as a game?  Take any game that you have just started playing, at times you do not know what to do because it is not explained anywhere, you have to find out by yourself.  No matter how much time you are wasting, you need to find the solution to the game so you can move to the next level.  Right?

I have that game on my phone, it is called Qaudradrop a bit like tetris but it has musical notes falling instead.  When I started playing that game I was losing very fast since I did not know how to move the falling parts.  It is a very addictive game and I find myself spending a lot of time with it (every time I want to beat the highest record that I have reached).  Yesterday I have reached 100k points and I have been saying to myself once I reached that point I will stop playing it which I did not… now I want to beat that new record.

So, why not try to apply that same strategy to the work you are doing.  In fact I will be applying it to affiliate marketing.  I am new and I know I can be discouraged very easily, this can keep me motivated.  Every time I will feel like I should give up, I will say to myself that I have not reached my goal yet (that is to make my first sale).  Of course, when I will reach that goal I will set new goals.

image source: busy with puzzles

We Celebrated Around a Pizza

April 30, 2008 · Filed Under yummy · Comment 

To launch our blog www.servizot.com, we decided to celebrate around a pizza yesterday. Here’s a photo of the yummy pizza *drool* (we are both pizza lovers)

pizza

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There is something written on my notepad, it is not quite readable now that I resized the photo but it says

You are the shaper of your own destiny

A very inspirational quote that brought us to think about our fate, it is true that we are the only one responsible for the way we are living, we have the power to change it we just need to have faith in ourselves. We hope this delicious pizza will bring us luck. :)