AMY = Always Motivate Yourself
Posted 20th August 2015 at 10:27 AM by AlexanderSkyHeart
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Dear Warriors,
This post will be in parts, adding in some nuggets as and when there is time to do so in between projects. Hope you will follow and like it
It has been almost 2 decades in both the IM field and I am grateful to fellow warriors who have grown with me together through these years worldwide with the mutual respect given to each other. Some whom we know each other and many with just our minds meeting. From the IBM green screen monitors, Floppy Disks, BBS, MIRC (Ah those were the days!) to today's ultra uprising in Amazon, Uber and SEO monsters.... what a journey! This can only get more and more exciting!
My work is in both the online and offline world, it has come to a stage where if someone new in IM tells me or someone over my shoulder that the online world is much easier than the offline world, I might just give a slight grin with a hint of smile. "Welcome to our World. It will be a fruitful journey if you hassle long enough in this field."
It's a fairly different game in both worlds but this is slowly closing in.
In my experience, the main differences in working in the online and offline world somehow keep circling around these 3.
ONLINE VS OFFLINE WORLD OF WORK
ONE : Preparation and Travel Time
ONLINE:
Travel when needed to but pretty seldom. No loss of 2 to 3 hours of time preparing and travelling to and fro from work.
OFFLINE:
You need to travel to work which takes up a chunk of time and energy. Energy to wake up on time, bath, brush teeth, comb hair, prepare for work and the mad rush thereafter, so you don't miss the public transport which sets off at a certain time everyday. Most people will choose the latest possible time slot to reach the office in time. If work starts at 9am and the latest possible bus / train timing to not be late is 8.30am, that's the slot to take, seldom the 8.15am.
If you have your own transport, lucky, we get to sleep a little bit longer in our beds and then the mad rush again to avoid the traffic jam, just nice enough to reach at 9am.
TWO : Comfortable and a tad messy VS Professional Suave Looking OR Beautiful !
ONLINE:
Work wearing home clothes with messy hair. Main priority is working hard and fast to finish project after project as each project is income generated. Always looking for ways to cut down waste of time and be as efficient as possible.
One of the best part, being able to bath anytime and cook up instant noodles for lunch or order Mac or Fried chicken delivery. Being able to take a 15 minute power nap to recharge.
OFFLINE:
Work wearing good looking clothes feeling like a million bucks, different set of neatly ironed clothes and test out your fashion sense daily. Comb hair neatly in a style that spells suave.
Lots of people to talk to and lots of meetings. Regular paycheck, usually predictable work and occasional off the job scope tasks. Depending of choice of work and working environment, the level of stress varies. Work is done, yes. But a great chunk of time could be taken up by meetings and causal talk if we are not careful.
The main challenge of working in a place where there are many people around? Distractions caused by Interruption..
There are some tasks which may take an hour to complete WITH FOCUS but with the constant interruptions and meetings, it could take half a day.
After a heavy lunch, sleepiness might set in and taking a power nap is considered a taboo and sign of laziness in most office cultures. It looks bad when the supervisor hears someone snoring....ooppss!
THREE : Emo and feelings
ONLINE:
It could be lonely working in a room alone with just your computer and you. Signs of depression could set in as boredom sets in.
OFFLINE:
Colleagues who are friends and some who are enemies, makes life pretty interesting too with the work that brings results celebrated as a team and group of gossips here and there as topics. Who and who seems to be together, who and who seems to be fighting... lunch time buddies, leave office together buddies...the interesting stuff.
Life is pretty interesting, not so boring.
It's during this time when a few of my acronyms I have created to motivate myself in such times come to use.
One of the acronyms I find myself using most often is AMY.
AMY = Always Motivate Yourself
Dear Warriors,
This post will be in parts, adding in some nuggets as and when there is time to do so in between projects. Hope you will follow and like it
It has been almost 2 decades in both the IM field and I am grateful to fellow warriors who have grown with me together through these years worldwide with the mutual respect given to each other. Some whom we know each other and many with just our minds meeting. From the IBM green screen monitors, Floppy Disks, BBS, MIRC (Ah those were the days!) to today's ultra uprising in Amazon, Uber and SEO monsters.... what a journey! This can only get more and more exciting!
My work is in both the online and offline world, it has come to a stage where if someone new in IM tells me or someone over my shoulder that the online world is much easier than the offline world, I might just give a slight grin with a hint of smile. "Welcome to our World. It will be a fruitful journey if you hassle long enough in this field."
It's a fairly different game in both worlds but this is slowly closing in.
In my experience, the main differences in working in the online and offline world somehow keep circling around these 3.
ONLINE VS OFFLINE WORLD OF WORK
ONE : Preparation and Travel Time
ONLINE:
Travel when needed to but pretty seldom. No loss of 2 to 3 hours of time preparing and travelling to and fro from work.
OFFLINE:
You need to travel to work which takes up a chunk of time and energy. Energy to wake up on time, bath, brush teeth, comb hair, prepare for work and the mad rush thereafter, so you don't miss the public transport which sets off at a certain time everyday. Most people will choose the latest possible time slot to reach the office in time. If work starts at 9am and the latest possible bus / train timing to not be late is 8.30am, that's the slot to take, seldom the 8.15am.
If you have your own transport, lucky, we get to sleep a little bit longer in our beds and then the mad rush again to avoid the traffic jam, just nice enough to reach at 9am.
TWO : Comfortable and a tad messy VS Professional Suave Looking OR Beautiful !
ONLINE:
Work wearing home clothes with messy hair. Main priority is working hard and fast to finish project after project as each project is income generated. Always looking for ways to cut down waste of time and be as efficient as possible.
One of the best part, being able to bath anytime and cook up instant noodles for lunch or order Mac or Fried chicken delivery. Being able to take a 15 minute power nap to recharge.
OFFLINE:
Work wearing good looking clothes feeling like a million bucks, different set of neatly ironed clothes and test out your fashion sense daily. Comb hair neatly in a style that spells suave.
Lots of people to talk to and lots of meetings. Regular paycheck, usually predictable work and occasional off the job scope tasks. Depending of choice of work and working environment, the level of stress varies. Work is done, yes. But a great chunk of time could be taken up by meetings and causal talk if we are not careful.
The main challenge of working in a place where there are many people around? Distractions caused by Interruption..
There are some tasks which may take an hour to complete WITH FOCUS but with the constant interruptions and meetings, it could take half a day.
After a heavy lunch, sleepiness might set in and taking a power nap is considered a taboo and sign of laziness in most office cultures. It looks bad when the supervisor hears someone snoring....ooppss!
THREE : Emo and feelings
ONLINE:
It could be lonely working in a room alone with just your computer and you. Signs of depression could set in as boredom sets in.
OFFLINE:
Colleagues who are friends and some who are enemies, makes life pretty interesting too with the work that brings results celebrated as a team and group of gossips here and there as topics. Who and who seems to be together, who and who seems to be fighting... lunch time buddies, leave office together buddies...the interesting stuff.
Life is pretty interesting, not so boring.
It's during this time when a few of my acronyms I have created to motivate myself in such times come to use.
One of the acronyms I find myself using most often is AMY.
AMY = Always Motivate Yourself
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