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Burst Out Of Your Comfort Zone
Eva J. Mah
Nexus Exchange Owner/Admin

So, how many New Year's resolutions have you broken so far? Making changes can be a difficult process, especially if habits are involved. There are several suggested methods for changing behaviors. I have found the best way is just to go for it. Never mind the kinder, gentler, ease-into-it crap. To make a successful change, burst out of your comfort zone.

I must admit that I had a little help in learning this lesson. Last year I was making lots of plans, lots of promises, but not much progress. Finally got confronted by my business partner about it. I made a lot of excuses. I blamed the work environment. Said that I would fix it after Christmas. Well, Christmas came and next thing I knew, I was plopped into a new work environment, courtesy of Aaron. He knew that I was too comfortable where I was, and he knew things would not change without some outside input. So I admit it. I did not burst out of my comfort zone, I was shoved!

Anything worth doing is worth doing whole hog. Shake things up and get things working in your life. Oh, and accept a little help from friends, too.

About the author:

Eva J. Mah began her career in internet advertising in 2003. She helped develop and establish Nexus Exchange and Cache Articles under the parent company, ACPeavy Enterprises. Learn more about her at her website, evajmah.com.

Copyright © 2008 Eva J. Mah. This article may be freely distributed with this box intact.

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Two years ago, when we first met Elizabeth Cristofolini, the owner of The Chocolate Cafe, she wanted help setting up a website to sell homemade candy via the traffic exchanges. We told her that it would never work. We said that her target audience would not be found in the exchanges. Did she give up? Of course not, and thank goodness that she didn't. Not only does she have her website now, but she has an offline restaurant as well.

Thank you Elizabeth, for proving that dreams really can come true.

THROUGH THE EYES OF Eva ...

Work: a 4 letter word

How come words like lazy, secret, underground and steal are so popular for salespage headlines nowadays? Doesn't anybody want to earn an honest living online anymore? It doesn't seem like it.

I understand that the benefits of a product or service must be emphasized in ad copy. And people want things that will make life easier on them. But how come words with a negative connotation are chosen for the headline? How did stealing and being lazy become selling points? Is it any wonder how internet marketers get a bad rep?