Yoga Moments at the World Internet Summit in Sydney (Part 1)
March 18th, 2008 9:57 pmI attended the world Internet Summit in Sydney over the past weekend (13-16th March 2008). By chance I ran into one of my mentors, Yaro Starak from http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com
We had a brief chat and I told him that I was going to report about the World Internet Summit on my Yoga Blog. He was curious how I was going to go about this and then he went on to say something along the lines that it would be quite natural if you loved both…..
That comment really got me thinking. Yes, I love Yoga, every bit of it, for what it has been able to do for me during my life and the lives of others that I saw being transformed. It takes a lot of perseverance and discipline to get results with yoga but there can be instant changes as well. Sometimes these changes cannot be explained.
Like one young woman, many years ago, who came to my class, having suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome for over 2 years. She spent most days in bed, could barely have a shower and get dressed, let alone do any housework. During that class we did a lot of breathing exercises. I gave her some very gentle postures to do and, quite frankly, I didn’t think she would return.
One week later she came back, all excited, she had been able to do housework, she was able to stay up for nearly a full day every day and she felt so much better. Her life had changed. I cannot explain this, it is not logical. I am simply grateful I was able to witness this transformation. I love Yoga.
But Internet Marketing? Loving Internet Marketing? How on earth could anybody love that stuff?
Then it dawned on me - yes, there are quite a few people who truly love internet marketing, they love the internet and the opportunities it has given them. They love marketing and they love the results they get from it. They love numbers, statistics and analysing things. They love to develop new ideas and try them out, they love sharing their knowledge. They can barely wait to jump out of bed every day. I could observe their excitement when they were talking on stage. These were all very successful people - collectively they have made millions.
So I decided to try and find yoga within the World Internet Summit - in things that were said, within people on and off stage, within the topics covered. That way, I thought, I might be able to start to like Internet Marketing and eventually love it like I love Yoga……and become good at it in the process.
Lesson learnt: it is much easier to become really good at something you love than something you don’t care about or even dislike.
More about my quest in my next posts. Please also read:
Yoga Moments at the World Internet Summit in Sydney (Part 4)
Yoga Moments at the World Internet Summit in Sydney (Part 3)
Yoga Moments at the World Internet Summit in Sydney (Part 2)
Connie,
Your Yoga Partner
