That was all fine and good, but if I was to be honest with myself, the ability to make some extra cash from Life Coaches Blog was a big motivator for me to keep this site running. And not only that, the monthly Adsense cheques were a great way to measure progress – the better I was running Life Coaches Blog, the more money I’d get. All that went out the window the day I switched the ads off.

The solution came when I was writing in my journal (a great way to clear your head and beat the blues). I wasn’t even thinking about Life Coaches Blog, but how I could contribute more to the causes that matter to me.

Life Coaches Blog used to be one of the ways I’d contribute, as I’d dedicated 20% of all my profits previously to Conservation International, a group that helps protect the environment and has a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. And then I started to think, since I couldn’t make profits on Life Coaches Blog for myself, what if I donated 100% of all its profits to CI?

So that’s what I’ve decided to do. From today on, you’ll see that the ads are back, but I’m not going to make a single cent personally from them. All the profits are going straight to Conservation International, and I’m even going to foot the bill for the domain from my own pocket. I’m going to keep Conservation International’s receipts and Adsense’s mailings, so anyone who wants to see proof of donations need only ask.

That’s the new mission.

Otherwise you’ll be seeing Viagra spam all here! Have a good week!

Be sure to read it!

To these people I say; what have you created lately?

It’s far easier to destroy something, especially if it’s someone else’s work, then to make something good of your own.

When you commit your thoughts on a public forum like a blog for a couple of years running, I can guarantee you there will be things you write that you’re going to feel embarrassed about much later. It’s a given, in fact, the more you’re committed to personal growth, the more it’ll happen, because the faster your perceptions will change.

But that’s the price you pay for putting yourself out there and I don’t regret it one bit. Far better for me to do, fall on my face and learn making something than to sit back and launch tirades against people.

Imagined Pride is Always Safe

I know that negative mindset well, because it was one of my faults. I have a critical mind, and I used to enjoy poking holes in other people’s work while imaging how much people I could do it. But one day I realized that I was just feeding my ego with fantasies, because my imagined works always have a perfect reception in my head, while doing something for real means I could make mistakes and be wrong.

To stay honest with myself was to align myself with the truth that to earn the right to really criticize someone’s work, I had to prove that I could do it better. If I think someone doesn’t write well, then I should write better. If I think someone doesn’t have a valid point, then I should offer a better point. If I think someone isn’t doing a good job, then I should come up with some suggestions.

Like a saying I’ve heard somewhere goes; ‘what’s missing is what you’re not giving.’

When I started doing this, I realized I was shifting my awareness from looking at negatives to focusing on the positives; not what is wrong but what can I do instead? And that focus away from the irritation, hate and annoyance has led to a much happier place of awareness, possibility and positivity.

Are You Adding to the Mix or Taking Away?

So what are you bringing to the table? Is it something that adds to people’s lives or does it just try to take without giving? If you think you can do better, then get in the game and prove it. The more value you create in the world, the better it will be for everyone in it, myself included.