What if we'd forget about Making Money Online for One Week and Focused on Writing from our Hearts?
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Not that there's anything wrong with creating an internet business and making some money online - I'm fully immersed in such efforts myself. What bothers me is that I seem to have developed a diminished ability to "play", to make a website for the sheer joy of sharing my experiences.
So, here's my proposal:
For one week, let's create websites, Squidoo lenses, blog posts, and articles about our most heart-felt topics without a single thought about making any money from it. Let's be candid and generous with our offerings, considering only how we can help others by sharing ourselves.
Maybe, just maybe - we'll get back our sense of authenticity and uniqueness, our joy in giving away something intimate and dear to the world, and our ability to connect with one another without the need of "getting something out of it".
And, maybe this will be the beginning of a new manifestation of never before experienced wealth in our lives...
What do you think about this idea? Can you improve on it?

Is this a worthy experiment?
Can we (not) afford to try it?
Great blog post on the principle of GIVING LEADS TO RECEIVING!
What if we'd forget about Making Money Online for One Week and focused on Writing from our Hearts?
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Category: File - :Belisaire demandant l'aumone Jacques-Louis David.jpg|thumb|300px|Giving alms to the poor is often considered an altruistic action in many cultures and religions.
Altruism (pronounced: ) is unselfish concern for the welfare of others. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures, and a core aspect of various religious traditions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Sikhism, and many others. This idea was often described as the Golden rule of ethics. Altruism is the opposite of selfishness.
Altruism can be distinguished from feelings of loyalty and duty. Altruism focuses on a motivation to help others or a want to do good without reward, while duty focuses on a moral obligation towards a specific individual (for example, God, a king), a specific organization (for example, a government), or an abstract concept (for example, patriotism etc). Some individuals may feel both altruism and duty, while others may not. Pure altruism is giving without regard to reward or the benefits of recognition and need.
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- strayspay strayspay Dec 14, 2009 @ 10:37 pm
- Love the lens and especially the idea behind it. Five stars and favorited.
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- _Joan_ _Joan_ Dec 4, 2009 @ 10:53 am
- Well said. Congratulations on your purple star!
This reminds me of a Joni Mitchell song -- "For Free"
If you want to look at it -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmzN1p5q2sY
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- tandemonimom tandemonimom Nov 30, 2009 @ 11:20 am
- I've quit making lenses that aren't close to my heart. Those other lenses, I don't want to take care of them and they end up just being dead weights. Thanks for the challenge!
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- OhMe OhMe Nov 26, 2009 @ 5:50 am
- This is wonderful advice. I sure enjoy reading lenses that are written from the heart and there are a lot of them out there. Blessed by a Squid Angel.
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- Kylyssa Kylyssa Nov 25, 2009 @ 11:15 pm
- Excellent challenge! I write for writing's sake much of the time. Sticking in keywords where they don't come naturally is like brushing a cat's fur backward to me. I write that stuff but I do it poorly. I can only write halfway decently when I'm writing from my passions.
I am a high-functioning autistic so for me my writing is my only real method of heartfelt conversation. The first lens in which I just let go and wrote from the heart was my main lens on when I was homeless. It's full of pain and anger, mostly unfiltered, but leavened with my acceptance and the realization of what I learned and gained from that horrible time. I was a bit nervous to have it out there.
It was written from catharsis, not desire to earn a profit but it's been my most successful lens to date. It's still a little scary to have sticking out there but it's real and it's written from the heart.
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- ChapelHillFiddler ChapelHillFiddler Nov 23, 2009 @ 11:51 am
- I made a thank-you lens this morning and led off with this lens of yours. Thanks for giving us all a boost in the right direction. (http://www.squidoo.com/fan-club)
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- ChapelHillFiddler ChapelHillFiddler Nov 23, 2009 @ 5:55 am
- I rushed over to this lens when I saw it mentioned in AJ's thread because it's a topic so near to my heart and - shucks - OMG my lenses are here! Thank you so much! Being an old crone, single, unsuccessful at everything I do, I feel liberated finally at this point in my life to do what I want to do for no reason at all. Squidoo has become a vital part of that project! I hope lots of people see this lens. Thanks again.
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- aj2008 aj2008 Nov 7, 2009 @ 5:08 am
- This is such a thought provoking lens and one which everyone should revisit from time to time! SquidAngel Blessings for you.
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- JaguarJulie JaguarJulie Oct 7, 2009 @ 4:54 pm
- Gosh, I normally think about writing about things that interest and matter to me -- and thinking about making money comes in last place and sometimes shows each month in that lowly royalty check. It's not about the money although hubby says continually otherwise when he says I make $1/hr. ;)
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- EverythingMouse EverythingMouse Feb 8, 2009 @ 8:48 pm
- What a wonderful perspective on this online life that we have. One of the thing which I thank Squidoo for is that it has allowed me to develop my passion for writing and actually helping people.
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