Lately you have probably noticed a lot of complaints being passed around about the new Facebook Gift feature.  Well, as far as I am concerned I don’t think it was a bad move on Facebook’s end at all. 

Imagine a product that takes only a short time to create and then you can sell it again and again.  You also don’t have to worry much about cost for creating the product because it is an image.

If you managed millions of people within a social network, would you not produce and “optional” form of communication?  It is not as though Facebook is telling their members to use the gift feature.  They are simply supplying a product and giving the user the choice of using it. 

So you can’t get upset or angry with Facebook because they are just trying something out to see if it is profitable.  If you are still going to complain, then you really don’t understand good business.

Do you ever have trouble writing?  I’m talking about actually sitting down and writing something on the computer or in a note book etc..?  If you do, don’t be discouraged because I found a way for you to still get the words down on paper in a sense yet still portray an express yourself. 

I recently started using a program called Dragon NaturallySpeaking.  It is a program used for dictating what you say through a microphone and it in turn creates text on your computer.  That is the simplest way I know to explain this program.  The interesting thing I’m finding about the program though is not the complexity of its inter-workings, yet what it allows me to do on a more creative level. 

Now I have never had a problem typing quickly, but that’s not the reason I tried using this software.  I was actually more interested in seeing the difference between my writing and my speaking voice.  That’s right the voice inside of my head versus the voice that I use when actually speak.  I like to think of it in the simplest terms as telling a story versus writing a story.  The two are very different indeed… 

When you sit down and start writing on your computer or in a notebook, you are allowing your mind to synchronize itself with the speed at which you type.  Most people do this but don’t realize that it is happening- most just see the keyboard as an extension of the written voice.  The same goes for the past before computers were created and before people use computers to type their thoughts, people used the pen to express themselves.  Of course, I’m sure that speed was limited by the wrist. 

On the other hand, when you use your actual voice to speak and tell a story, a completely different process occurs.  Instead of overcorrecting what you say, planning your thoughts, and deciding, you are instead allowing your thoughts to stream endlessly. 

Both forms of expression have their place.  Writing, whether hand written or typed gives you time to make order of your thoughts.  On the other hand, speaking allows you to pour out thoughts in a pure form.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.  Begin it now.

Goethe

-German Poet, Novelist-

Never let others block your path when following a dream.  Despite what others might say, dreaming is never a bad thing to do.  Yes, some may fear failure and wager their future on success, but failure is often misconstrued.  Fail to achieve that dream, and I’ll say that you still have a chance.  Failure is only a learning experience on the road to success.  Let it stop you in your tracks, and you will get nowhere.  So prepare for failure, don’t aim for it, and you’ll land yourself at the destination of success soon after.