Wherever you go, there you are.

Funny how that works. All our foibles and greatness come to work and play with us.

The more insights we glean from noticing what happens when we show up, the more we can show up at our best.

This blog is full of:

  • practical business advice
  • interviews & stories
  • poems
  • opinions
  • references to other teachers
  • examples of inspired entrepreneurs

Take what works for you and leave the rest. And then tell your own story. So many times I hear people quoting someone else as if their own source of wisdom lies outside themselves. I call that OUT-sourcing. This blog and my work with Intuitive Plan is to here to help you IN-source.

Notice how the wisdom you find INside is remarkably perfect... for YOU in any given moment.

Congratulations for the journey,

Rosemary

Rosemary Senjem
for Intuitive Plan

The most recent articles:

Plan A: Do It Yourself for FREE

By Rosemary Senjem | December 14, 2009

  1. Get a free account for your site, that has no set-up and no on-going fees. (E.g. – Google Sites, Blogger or WordPress)
  2. I do not recommend doing this, but… you can even decide to skip buying a domain name and just name your blog and let the address for your site reveal which service you are using. Once your domain name is gone, it is ridiculously hard to acquire it. At least consider buying yourname.com.

Examples:

Plan B and C coming soon.

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Are You a Digital Immigrant?

By Rosemary Senjem | December 14, 2009

Back in 2001, Marc Prensky coined the term Digital Immigrants in his article, called “Digital Immigrants, Digital Natives” which was published by NCB University Press (Vol. 9 No. 5, October 2001).

The test: Did you grow up using cell phones, email, chat, blogging and social media?

Yes: You are a Digital Native.
No: You are a Digital Immigrant (like me).

Another test: Do you send around email jokes about ‘remember when’ topics?

Yes: You are a Digital Immigrant.
No: You are a Digital Native.

Another test: Do you use your cell phone more for texting than talking?

Yes: You are a Digital Native.
No: You are a Digital Immigrant.

If you are a SUCCESSFUL Digital Immigrant, you probably:

  • enjoy learning new things
  • readily ask for help
  • ask younger people for help
  • are willing to try things to find out how they work
  • like to do online research
  • know how to tell if an online store:
    • is secure
    • has coupons out there for you to mine
    • offering you the best deal
  • leave comments on other people’s websites as you see fit
  • know how to use the Share widget that is all over the internet
  • have a Facebook and/or Twitter account

If you are a MARGINALLY SUCCESSFUL Digital Immigrant, you probably:

  • are quite good at what you do off line
  • enjoy email immensely
  • can surf the internet, but couldn’t start a free blog if your life depended upon it
  • can buy things online, but don’t fully trust when they ask for your credit card
  • don’t dare use PayPal or online banking
  • would benefit from asking for help more often, especially from people who are still in high school or college

Guess what? It doesn’t have to be so hard!

I’m compiling some tips for Immigrant Natives who:

  • want to get started with a web site
  • don’t want to blow a bunch of money, due to lack of familiarity with the lingo or concepts
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10 things learned in the past year

By Rosemary Senjem | August 26, 2009

Like most lessons, many of these are repeats, and now I get it even deeper. I hope this inspires you in your self-made lesson plan.

1 ~ When life happens, roll with it: Around this time last year a chain of unforeseeable events started in my personal life. By the time I got to the end of that chain, 5 months later, it felt like I’d been hit by a tidal wave. When the first challenge came, I pressed on, determined to be unshaken. By the time the rest of the challenges stacked up, I felt as if I had died and wasn’t sure what mattered anymore. I was shaken, stirred and on an odyssey to rediscover everything. When I let go and rolled with it, I found deep gratitude for all the lessons that came my way.

2 ~ Perspective is paramount: I know by now you’re guessing it was the economy. Actually, the news of Wall Street was mostly background noise to the challenges I faced, which included hospitals, the death of loved ones, accepting that I would not be having children of my own, and wondering if anyone really wanted to learn what I wanted to share (self-doubt is so syrupy isn’t it?). My “tidal wave” was a mere ripple in comparison to what some people have experienced in the past 12 months. I am so grateful for the way these events got me to step back and take a long slow look at it all. I softened my focus, widened my view, and tried on other people’s ideas. This practice helped me let go even more, saved me from getting stuck in grief, and opened me up to new possibilities. Read the rest of this entry »

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