Sunday, September 11, 2005
Dedicated to the many
I put together my list of links for tonight's favorite links feature, but I somehow, it just doesn't seem appropriate on the anniversary of the 9-11 attack, or with teams still recovering bodies from the devestation along the Gulf coast.
Add to that the fact that my wife Joanne and I dropped our son Ben off as he reported for basic training with the Marines. His goal is to give back to his country by serving in the most dangerous assignments available. His aptitude testing qualified him to receive any job assignment he would ask for; he asked to be put in the most dangerous one—infantry—and hoped to qualify for the most elite and most dangerous unit the Marines have—reconaissance.
So I'm understandably moved by his choice and by the courage he displays. But seeing his choice also makes me more aware of those who have suffered greatly who did not choose to do so—those touched by 9-11 four years ago and those touched more recently by Katrina.
I've stayed away from commenting on these tragedies because I've been sickened for the past two weeks at the number of emails I've gotten from other marketers urging me to buy their products and promising to donate all proceeds to relief efforts, or asking me to make donations directly to them and promising that they would not only forward my donation along to relief efforts, but match it as well.
I'm sure that most of them would keep their word. Most of the marketers I deal with I've found to be honest, caring people. But it just makes me uneasy to see so many of them approaching this in ways that look questionable. So I encourage you to do whatever you can do to help with the relief efforts, but to do so through the agencies working directly on these efforts. Here are two:
I put together my list of links for tonight's favorite links feature, but I somehow, it just doesn't seem appropriate on the anniversary of the 9-11 attack, or with teams still recovering bodies from the devestation along the Gulf coast.
Add to that the fact that my wife Joanne and I dropped our son Ben off as he reported for basic training with the Marines. His goal is to give back to his country by serving in the most dangerous assignments available. His aptitude testing qualified him to receive any job assignment he would ask for; he asked to be put in the most dangerous one—infantry—and hoped to qualify for the most elite and most dangerous unit the Marines have—reconaissance.
So I'm understandably moved by his choice and by the courage he displays. But seeing his choice also makes me more aware of those who have suffered greatly who did not choose to do so—those touched by 9-11 four years ago and those touched more recently by Katrina.
I've stayed away from commenting on these tragedies because I've been sickened for the past two weeks at the number of emails I've gotten from other marketers urging me to buy their products and promising to donate all proceeds to relief efforts, or asking me to make donations directly to them and promising that they would not only forward my donation along to relief efforts, but match it as well.
I'm sure that most of them would keep their word. Most of the marketers I deal with I've found to be honest, caring people. But it just makes me uneasy to see so many of them approaching this in ways that look questionable. So I encourage you to do whatever you can do to help with the relief efforts, but to do so through the agencies working directly on these efforts. Here are two:
There are things going on right now that are bigger than our efforts to build our own businesses.
Jeff
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