Comments on: Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs vs. Fear Of The Unknown http://www.sparkplugging.com/the-man-page/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-versus-fear-of-the-unknown/ Home Business Advice Just for Guys Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:36:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JLow http://www.sparkplugging.com/the-man-page/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-versus-fear-of-the-unknown/comment-page-1/#comment-165 JLow Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:59:52 +0000 http://emomsathome.com/dad-balance/are-you-letting-fear-hold-you-back/#comment-165 Arrgh! I gave it away! ;) Arrgh! I gave it away! ;)

]]> By: Derek Semmler http://www.sparkplugging.com/the-man-page/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-versus-fear-of-the-unknown/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Derek Semmler Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:50:38 +0000 http://emomsathome.com/dad-balance/are-you-letting-fear-hold-you-back/#comment-164 JLow said: "I feel I am too much of a generalist..." Oh, so you are in management! ;) I can certainly understand and appreciate the difficulty of launching a new venture while holding down an unrelated day job. JLow said: “I feel I am too much of a generalist…”

Oh, so you are in management! ;)

I can certainly understand and appreciate the difficulty of launching a new venture while holding down an unrelated day job.

]]> By: JLow http://www.sparkplugging.com/the-man-page/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-versus-fear-of-the-unknown/comment-page-1/#comment-162 JLow Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:44:37 +0000 http://emomsathome.com/dad-balance/are-you-letting-fear-hold-you-back/#comment-162 Funnily enough, I *am* in the IT industry! Ex-partner & I wanted to mix his creative background with our knowledge & experience with the online domain to create an online creative-industry jobs classified, as well as some offline billboard-related advertising sales. We did get somewhere with an online creative community www.doxob.com , but it died a natural death as everyone had a day job! Incidentally his website is on my blogroll, "WandZ" For me, to be a consultant one has to be quite specialised in a given field. I feel I am too much of a generalist to pull it off... Funnily enough, I *am* in the IT industry!

Ex-partner & I wanted to mix his creative background with our knowledge & experience with the online domain to create an online creative-industry jobs classified, as well as some offline billboard-related advertising sales. We did get somewhere with an online creative community http://www.doxob.com , but it died a natural death as everyone had a day job!

Incidentally his website is on my blogroll, “WandZ”

For me, to be a consultant one has to be quite specialised in a given field. I feel I am too much of a generalist to pull it off…

]]> By: Derek Semmler http://www.sparkplugging.com/the-man-page/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-versus-fear-of-the-unknown/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Derek Semmler Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:00:48 +0000 http://emomsathome.com/dad-balance/are-you-letting-fear-hold-you-back/#comment-159 JLow, thanks for sharing your thoughts and perspective! Also, I don't think I have congratulated on your upcoming addition to your family so congrats! I'm not sure what your background is and what you do for a living but have you thought about being an independent consultant? When I was an IT consultant, it offered the opportunity to mix things up every now and then when you visit a new client. It helped to keep things fresh. JLow, thanks for sharing your thoughts and perspective! Also, I don’t think I have congratulated on your upcoming addition to your family so congrats!

I’m not sure what your background is and what you do for a living but have you thought about being an independent consultant? When I was an IT consultant, it offered the opportunity to mix things up every now and then when you visit a new client. It helped to keep things fresh.

]]> By: JLow http://www.sparkplugging.com/the-man-page/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-versus-fear-of-the-unknown/comment-page-1/#comment-156 JLow Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:51:15 +0000 http://emomsathome.com/dad-balance/are-you-letting-fear-hold-you-back/#comment-156 Great food for thought, Derek and the commenters. Around year 2000 when I was single I had left fulltime work to pursue something I could call my own. Unfortunately, partner & I were inexperienced & things never took off. Between partner & I, he is the more determined one: I went back to fulltime work whereas he pursued his interest. He now has 2 retail outlets in a completely different industry. His personal-passion is similar to mine but only a lot stronger: Something to call his own. This mattered more than the actual subject / context, as long as it is his. Kudos to him for where he is now. My greatest weakness, & this still applies very strongly for me today, is that I know I need to find something that will continually interest me. It has been the only reason why I have not ventured out again: The fear of losing interest. Some readers of my resume have labelled me a job-hopper. One interviewer joked that she hoped I wouldn't change wives as often! So, my intention is to turn this weakness into a strength- I really need to find a long-lasting interest. Sometime since then, I got married & we are now expecting our second one. All the aspects about security applies 100%. Yet I still have that lingering itch. I have found I actually enjoy being a parent. Not only do I want to be the guide in their lives, I also want to provide the best for them, & have found that I enjoy the research in providing it. Few months ago I thought of sharing this experience with the world. I started a blog on all things related to parenting, when only recently I thought blogging was such a waste of precious time. To date, I am still very keen on it. I am not sure where this will take me. My immediate objective is to continue building content & at the same time self-observing to see my own patterns of behaviour! Great food for thought, Derek and the commenters.

Around year 2000 when I was single I had left fulltime work to pursue something I could call my own. Unfortunately, partner & I were inexperienced & things never took off. Between partner & I, he is the more determined one: I went back to fulltime work whereas he pursued his interest. He now has 2 retail outlets in a completely different industry.

His personal-passion is similar to mine but only a lot stronger: Something to call his own. This mattered more than the actual subject / context, as long as it is his. Kudos to him for where he is now.

My greatest weakness, & this still applies very strongly for me today, is that I know I need to find something that will continually interest me. It has been the only reason why I have not ventured out again: The fear of losing interest. Some readers of my resume have labelled me a job-hopper. One interviewer joked that she hoped I wouldn’t change wives as often!

So, my intention is to turn this weakness into a strength- I really need to find a long-lasting interest.

Sometime since then, I got married & we are now expecting our second one. All the aspects about security applies 100%. Yet I still have that lingering itch.

I have found I actually enjoy being a parent. Not only do I want to be the guide in their lives, I also want to provide the best for them, & have found that I enjoy the research in providing it.

Few months ago I thought of sharing this experience with the world. I started a blog on all things related to parenting, when only recently I thought blogging was such a waste of precious time. To date, I am still very keen on it.

I am not sure where this will take me. My immediate objective is to continue building content & at the same time self-observing to see my own patterns of behaviour!

]]> By: Derek Semmler http://www.sparkplugging.com/the-man-page/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-versus-fear-of-the-unknown/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Derek Semmler Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:24:05 +0000 http://emomsathome.com/dad-balance/are-you-letting-fear-hold-you-back/#comment-151 @Michael :: You're quite welcome. At the time I wrote this post I didn't even connect the reference to Maslow with the fact that you mentioned you had a Psychology major but I wonder if there was some subconscious influence. :) @Damien :: You're absolutely right that making your passion your work is important. Thank you for the comment and the perspective! @Michael :: You’re quite welcome. At the time I wrote this post I didn’t even connect the reference to Maslow with the fact that you mentioned you had a Psychology major but I wonder if there was some subconscious influence. :)

@Damien :: You’re absolutely right that making your passion your work is important. Thank you for the comment and the perspective!

]]> By: Damien Riley http://www.sparkplugging.com/the-man-page/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-versus-fear-of-the-unknown/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Damien Riley Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:08:28 +0000 http://emomsathome.com/dad-balance/are-you-letting-fear-hold-you-back/#comment-150 Derek, I know what you mean about having to keep a job that supports your family. But remember the grass is always greener on the other side. This is a case for "possibility thinking" my friend. As dads it is our job to make our joy into our work so we can "be there" for our wife and kids. If that lay in online entrepeneurism for you, then you HAVE to make it happen -- no excuses. Having said that I will tell you I am not alone in wishing I made as much per month on my blog as you do on yours. My grass, your grass, it's all the same my my good friend! Find what gets you excited and make that your work. Do what you love, the money will follow. I truly believe that. Derek, I know what you mean about having to keep a job that supports your family. But remember the grass is always greener on the other side. This is a case for “possibility thinking” my friend.

As dads it is our job to make our joy into our work so we can “be there” for our wife and kids. If that lay in online entrepeneurism for you, then you HAVE to make it happen — no excuses.

Having said that I will tell you I am not alone in wishing I made as much per month on my blog as you do on yours. My grass, your grass, it’s all the same my my good friend! Find what gets you excited and make that your work. Do what you love, the money will follow. I truly believe that.

]]> By: Michael Kwan http://www.sparkplugging.com/the-man-page/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-versus-fear-of-the-unknown/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Michael Kwan Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:52:09 +0000 http://emomsathome.com/dad-balance/are-you-letting-fear-hold-you-back/#comment-149 Thanks for the link, Derek. It's interesting that you bring up Maslow's hierarchy of needs, given that I was a Psychology major in university. To answer some of your questions, I am single and I have no kids (though I do have a pet bunny to care for). :) Thanks for the link, Derek. It’s interesting that you bring up Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, given that I was a Psychology major in university.

To answer some of your questions, I am single and I have no kids (though I do have a pet bunny to care for). :)

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