Earning Money

Generally, the type of college student that is interested in earning extra money via the Internet has a type-A sort of personality. You know who you are. Always focused on success, making money, getting good grades, etc.

Just wanted to pass on a link I found about the effects of caffeine addiction. Sure, a Starbucks addiction isn’t going to kill you, but it’s not the best thing in the world for your health. A lot to be said for having a little bit of a type-B personality and taking life in stride :).

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I was sitting in a meeting tonight because I am on school senate (and which is why this blog post is so late) and we were talking about Spring Weekend. Basically, it’s a weekend where we have $45,000 to throw a massive party and everyone gets drunk and it’s a lot of fun. Only…We, as the senate, need to really determine what sorts of activities we want to hold. Do we want to get a comedian or get a band? Do we want to do this or that? There are twenty of us in that room, or close to. With twenty different people, getting everything heard can be tough.

And that’s where the importance of working together comes into play. This post doesn’t really have much to do with working online, but the truth is, the things you learn from working together are things that will help you if you ever go into a venture with a few other people or if you are working for a company and have to go to a meeting. I know that there have been times that I have discussed business in a chat room and I had to keep myself in check because I was on the verge of potentially offending someone. You don’t want to offend anyone, especially if you’re working.

So, what are some things that you can do to try and work best as a team? I’ve compiled this short list of things that I think will allow for the most productive teamwork out there. It’s what we did tonight when I was meeting with the school Senate and it’s what I recommend to everyone:

• When one person speaks, only allow that one person to speak. Cease all side conversations.
• Designate one person as the head of the meeting. They don’t have final say, but it is their job to ensure that only one person is speaking at a time.
• If it is taking place in a chat room, end your sentences with -d- or something to signify that you are done so that someone can respond to you. I know that there have been times, especially in AIM chat rooms where I needed to send three or four posts and people have started replying before I was done.
• Respect the people that you’re working with. You have no idea the importance of a bit of respect. If you respect the people you work with, you’re bound to find that success you want.

I intend on, one day, starting a blog network. I am going to need to hire bloggers and there will come a time when there are meetings, I am sure. We’re all a team and we’re going to need to work together to grow the network to become much bigger. I intend on following the above rules because the way I see it, what I have just provided are some real basic, but important guidelines to make a meeting work wonderfully when you’re working as a team. Try it out. Let me know how it works. Maybe it’ll make you even more productive. Who knows?

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