Path In Life

During my usual “motivational research” of reading articles and listening to CD’s of how one should live life, I was re-reminded of a quote for men:

“You should seek your path, figure out who you want to be, where you want to go in life, and then decide who you are going to take with you. If you ever got these two flipped, you’re in big trouble”.

I didn’t understand that quote the first time I read it about 2 years ago, but I’m starting to understand it a little more now. A guy that is without directions in life, but is permanently set on who he’s taking with him, aka married, has the following paths in life:

• If she has a path in life, then he will follow her path along, forever playing the role that is set for him, in order for her get to where she'd like to be in life
  
• If she has a path in life and he gets dragged along, but then discovers his path and they are fairly congruent, then they will “live happily ever after”, fueling each other's passion in life, making each other better.
  
• If she has a path in life and he gets dragged along, but then discovers his path and they are fairly divergent, then the marriage has a fairly low chance of surviving. Ideally, no one should compromise his/her direction, path, and goals in life.
• If nobody develops a path in life, then both people just drift along unfulfilled until one does.

Now that I’ve babbled enough about philosophical stuff, I guess it’s time to share some concrete thoughts. A few of my friends are either married or about to be. Some of them I see have a fairly strong sense of direction in life, know what they want out of life, while some others I see have a weak sense of "self" or an unsure sense of "path".

As for myself, I don’t know where I’m going in life, what I want to do with life, or whom I’d like to be.

Dikfore

Okay, so I was randomly browsing websites and I came across a banner ad. Wow, I haven't heard the dikfore jokes since middle school and it completely left my mind until now. "Dude, you gotta dikfore on your head"

Traffic Power CEO: Biggest blackhat SEO lands in Jail

When I was new to Search Engine Optimization, I worked in an agency called "Websourced". I've picked up SEO quickly because I worked on hundreds of clients while working there, doing different tasks from writing meta tags to keyword research to critiquing site architecture and all.

While I worked there, I came across a competitor that uses techniques that're against Google webmaster rules, which usually resulted in getting their clients penalized or banned. The name of the company's "traffic power", and I've heard of them described as "devils of SEO". They're notorious for creating search engine spam. I just read an article saying their CEO is in jail for real estate scam. I thought it was somewhat ironic, that the thing he's infamous for didn't get him in too much trouble other than hundreds of lawsuits, but he got thrown in jail for doing something completely different.

It's been a few years since I worked for Websourced. I'm thankful that I still have some good friends from there, and they jumpstarted my career. I'm also thankful that the subject of SEO is more well-known, so search engine spammers (black hat SEO's) have a tougher time acquiring clients.