Year End Review For 2016

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Hey everyone! Following tradition, today I’m excited to share with you my year end review for 2016. My objectives are to let you know what I’ve been up to, share my plans for the new year, and hopefully inspire you to do the same. As we usher in the new year, I hope you can make time to review your past year and set your goals for 2017.  Overall, 2016 has been about simplifying for me. Simplifying my work, simplifying my business, and simplifying my life. I just read my 2015 review before writing this post, and I’m glad to say that I’ve moved in line with my previous plans for 2016 (and perhaps some more), and I’m really excited at what 2017 is going to bring. The Online World Perhaps I can start off by saying that I got really disconnected …show more content…

Back in the 1990s when I first started making websites, creating a website was about creating, sharing, and the work at hand, with commerce being a secondary goal. But today, making a quick buck online is the main reason why people even start websites, and the online marketplace we see today is not even a meaningful one — aside from some businesses/people selling meaningful products/services that truly help the world, the rest is just random noise as people are selling all kinds of courses/products/information trying to capitalize on whatever knowledge they can, when skill building and adding real value should be our topmost …show more content…

They also capitalized on a time when people became interested in earning money online, which led to the huge influx of online coaches/gurus/internet businesses. But a new entrant today cannot grow in the same speed with the huge number of competitors today, because there are 10,000 times more people fighting for the same market share than before. Once again, the tips that these people are teaching and packaging as few hundred/thousand-dollar courses are totally outdated and not determinants of