A Different Type of Isolation
“Hey, guys did you read the interview I did with Liz Strauss the other day?”“Who’s Liz, who?”
or
“I have this interview coming up with Darren Rowse on Wednesday.”“Darren who?”
Familiar scenario?
If you work at home, especially on the internet, you probably run into the same type of situation. You are so proud of your accomplishments you just want to share it with friends and family. You tell them all about it, and they just don’t know who or what you’re talking about.
Working in an office or onsight somewhere, you can tell your co-workers and they know exactly what you are talking about. They congratulate you for your success, you may even get an announcement on the intercom.
This is a very different kind of isolation than I wrote about in my Overcoming Isolation post. That was more of a I’m lonely, all by myself, easy to fix situation. This is more about the sharing my day isolation.
It is not easy to share something abstract like an internet business. You can try analogies, using terms other “real world” types understand. Try sharing their day and tell them about what you are doing in reference to what they say. Draw a comparison to their experiences with your own. Don’t try to overwhelm them with details.
If you start from the beginning and bring them along a little at a time, they will start to understand. They will be able to share in your accomplishments. But, you have to make the effort. Let them understand what it is you do sitting there all day at the computer.
How do you handle it when no one seems to really understand what it is you do?
Related Posts:
Overcoming Isolation
Explaining Internet Business to Mom
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