For
those of us reading this for the first time and for those of us that are just
getting used to the internet world and also for those of us that want to get
more familiar with the various internet community you are welcome.
The
internet world is really a place where you can make anything happen from
opening a web page to selling your house, to controlling a satellite in space,
to even talking to aliens, very funny indeed.
So
if you are new to the online web space there are a number of characters that you
would like to have so as to stay focused and not being strayed by un-important things
that are found there.
Let’s
list and discuss those that we need to have and develop at our finger tips.
AIM
The
online space is so big, that almost any human activities – honest and un-honest
– can be found there, so somehow the activities that you can do in the online space has to be controlled by you, so
in going there you need to first of all have an AIM (the What I am going
there to do). With this in mind you know the very reason why you are going
online, so that you will not be carried away by the 1001 other activities to be
done there.
Having
an aim transcends just the “me” of the internet but also the “what I am to
others” when you online, if you don’t really have what to do online you might
end up wasting others time and also developing a very bad online version of
yourself, so that persons might try to avoid you whenever they come online. A
funny example is starting a conversation with someone when you know quite well
that you will not continue it, then coming back a week later to replying to the
person message, the person at the other end will really be surprise and maybe angry
and try to avoid such in the future.
Also
having an aim means that you will spend less data and also less resources in
doing what you intend doing because you will spend a lot less time in achieving
what you intend doing because in the online world TIME = DATA.
FOCUS
In
using the internet and the web you need to be focus on the very reason (THE AIM)
why you are there on the internet. Going to the internet without being focused
is like going there without an aim and going to the internet without an aim
simply means that you cannot be focused when you get online, because as I have
said before there about 1001 other things from what you have in mind that can
be done there on the internet. So being focused goes with having an aim and by
having that aim you have to be focused on it.
When
you put effort in the very reason why you are going online then you will see
that your efficiency will improve a lot, aside from the fact that you will save
lots and lots of data and time you will in turn develop a positive virtue
towards work, because staying focus on the internet is really not quite easy –
if you have been there a lot you will easily know what this means.
So
staying focus on the aim in which you came online in the first place is key in
building a very positive internet behaviour.
AVOID
MULTITASKING
The
internet has provided us with a lot of advance technology that ordinarily was
not possible for a single human being to handle at the same time. And being
able to multi task is one of these limitations that science has being able to
achieved most especially when using the internet, which can easily be done
through the use of multiple web tabs and browser windows. , but we cannot be
servants of two masters at the same time most especially when we are online;
because we will definitely be drawn to work on the more interesting one which
might really not be the most important one at that moment.
This
also goes for our work when we are using our mobile phones also. When we try to
do a lot of work online at the same time there is a tendency that we will lose
our interest on the major work that we came to do online and start moving
towards the work that is easier or more fun to do thus losing our focus and
ending up not fulfilling our aim. So when we go online to work, we should take
our work one at a time and doing them till their completion then moving over to
the next work, in this way we will always be focused 100% to the task before us
and thus achieving our aim for being there in the first place.
PATIENCE
The
internet is a good place to be and also a good place to do a lot of thigs but
because of the fact that there are a lot of things going on there and also
because there are also a lot of persons there trying to do a lot of things just
like you, having patience can be a great way to work efficiently on the
internet. There are a lot of things that we can show patience towards when
working on the internet; for example when we are sending mails and also when we
are requesting for an answers from someone maybe in a group or a chat room.
Another
great reason why we need to show patience when working on the internet is to avoid
causing confusion or embarrassing ourselves which usually occurs when caring
transactions with others. Since there are glitches that usually goes on always
around the internet we need to give in some factor of safety regarding time
when carrying out transaction online especially with others – manually –,
rather than complaining abruptly that things are not going through we should
try to wait a little bit and see if the problem is from the internet speed,
connectivity or other such related problems rather than from the sender, this
is usually necessary when most transactions are being done wireless and online,
so as not to start a false alarm or raise up suspicions between parties.
Patience
in itself is good to develop most especially if you are to be dealing with a
lot of people online, also very important if you are working in a customer care
unit where you will meet a lot of persons with different level and kind of
temperament, or you are managing a website, a web group or any of such, Person
will always push you in ways that you don’t want to turn to. So it is up to you
to do the needful and find a better solution or a better way to solve and
handle such situations when they arise.
PRUDENCE
Like
I rightly stated there a lot that one can do when online and using the
internet, so whenever we are there we should put on a prudent behaviour and try
to stick to the plan.
Where
this will come very handy is so that we will be able to avoid being scammed
when using the internet in our own way. The statement that says “all that
glitters are not gold” can be applied very efficiently to the internet, when we
come across mouth-watering deals, items or services we should be prudent enough
to check if it is legitimate before we proceed to engaged in such deals or
program to avoid being scammed or being played for a fool.
And
also when we come across sensitive information like news, adverts, pictures,
and such we should also be sensitive to check for its source to see if it is
true before we share or spread such information, so that we can keep and maintain
our integrity intact.
Prudence
can also be applied to the general use of the internet and it will help us a
long way to do only whet is necessary and avoid wasting of time which will
greatly increase our efficiency there.
These
characteristics per say doesn’t apply strictly to only when you are surfing the
net, it also boils down to when you are using your phone. These days when you
put on your mobile data to work or when you connect to a Wi-Fi network you
usually receive a lot of notifications from various apps on your phone, most
times many of these notifications are not really important and can be checked
at a later time, but due to our bad internet habit we will start from the top
and check all the notification that we just received. In this way losing the
very reason why we put on our mobile data in the first place.
This
article doesn’t contain it all, there might be other characteristics that we
might require so as to make things easier, that this work might help to
provide. But this work will definitely provide you with everything that you
need for a successful internet surf.
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