| How would you feel if the last seven years of your | | | | you can create anew. |
| tireless work was suddenly gone? | | | | Then the good news came. The hosting company |
| Gone as in wiped out. Disappeared. Vanished. | | | | was able to recover all data. A deep breath of |
| Yes, it caused me chest pains and I learned from this | | | | massive relief and gratitude filled my being, and at |
| Cyber Crash. | | | | that same time, I was on line checking out other |
| My website hosting company was having server | | | | hosting companies to have another back up website. |
| problems. I was creating something for my site | | | | With every crash comes a lesson, or several of |
| guests when suddenly my site literally disappeared in | | | | them. The following is some helpful guidance if your |
| front of my eyes. | | | | life's work is in cyber space: |
| My published books, all photos, recorded media | | | | 1. Always have several email addresses on different |
| interviews, recorded seminars, e-books, all of the | | | | servers such as Comcast and Google to email your |
| press and media exposure, virtual tear sheets of | | | | most important digital files to those email addresses, |
| internationally published articles and book excerpts, | | | | so you will always have access to your data. |
| hundreds of clients letters - basically my life's work | | | | 2. Have another website with a different company |
| was just GONE. | | | | that can take over in case your hosting company has |
| Sitting there is a numb state of shock with mild chest | | | | a major cyber crash. |
| pains starting to become more and more noticeable I | | | | 3. If you write articles, place them with a large article |
| had a valuable lesson ingrained within me that saved | | | | database such as so your work not only spreads, it is |
| me from a lot of agony. That is that there is always | | | | in a safe place in cyber space. |
| a higher reason for why something happens, and at | | | | 4. Make sure you have back-ups of crucial email |
| first we certainly may not view the circumstance | | | | addresses and messages. It would be impossible for |
| from that perspective, but moving into trust feels a | | | | me to find my Russian book publisher's email address |
| lot better than moving into the emergency room | | | | when their website name that I cannot pronounce or |
| with a heart attack. | | | | spell is written in Russian. |
| It wasn't just ONE website, it was THREE! All email | | | | 5. Remember that when much suddenly flows out of |
| was also gone forever. So I sat there realizing only | | | | your life, trust that there is actually a higher reason, |
| one thing - I had to put it all together again, and I | | | | and shift your perspective from panic to trust. If |
| MUST have another website with all of the content | | | | anything, this may alleviate a great deal of anxiety. |
| from my website with a different company, so if | | | | 6. You can always re-create the most important |
| one gets wiped out, the other one is there as a | | | | aspects of what you need, and when you do, send it |
| secure back up - especially for vital files such as | | | | to a back up cyber address for safe virtual storing. |
| books, interviews, audio seminars, logos and the like. | | | | There will be glitches and crashes in life that are both |
| For a brief moment I thought about how the people | | | | unwelcome and unexpected. The key is to do a lot |
| felt when their companies were wiped out in the | | | | of advance damage control so if you're hit with a |
| 1929 stock market crash. I'm sure you can surmise it | | | | cyber crash you can feel much better knowing you |
| was not a pleasant feeling. | | | | have all files safely backed up on different servers |
| But the higher lesson came to the forefront, and that | | | | throughout cyber space. |
| is that anything can be re-created, even better than | | | | © Copyright 2008 Barbara Rose, Ph.D. All Rights |
| before. When your work comes from the inside out, | | | | Reserved. |