I LOVED this piece, David! Your encouragement echoes my mantra from my classroom, “Speak (write) from your heart; you’ll never go wrong.” Still working on that myself and how to unveil
my own writing/speaking. Thanks for the continued encouragement!!
Love that type of encouragement. And, in that process, sometimes we can explore those little darker places in all of us too. The 'shadow' side... some might say. Not all has to be 'published' per se, but sure darn important to let the voice sing. :)
This comes at a great time as I’m thinking of exploring the topic of my newsletter in a different direction. I was starting thinking along the “write for your audience” line but realized it’s my writing and I’m curious about it. People will come on the ride, some not. It’s already happening anyway. All is well!
Something I've been watching over these past few months - after two years dabbling around - is how many folks drop off the 'digital writing' scene.
My speculation is the attrition rate is because folks follow the 'common' advice - which means they're thinking about, writing about, and chasing things that don't have sustainable meaning for them (or any 'meaning' for that fact).
One of the challenges of thinking one is "writing to their audience" is that when they decide to change topics, angles, or 'niches' - it means they'll probably lose that 'audience' as well.
I really like your approach of essentially creating an audience by interviewing and writing about folks you're curious about. And, in turn, get to learn a lot about your self in the process. 🙌
I guess it’s two different approaches. One is people following you because of the topic whereas the other might be following the person.
I think it’s still a natural reaction to ask ourselves “will people be interested in the new thing I want to talk about?” But I’d assume it’s more present when focusing on a topic than sharing our thinking at large.
I fell in the trap twice personally where I started writing about stuff I wasn’t passionate about. But in the end, without intrinsic motivation, I’d get bored and easily succumb to excuses.
And thanks! It’s been fun interviewing people and I’ll shift my focus to people building businesses with kids. I just had one and I’m very curious about how people make it work. Excited about the next chapter!
We have two graduating high school this year - big life shifts for them. And one with only a few years left now.
I've often chuckled at posts from some of the more popular 'creators' talking about going 'monk mode' and whatnot - often as single bachelors. And there's a few - like Tim Denning for example, who recently added a little one to the household.
I LOVED this piece, David! Your encouragement echoes my mantra from my classroom, “Speak (write) from your heart; you’ll never go wrong.” Still working on that myself and how to unveil
my own writing/speaking. Thanks for the continued encouragement!!
Wonderful to hear! thanks for the note Lauren.
Love that type of encouragement. And, in that process, sometimes we can explore those little darker places in all of us too. The 'shadow' side... some might say. Not all has to be 'published' per se, but sure darn important to let the voice sing. :)
This comes at a great time as I’m thinking of exploring the topic of my newsletter in a different direction. I was starting thinking along the “write for your audience” line but realized it’s my writing and I’m curious about it. People will come on the ride, some not. It’s already happening anyway. All is well!
🔥 Love it Kenny! (and appreciate the note)
Something I've been watching over these past few months - after two years dabbling around - is how many folks drop off the 'digital writing' scene.
My speculation is the attrition rate is because folks follow the 'common' advice - which means they're thinking about, writing about, and chasing things that don't have sustainable meaning for them (or any 'meaning' for that fact).
One of the challenges of thinking one is "writing to their audience" is that when they decide to change topics, angles, or 'niches' - it means they'll probably lose that 'audience' as well.
I really like your approach of essentially creating an audience by interviewing and writing about folks you're curious about. And, in turn, get to learn a lot about your self in the process. 🙌
I guess it’s two different approaches. One is people following you because of the topic whereas the other might be following the person.
I think it’s still a natural reaction to ask ourselves “will people be interested in the new thing I want to talk about?” But I’d assume it’s more present when focusing on a topic than sharing our thinking at large.
I fell in the trap twice personally where I started writing about stuff I wasn’t passionate about. But in the end, without intrinsic motivation, I’d get bored and easily succumb to excuses.
And thanks! It’s been fun interviewing people and I’ll shift my focus to people building businesses with kids. I just had one and I’m very curious about how people make it work. Excited about the next chapter!
Congrats on the new arrival! Life-changes. :)
We have two graduating high school this year - big life shifts for them. And one with only a few years left now.
I've often chuckled at posts from some of the more popular 'creators' talking about going 'monk mode' and whatnot - often as single bachelors. And there's a few - like Tim Denning for example, who recently added a little one to the household.
Things become very different. :)
Big change for sure. Same for you! Two going out of high school is massive!
And yeah, I guess monk mode for parents is ruthless timeboxing 😅