I always try to follow my own advice and lead by example. This blog and its attendant business has gone through a couple mutations since it began. I’ve written a lot recently on niche blogging and its relation to thought leadership.
But there’s something else. Something more.
Truth is, I’ve been more inspired by blogs from people who simply be themselves. The less they seem to fit into any prescribed notions, the better. The more of their overall personality, the better. And as far as making a living goes, some things are just counterintuitive. To quote Hugh:
Commercializing a blog may please the bean counters and the glamorpussies, but it has one very ill side effect:
It makes your every move circumspect to the commercial agenda, making your “voice” sound less authentic. The end result is, you are no longer free. A person who is not free is not worth reading.
For me, consciously focusing on a niche feels like a trap, a prison. I can’t do that. This blog really has to be about one thing, and one thing only.
ME.
Stay tuned.
I’m ready let’s see it!