Reasons to Write and Publish Every Day
When we have an unexpressed idea, it sits in our heads incomplete. We imagine we know it, and possibly even see it, but the test it when we have to explain it to another human being.
Writing every day makes us better thinkers. It moves us to take ideas from our minds and describe them with words. Publishing those words invites an audience to react and respond — we find out whether the message we sent is the one that they heard.
It’s a challenge to simply state the feelings, thoughts, and scope of an idea in precise and expressive ways. Unlike talking, which allows us to adjust and respond with tangents and corrections, writing and publishing come with an expectation that we’ll set out a thought clearly stated.
The commitment of words to written form draws that has an audience is a powerful incentive to think things through . . .
Liz Strauss
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17th Century Blogging Experiences
In the 17th Century they called it a literary salon. . . .
A salon is a gathering of men and women to participate in formal and informal discussion centered around a specific topic. . . . which may include politics, literature, art, fashion or business. . . . The participants sought to increase their knowledge through conversation and readings, . . . the practice continues today in many cities around the world. Wikipedia
We gather on a blog to read and discuss in the same way.
Knowledge increases. So does trust.
Relationships happen.
People like to work with people they know, like, and trust.
Does your business blog?
Liz Strauss
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He Just Wasn’t Listening
I have a friend that is married to a very bright guy. His nature is friendly, helpful, and giving. He’s always solving problems — even when the problem is already gone.
I would often visit that friend after work, when we lived in the same city. As coworkers do, at times we’d debrief on problems to make sure they didn’t occur again. Every occasion that we got into an analysis of what happened. The friendly would start offering us possible solutions.
We would explain that he didn’t have all of the information.
We would point out that the problem had already been resolved.
We would continue to say that help wasn’t needed.
He would continue to suggest ideas.
You might think he was feeling left out of the conversation, but rest assured we asked about other point of information.
The young man in question was so busy solving our problems, that he didn’t listen to hear they were already solved.
Great bloggers listen. They understand when folks don’t need advice or their problems solved.
Liz Strauss
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Leaders Aren’t Always Right
I don’t know anyone who hasn’t made a mistake. It will happen on a blog, sure as the sun shines.
As mistakes in the workplace, a mistake on a blog is what we make of it. Leaders turn mistakes into opportunities. Leaders aren’t always right, but they do right when they find they’ve been wrong.
What better way to connect with a human face to your customers than to say, “Hey, that last thing I wrote wasn’t quite as it should be. Let me set it straight.” People, customers, don’t expect perfection. We expect respect and honesty in our transactions.
If I can trust you to correct a mistake you’ve made publicly, I can invest in a transaction with you with some security that you’ll back that up too.
People like to do business with other people. We know that other people are human.
Liz Strauss
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