OMG! I have just realised that it is almost six
months since I wrote a blog! My last one
was a ‘Happy New Year’ post, with a somewhat challenging message to fellow
bloggers of my frustration about their use of prescribed, numbered steps on how
to have a successful year.
Well … six months ago I may
have been ‘a bit over all that
prescriptive advice’; today, I’m absolutely REALLY over it! I don’t want to know how to make the best
coffee in 5 easy steps … I have a Nespresso, it does it for me. I definitely don’t need to know 7 key things
to find happiness … or 9 ways to feel satisfied … and I certainly don’t need to
read the 7 habits that will make me more assertive!
Would someone please tell
the blog writer advisors out there to stop teaching new bloggers to write in
numbered lists? Please! No more quick fix tips … as soon as I read
numbers in the title, I DON’T open it!
Ok … I get that it may be a
helpful way for war and peace wafflers to become more concise, clear and
quirky. Yes, we are all busy and maybe
some readers like fast answers with limited factual evidence, or the rigidity
of ticking off prescribed lists to see how they measure up to someone’s alleged
expert view on the topic. I’m not saying it’s wrong … just that there’s too
much of same quick fix, market grab approach.
Where’s the
authenticity? Where’s the personal story
and wisdom that comes from experience?
Where’s the individual thinker who’s challenging the status quo? Because
frankly, the numbers game status has lost its quo.
Now … I love Sheryl Sandberg’s
answer to perfectionism – “Done is better
than perfect”. Yes, obviously my
blog posts in recent months have neither been done or perfect. Slap me! I’ve been busy writing workbook
material and developing tailored frameworks and tools for my client organisations.
During my busy schedule, I
do often think: “I am so writing a blog
on that” … then a little voice inside my head says: “Does the social media world really need
another blog post to scroll past this week?”
Maybe next week? Maybe I'll finish writing that half-done book instead :)
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