We need to talk
I realize those words tend to incite cold sweats, heart palpitations and the general feeling that your heart is about to be kicked right in the balls, but I promise you this is going to be a pain free conversation.
The quote, "Whatever your hand's find to do, do it to the best of your ability" is something that my parents instilled in me when I was young, and is an axiom that I try to follow in my day to day life. When I begin something, I am 100% invested. So when I think about this blog, I want to have a clear vision for what I want to accomplish with it, and communicate that to you so you know what to expect from me.
So what are we doing here
While murky at the inception of this blog, my vision for what I want this to become and how I want it to grow has become crystal clear over the last few weeks. When I started this blog I wanted a place where I could discuss ideas and issues that were of importance to me in long essay form. That will continue to be the main source of content of this blog with those posts going up on Monday mornings.
However I now realize that I have a unique opportunity on my hands. I am incredibly privileged to keep the counsel of some remarkable men, men who are rising stars and up and comers in a variety of fields and disciplines. As we keep in contact daily, we talk about everything from life, to sports, politics, religion, marriage and relationships, leadership, career advice and everything in-between. These conversations are incredibly deep, multi-layered and the source of growth for those of us that get to partake in them. At the conclusion, the comment of, "Wow, that should have been a podcast" is said over and over again. So while I will never violate the sanctity and privacy of those conversations, I would like to bring some of these conversations from behind the curtain and have them in a semi-public forum.
So starting tomorrow I will be beginning what I am calling, "Free Talk Friday's." (No I didn't come up with that and yes I am shamelessly appropriating it.) The posts that go up on Friday morning's will be guest writers, collaborations or posts of less gravity than what you would expect on a Monday. I am also going to be starting an email exchange series where I interview somebody over a series of emails and posts the full transcript here. It is my hope that by reading these conversations you get as much out of them as those of us who have them.
Where do you see this going
I have some big ideas about how I would like to develop this blog into a bigger platform, but I am keeping that close to the vest for right now. As this blog is still in its infancy, I want to give it time to grow and mature before I begin to add additional offerings. What I am willing to share at this moment however, is I am planning to move this blog from the blogger network on to it's own stand alone site. Most of this will be happening behind the scenes and should not interrupt the programming schedule. This should be taking place hopefully over the next 4-6 weeks.
That's all for now but be sure to check back tomorrow for the very first email exchange interview with my good friend, and almost cousin (a story for another time) Brian Shepard.
Until next time,
May your dreams and passions turn into exciting new opportunities... And if they don't, then there is always chocolate.
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