Q&A from one of our fine readers!
Q – “Hmm it appears like your blog ate my first comment (it was super long)
so I guess I’ll just sum it up shorter. What I submitted to say, I’m thoroughly enjoying your blog.
I too am an aspiring blog writer but I’m still new to everything.
Do you have any points for rookie blog writers?
I’d really appreciate it.”
Answer: Hi, and yes we do. This is priceless advice, but few will heed. Take a look around at people in your field of interest. Write down, all the “CONCEPTUAL” strategies they employ. List them, study them and know them. I tell you to do this for One major reason! So you can feel confident that you know what “NOT” to do!!! Take a gander at the best of the best, and you will notice 2 things in common, They are all “Uncommon”, and “sincere”, 2 traits that sadly go together in these gorilla marketing times!!! Stay you, and you will have No Competition!
Try this- Pick your hand up and look at it very closely. What do you see? Anything strange? Anything that stands out as different among your fingers, as related to each other?
Concepts in Nature are Fractal, just as it is in business! Your body and the nature around you, can serve as a better adviser than a fortune 500 executive ever could.
Take notice of your hand. Notice that it has 4 “orderly” fingers that stand at attention on command. They are your four workhorses that carry out the tough duties of the day! They show others where things are, they summons company to leave or come hither, and during rare times, they point to direct negative energy toward a rival adversary.
So what about this other finger called the thumb? Why is it an “Oddball that is literally backwards? Why does it stand out in the crowd as being “not like” everyone else?
The answer is in the “design”, not the “style”! Sure it looks funny, and never gets to see clearly, what the 4 brothers get to see, but, as much as the 4 brother fingers like to hang around each other all day, They all quietly Know, Who is master within the group! The oddball thumb holds the critical role of deciding What gets done, and When. The four brothers may be of many, but their efforts are useless, without having a Polar Opposite, to push against!
In this sense, the “one” controls the “many”! Never be afraid to be an oddball, because it is the Oddball that allows Us to make the biggest leaps in business & in life! Look into the past, at some of the greatest oddballs. The Wright brothers were definitely oddballs! Thomas Edison, was nuts to think he could replace candles with a simple magic switch that allows light. Every great invention was lead by the “odd man out”!
Our goal then, should logically be to Stand out, beyond the crowd. A place where our thoughts are free, and our vision is clear. And As our needs dictate, may we choose to wander over to the crowd, for entertainment and feedback, and an occasional group to lean on and learn from!
So if your own hand could speak, it would probably muttle the the old adage- “All for One, and One for All”!
“Challenges, are nothing more than a workout routine for growth! The moment we stop working out, is the first moment we start to contract!” J.H
Thank You, John Hilderbrandt
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