Evolution Makes You Versatile

How Writers Evolve is a wicked article on Men With Pens.
It's by Vangile Makwakwa, a writer and spoken word poet, who digs deep
into the need to grow and evolve personally.

We aren’t scared of change itself. We’re scared of the consequences that 
change brings, she states. And it does ring true to me. Change is a given,
often a welcomed on, as it might as well be, since time ruins regrets for all of us.

Or as Keith puts it: No regrets. No. What goes down, goes down, 
and it's how you deal with it that counts.

And still I sometimes struggle with the concept of the ever changing life.
I get afraid of facing the consequences of my changing, of growing in a new or
different direction, fearing that if I leave "old" truths behind, it erases the meaning
it once had to me.

Not true, but that's how change can feel to even the most easy going of us.

Ergo I'll give Vangile's words some more thought and reflect on her 3 tips:

1: Reconnect with your personal mission
2: Acquire new knowledge and techniques
3: Build a tribe of like-minded people

The Spread The Love Method

Reading up on blogging I consulted a cool site: www.ridiculouslyextraordinary.com
and got blown away by the article:
Everything You’ve Been Force-fed About Blogging Is Wrong.
And I do like to have my mind blown!

As Keith says:
I never know what I'm looking for, exactely, but when I hit upon it, I know it.

The article points out that:
"Conventional wisdom suggests one of the following ways to become
a successful blogger:
1: Write amazing content on a consistent schedule.
2: The fans will follow."

We all kind of know better, and still I kept to the thinking for a while,
like "I'll just post and the rest will follow." Doesn't work that way.

Spread The Love Method
Instead I took another advice from the article about "be everywhere".
Ergo I have added links to my Facebook and Twitter accounts to the blog.

And I intent to follow through on the Spread The Love Method:

1: Write amazing content on a consistent schedule.
2: Write amazing content for others.
3: The fans will follow.

On My List

Everybody knows Keith is a heavy reader.

And as a classic lover of literature, Keith says he found refuge
in books before he discovered the blues.

He now owns thousands of books and even considered "professional training" to manage them.

Sounds a bit geeky, and the librarian’s standard Dewey Decimal classification system did turn out to be "too much hassle" - restoring my belief in the Keith kind of not trying to control things too much.

Instead he keeps his favoured books close to hand, and so do I.


ON MY LIST: 

Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business
Erik Qualman

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Stone me. The Wit and Wisdom of Keith Richards
Mark Blake

The Internet is a Playground
David Thorne

Influenze. The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
By Malcolm Gladwell

Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success
Claire Shipman, Katty Kay

The Next Big Thing: Spotting and Forecasting Consumer Trends for Profit
William Higham

The Myths of Innovation
Scott Berkun

My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic: Everything You Need to Know 
About Art, Ads, Life, God and Other Mysteries and Weren't Afraid to Ask
Charles Saatchi