Clarity Begins at Home
On the 5th of January this year, I set out on a journey to inspire my friends through this blog. I set out some objectives for my efforts but those objectives were vague at best. At the back of my mind, I knew it was possible to connect with others using the blog, and make a difference in people’s lives.
Reality Checks in …
What I had not realized was that blogging is not as easy as it sounds. Sometimes I would get on the flow and write and write. Other times I would have a mind block. When the blog was really young, it was easier for me to write. I was writing to a few people; people I knew and interacted with regularly. They would call me and we would talk about the article they just read on the blog. One friend in particular insisted on commenting via phone calls or face to face instead of commenting on the blog.
Some of those early articles were pretty basic but the encouragement and feedback I got helped me improve a lot. Then the blog became popular. I started getting readers from 90 countries around the world. It was exciting looking at my website traffic statistics to see all the distant cities readers were coming from. At first I was enjoying getting all the attention, mails and friendship requests on Facebook from people who had read my blog. Then seemingly suddenly, something else happened.
I became a little more self conscious about what I was writing. A couple of my readers told me in private that I seemed increasingly less likely to share my personal experiences on the blog. And they were right. My blog was being read by people I had never met. It was being read by people I had not talked to for 10 years since I left Kenya. How was I supposed to share private information about my day to day challenges with those people?
In my mind, this was supposed to be a small blog for my own personal growth, but it evolved into something bigger than I anticipated. I guess I would be right in calling that phase “growth pains”. I am a persistent kind of guy so giving up was not an option. I have made fantastic friends through the blog and many people have encouraged me to keep sharing. I was caught between wanting to share something of value and wanting to protect my privacy. Then I realized it had little to do with trying to protect my privacy and more to do with struggling to remain relevant to a wider audience.
Give up or Swim on?
I miss the days when it was only a handful of my friends reading the blog. But those days are gone; gone forever. The blog is on the internet for anyone with a connection to read. I have to keep swimming or drown. Even though in real life I swim like sediment, I am keen to swim on, keen to forge ahead.
Nine months of blogging, and I have mixed feelings about what I am trying to do here. It is at a point like this that many give up. It is the attractive option at the moment. Today I open up my heart and mind to you my dear readers.
My passion for inspiring my friends has not waned. But who are my friends? Is it my sister or my girlfriend? Is it the lady who reads my blog daily from Malaysia? Is it my former classmate who now works in Texas? Is it the random dude who comes to this blog via search engines? I am confused and I cry out aloud. The haze and the maze have clouded my judgment. I do not know to whom I should write. I am struggling to become relevant to everyone. And there lies my mistake; the mistake that so many of us make.
The Road Ahead
I have taken three hours between the last paragraph and now to really think about the future of this blog. I have made a new roadmap and business plan for the blog. This blog is not for everyone, I have decided. I will not kill the blog by trying to please everyone. Today is a turning point in the life of this blog. I will re-invent the blog to avoid ever having an identity crisis again.
This blog will now focus exclusively on inspiring my friends to succeed in life. For the purpose of this blog, I shall define my friends as positive thinking people, with a deep hunger for success. I will obsessively focus on the word SUCCESS, and bring it alive in your life.
I am a successful person and I want to be ten times, maybe a hundred times more successful. To be able to reach my goals, I will conduct a public study on what makes people succeed. I will fill this blog with my findings. I will talk to people, read up on what others have done, I will obsess over the topic of success until you and I make it.
If you are looking to improve your financial situation, your relationships, your business or career, you are in the right place. This blog will be your success companion and compass. Success or failure starts in the mind. We shall revisit the mental preparation required for success and get in tune with universal principles of success.
The people I love
There are people who inspire me and I read about them regularly. I will conduct studies of successful people and what makes them tick. We shall share in the lessons and use their inspiring stories as launch pads to our own success.
The blog will now move on to its next phase, which will be beyond Daniel Ngari, the person. I will steer this blog to become an inspirational powerhouse that will bring together the brightest and most positive minds in the planet.
I would love you to join me on this journey over the next few months. You will experience a transformation in your life by being part and parcel of the exciting changes that I will implement before the end of 2009. If you are hungry for success, and want access to the best information and principles for achieving your level best, you are in the right place.
Over the next few weeks, I will be posting announcements on the blog about the new developments that will not only inspire you more, but bring you in touch with other positive and success minded people.
My dear friends, if you ever feel like giving up, look within yourself. Take a moment to reflect and find that clarity from within. Eliminate distractions and zero in on what really matters and spring back to life. Your favorite blog has just been reborn!
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