What is the goal
Questions come from where you least expect it. Being able to answer those questions is what will define the tone for the rest of the conversation.
Yesterday Meet Minneapolis had a 3 hour workshop for some of its employees dealing with customer service. To facilitate the workshop Meet Minneapolis brought in Tom LaForce. During the break twitter was mentioned and well with me being a twitter addict and all I had to ask what Tom’s twitter account was because I like connecting with other local tweeters. After our company workshop I went back to my desk and found a DM from Tom. This small DM session lead Tom to ask the question “Do you have a goal in mind for your writing?”
Sure I have a goal. I think I have a goal. Do I have a goal? My response was:
a few years back I did have a goal in mind. Then the real world came knocking and I had to give in a bit. Now I’m getting back to my roots…
by blogging more and reaching out to like minded people who are from a diverse community.
Is this really my goal? No not really because it doesn’t capture the essence of what I see as the goal of my writing. Reading through this blog you will see passion and drive mentioned a lot. What you might or might not realize is you also see a caged lion ripping at the bars of his own cage.
As I mentioned to Tom I did have a goal a few years back. That goal was to improve my writing skills and most importantly to connect with a group of peers who I could collaborate with. That goal was set to the side back in 2007 when life was hitting home.
Now though that goal is staring me right in the face almost mocking me. I have figured out that goal is critical to my personal and professional health and well being. Ignoring that goal seems more and more like an option that is not available to me any longer. Ignoring that goal would do more harm than good.
So my goal for my writing is to write about the subject matters I am most passionate about. In most cases this is social media, personal development, organizational development or culture, and collaboration. These subjects make the caged lion in me feel as though it’s roaming an open plain that it rules and it governs by using passion, confidence, humor, relevance, and humility over all who are within the its bounds.
David,
It was just an off-handed question driven by curiosity. Glad to see it helped you think through some things.
Tom