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Are men better bloggers?

John left a comment on my blog last week that made me think.  I’ve been thinking about it ever sense.

“Facebook and Twitter are for women. Blogs are for blokes, but what worried me was the following bit. That seemed incestuous at first? I mean making money from your friends isn’t nice. But making money with your friends is beautiful. That’s why blogs are for blokes, and Facebook and Twitter are for women. Women don’t understand beauty. They appreciate it. But they don’t understand it. That’s why the best artists are blokes. See what I mean?”

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Cover of "Taking Action"
Cover of Taking Action

Do you have a retirement mission?

My retirement so far is ready, fire, aim.  I know where I want to go; need to go.  I just don’t know how to get there.  My activity here at RCB is helping me find clear direction and take action.  I don’t like today’s post.  It isn’t engaging because I just don’t have that ability just now.  I wish it were better.  I wish I knew answers instead of just questions.  I wish I could suggest a program to follow the numbers and wrap up my life (or yours) with a bow and a flourish. I am making it up as I go.  I do, at least, have a mission.   Today many people retire without a mission and without a mission they leave the world unnoticed.  That is a tragedy.  So read today’s post with charity.  Make an effort to understand what I am struggling to say.  I think the message is important and I don’t think it is one that you normally hear.  There are very few role models to follow and no step by step program.  I won’t have a successful retirement (and life) if I don’t clean up all the messes I have made up to this point.  That may not sound like much of a mission but it is more than most people have.   I’m looking for inspiration and others with a mission and I hope they will be looking for me too.  I’ll be sharing my efforts, failures and successes and I want to hear yours. [continue reading…]

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