by Ralph
on April 10, 2012
Image by mrlins via Flickr
Do you have my problem?
Maybe it’s my generation but I have a problem with standing up for what I want. Nice guys don’t fuss and demand their own way. That is what my mother taught me and that is they way I lived my life up to now. It has brought me marginal success in the work place even as I struggled in my personal life. Still, I think there is truth in the saying that ‘Nice Guys Finish Last.’ Looking back over my career, what I regret most is not standing up and being noticed; not going on the record for my principles and, most important, not asking for what I want. [continue reading…]
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by Ralph
on April 10, 2012
- Image by churl via Flickr
Ralph was adding new content to his blog regularly and attracting new readers from search engines but return readers were stagnant so he worked on making his writing more interesting.
My inciting incident
I’m a by the numbers kind of guy. I like lists. I love checking off action items and following guidelines. It has always worked for me in whatever jobs I took on and so I anticipated that blogging would be no different. It has been a two year journey so far that has taken me from a personal blog on Blogger to providing regular contributions to three self-hosted WordPress blogs. I have reigned in my eclectic interests to focus on specific niches and held my nose and developed a list of keywords to write to. Technically, my blogging is competent, perhaps better than many but I am a long way from success. [continue reading…]
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