The Deeper I Dig, the Fewer I Find!

This was my first thought when I saw the number of followers of mine start to dwindle.  The Lizard Brain, as I have learned form Seth Godin, was quite happy about this.  The lizard was thinking, of course nobody wants to read what you write, you are a mechanical guy ...Get over it ... Who cares.

Once I let him, he is a he by the way and a nasty little booger at that, vent for a while and allowed him to be somewhat thrilled with my agony of loosing less than 2% of my tribe, I looked at the situation differently.

It became really simple for me to understand. The deeper I dig into what fascinates me, regardless if it is reading on a specific topic, writing about things I know or just plain interacting with folks --- I realized that a few people in the tribe didn't want to go that deep or invest or waste their time on topics of my interest.

Simple right?  Or so I thought.  I have decided that what I am interested in may be compelling to some and not so much to others, I am now comfortable with this.  So as we gain followers, albeit Twitter, LinkedIn, etc... some will grow to like your stuff, some won't and some will just hate.

The important things is for me are, continuing to educate myself, take others who want to go for the ride along with me and be happy with that.  I live my days and nights with this concept, for the better or for the worse.

The bottom line, literally is: The more concentrated your tribe becomes, by people weeding themselves out, those who only want a casual encounter or to play the Social Media Game, you are left with a higher percentage of quality people who are with you for the right reasons.  With that reason(s) being, they enjoy what it is you produce.


Regards,



G

Part Two of Many More to Come on Success

The second interview was conducted with a dear old neighbor of mine.  "Bob" is a “Communications Specialist”, does private work for NSA, CIA and other acronyms, retired Army Ranger – Vietnam Vet and is currently 69 years old.  During our lunch meeting, I asked Bob to tell me the most important pieces or keys of his success, below is what he revealed.

 

Ø  "Susan", his wife

Ø  Mental Toughness, earned it in Ranger School @ Ft. Benning, GA

Ø  Self Belief, if you do possess it, it is hard to convey confidence to others

Ø  Networking outside what most would consider your normal circle, meet new people. Listen & learn from them

Ø  Information & knowledge always win, never quit learning was what I took away

Ø  Become the Asset / Keeper of the knowledge, but then share it with those willing to learn from you

Ø  "Mr. Johnson / "Susan’s" father / great scientist, worked with Einstein, worked on weird & unique things for the GOV back in the day

Ø  Be structured and disciplined, I correlated this to Jim Rohn & John Maxwell about being intentional

Ø  Be  connector of people / Similar to my theory of connecting X & Y to get to Z

Ø  Do not be afraid to spend some of your earnings, buy some things you want & like, otherwise, you can’t take it with you, basically is what I took away

Ø  Never look back.  "Bob" described it as being a successful bank robber, having the confidence of living and never having to look back

The more time I get to spend with high quality people like "Bob", the more I know I will never be through soaking it all in.

Maybe this sparked a though or two for you, if so ...  Enjoy.


Greg