There is no audience to these posts, there may well not be anyone who will read them. Regardless, when I have a moment, I’ll continue to work on them, and will continue the pursuit of my own voice. Something that often holds me back is this fear of staking a claim. With great admiration do I read other peoples opinions, agree or disagree with them. Somehow, it feels entirely reasonable that there should be people out there allowed to share their opinion, but to go one step further, too, and to claim something they advocate for to be ‘correct’. How could little old me stand on a stage (physical or virtual), and give my opinion on something, without fully and entirely understanding it. I cannot get myself to claim something I do or say is definitely right unless I recite someone else’s opinion or research. Why not? After all, there seem to be people out there, people in my life, who not only enjoy my presence, but to some extent value my advice, advice that more often than not is based on my philosophy. What’s more, the decisions I take and have taken in my career and my business activities have paid off almost always (except, I admit, NFTs). So why not claim to understand something, why not stand here and say that my approach is good, that my approach could be useful not just to myself, but to others.
Published on February 9, 2024