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Sara Schroeder's avatar

I applaud this point of view and try to live by it as well. I’ve just been revamping some business planning midway through because I caught myself creating an offering that didn’t align with how I want my life and work to fit together. It’s so easy to get caught up in trying to be everyone’s cup of tea, when we need to be our own too. I always enjoy your emails. Thank you for sharing.

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David M Booth's avatar

I enjoyed reading this Ian - a very perceptive and pertinent newsletter.

Like you I find the striving for social media impact somewhat disconcerting: it feels as though you're in a race of thousands trying to compete for 'likes' and 'followers'. I'm sure that building a profile and a following do help provide an audience to whom you can promote your events, services etc, but so many posts lack depth, and the race seems relentless (Professor Joe O'Mahoney described it as "shouting at passing traffic").

What I'd really like to spend my time doing is having meaningful conversations - listening and trying to understand others' situations in depth (an organisation's current strategy challenges in my case, but the point is general). Counting 'likes' and writing 'follower grab' posts feels a long way from this.

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