Comments on: Focus, focus

By: Francine McKenna

Francine McKenna — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:54:41 +0000

Hi Dennis,
and @Richard, too,

Yes, it’s been a lot of fun for me to find other like minded people writing about similar topics and to dialogue with them (you , Richard, Prem, and some sexy shark attorneys…) on and off line. I agree, it’s easy to get caught up in the momentum and lose focus. I recently passed the 100,000 page view and 400 post mark, after really only being in business since the beginnig of 2007. It’s been an amazing ride for me. I have come to the conclusion that all my other activities are there so I can blog/write, not the other way around. That may be different that how others use their sites, but for me the revelation has set me free and made me immensely happy.

Thanks for helping me see the light and for the all support and encouragement along the way.

By: Richard Murphy

Richard Murphy — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:50:43 +0000

Dennis

You meet the best people here, don’t you?

And you’re right re the brand thing – it is really important

I too did not get that in the past

Richard

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:09:31 +0000

@Richard: familiar all right, painfully so.
@David: I’m just starting to accept that marketing matters – surprising though that may sound – and that a personal brand does have value. It’s an accountant’s DNA thing.
@Mark: I like to say – pick what you want and leave the rest. With the amount of reading out there and good ol’ RSS to help, there’s plenty of ‘help.’

By: Mark Lee

Mark Lee — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:04:37 +0000

I was beginning to wonder about how you were managing to do everything Dennis.

Focus is important (with Richard’s valuable, and oft forgotten, caveat). Although I have dozens of blogs on my RSS feed reader, yours and Richard’s have long been the ones that i check first. I guess that may change now. Time will tell.

I’m waiting for the announcement, to which you allude, with baited breath!

By: David Brain

David Brain — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:41:20 +0000

It’s also interesting Dennis how your use of the phrase ‘voices’ is similar in some ways to Hugh’s ‘everyone is a global micro-brand’ thing. And I absoultely agree with Richard’s wife on the definition of an expert. i will be using that one in meetings in the future . . .

By: Richard Murphy

Richard Murphy — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:27:17 +0000

Dennis

It’s good to talk

And seriously – I agree with you – focus is good with one massive caveat. Never lose site of the wood for the trees.

Keep up your ethical stuff at least – it puts everything else in context

And as David says – this is a problem of success. You’ve deserved that. You don’t think you’re an expert – but you are.

Richard

PS My wife defines an expert as someone who has made most of the mistakes in their field, has lived through them and can now tell the tale for the benefit of others. Sound familiar?