Sunday, August 30, 2009

Now that I know who I am

I am just about finished with the book "We are smarter than me" and not only did I really enjoy it but I believe it will stand out to me as one of those books that forever altered the course of my life. If you are starting a new company or marketing an existing one this is full of useful information about crowd sourcing. What really struck me while reading this book was the self discovery I made along the way. It was no surprise that my mind skipped around as the book unfolded. I had to check out the companies mentioned, google various new ideas and topics and in the end I found myself staring at a description and career title that finally made sense to me. For the first time ever the words 'clicked' and I was hit with the almighty 'that's it' moment. While I have tried on many titles in my life; therapist, advocate, social worker, founder, president, director, writer, visionary, none of them seamed like they described the core of my very being. They all felt more like giving names to the parts of the engine without calling it an engine. Now I have an official word title for the engine itself - Social Entrepreneur!

Never heard of it? Great! I promise you, you’re going to love this.
This week I am moving on to “Naked Conversations” by Robert Scoble and Shel Isreal. Maybe I should have read that one before I started blogging a month ago. Life is busy you do what you can and learn as you go along. It took me 33 years to learn to who I was and what I was doing but that didn’t stop me from doing it.

Bring on the Naked Conversations! I like the sound of that since this is my life, my inner world and mind at its finest and it really cannot get more naked than that.