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September 30, 2009

Blog Your Experience …

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 8:14 am

Information Is Everywhere

I know you. You’re like me.

Maybe you’ve even stared at your computer as much as I’ve stared at mine thinking.

Am I good enough, strong enough, smart enough, or ready to stay the course enough to follow through brilliantly? It doesn’t take much to look around the Internet and see so many things sparkling, awesome, and appealing. I can’t do most of them. I’m not like the one I call “stealth brilliance.” I’m not even close to the “Wonder Woman” who keeps everyone talking on Twitter.

I’m just me.

I might have one thing on you. I know that’s the secret.

I’m just me and no one else can be that.

When you’re staring at your computer and
you don’t know what to write, blog your experience.

When you’re not sure whether the thing that happened
is solid gold or smoke and mirrors, blog your experience.

When your heart thinks a beautiful thing has occurred
and your head says that you’re being sappy, blog your experience.

When you’re dying to get the information just right,
but you can’t find the words, blog your experience.

When you’ve met the best person, read the best book,
learned the best trick for saving time, blog it, share it, give it to us.

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You see information is everywhere on the Internet. We’re bombarded with it.
We don’t need more unframed facts.
We need more humanity.
Tell reality in the words of someone who lived it.

Be bold in your thinking. Be brave in your living.
Be authentic in what you share.

No one can argue with the truth of you.

You’re not backstage. It’s life happening.
Blog your experience.
It’s you I came to read.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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12 Comments to “Blog Your Experience …”

  1. September 30th, 2009 at 8:59 am
    Blondie said

    Y’now, I’m just me too! I was at a seminar a couple of years ago and we had to say what we loved about ourselves. That stuck with me! When I meet new people, I’m always reminded that, truly, I’m the only me, and I like it that way!

  2. September 30th, 2009 at 9:11 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Blondie,
    Knowing who you are is an attractive charactersitic in anyone. It makes a person easier to understand and interesting to get closer to. A joy and direction comes that makes us all want to see where you’re going and how we might fit into that journey with you!!

    So glad you stopped by to tell that story. We all need to remember who we are. :)
    You’re not a stranger anymore.

  3. September 30th, 2009 at 10:24 am
    Cath Lawson said

    Hi Liz - This advice came for me at the right time. I’m sitting here hating everything I’ve written - leaning towards another list post.

    And you’ve reminded me that people are interested in people - not just a bunch of facts.

  4. September 30th, 2009 at 10:44 am
    Katie said

    Love it. I struggle with it each time I sit down to write my blog. I think, “Does anyone really care the struggles I face as a woman business owner, wife and mother of two”? But then I talk with people who have read it, or whom I have conversations with, and yes, we all learn something from one another if we have the courage to share. Thanks for your blog.

  5. September 30th, 2009 at 11:11 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Cath,
    Most of all we’re interested in you. Think of something wierd, funny, or unimportant that happened to you in the last day or so. Tell us about that. Bet you’ll find a way to connect us to you.

  6. September 30th, 2009 at 11:22 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Katie,
    If you’ve been there, chances are huge that someone else has been there too. Maybe I need to be reminded of what I learned when I was there. Maybe I need to hear what you learned because I’m finding my way through. Either way, your story, your solution will bring something I didn’t get … a new perspective, a new hope, a new feeling of accomplishment and a connection to you.

    Thank you. You’re not a stranger anymore.

  7. September 30th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
    Todd Smith said

    when i do that, I find that it’s easier to write, and people like it a lot. sometimes it’s hard to put the sentence polisher away though. :)

  8. September 30th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
    Lydia, Clueless Crafter said

    I have been blabbing (excuse me, blogging) about the human element in our blogs a lot lately. I blog my experience because I’m looking for people to share - egad - my raw feelings with and who will share theirs back!

    With all these fancy sites promising $ and fame, I want something that will promise me self respect while entertaining at the same time.

  9. September 30th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
    Norris said

    I agree totally. If you blog your experience, you will always have more than enough to write about.

  10. October 1st, 2009 at 10:28 am
    Who Are You, Really? | Start Being Your Best said

    [...] Note: Liz Strauss, over at her great blog, http://www.successful-blog.com, wrote a great post that’s related to this one.  Not that she got inspiration from this (I’m fairly sure [...]

  11. October 4th, 2009 at 4:56 am
    Ho'oponopono Clearing - Claus D Jensen said

    Hi Liz, Great blogpost and great advice.

    Thank you 4 sharing!

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    Claus D Jensen

  12. October 15th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
    kurtlar vadisi gladio said

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