Why Do You Blog, Seriously?

Why do you blog or for that matter why do you do anything at all? An important question to ask oneself, after all most bloggers are investing a considerable amount of time and effort, not to mention funds, into their blog and so to this end, What do you get back? Seriously.

As a reflection and a starting point for answering the questions you need to ask yourself this important question. To help the process, I though I would put together a few of the major reasons why I blog and why I invest so much time into writing articles every week, getting involved in community and investing into the blogosphere even though sometimes I would rather be scuba diving.

The reason I blog is to:

1. Increase my Financial, Emotional and Creative Intelligence.

There are many different types of intelligence each of us can and will process to varying degrees and each of us will have strengths that range in a series of intelligences.

Personally, it is my contention that the Financial, Emotional and Creative intelligences are the most important to develop for success in life and it is for this reason that by blog focusses primarily on helping people develop these core three. I constantly develop these three intelligences for the following reasons:

Financial Intelligence: I develop this intelligence because I know that we have moved from the Industrial age and are now in the Information age and thus the old rules for wealth of working hard, saving and investing  in mutual funds are no longer the way to become wealthy and are in fact a bottomless trap. I do not want to work hard all my life just to give half my paycheck to the government in the hope of a miserly pension when I retire, a pension that is looking more and more likely a fantasy in any case. I develop my Financial Intelligence by teaching others through my blog because it helps me understand just as much as it helps others. I develop my Financial Intelligence because I know that the only way to become wealth and live life on my own terms in the information age is to have a high financial intelligence. Without it I will be stuck in the rat race for life.

Emotional Intelligence: I develop this intelligence because I want to have rich, fulfilling relationships with people in this life. I know that many people fail to have the richest relationships they can because they lack emotional intelligence, they do not understand how people act and operate and thus how to best relate to other people. This understanding  and control of my emotional intelligence helps me develop lasting relationships, become the heart and soul of the party and develop excellent business teams. With a high emotional intelligence I am in a much better position than most to get the very best out of the greatest resource we have on this planet – people.

Creative Intelligence: I develop this intelligence because I know that in this new information age the ability to think creatively and innovate in all aspects of life is what is most important to success. In this time, more than any other, the world belongs to those than can adapt and mould to an every changing, rapid environment. Those that cannot think creatively are destined to work for and create wealth for those that can. Those that are not creative are missing out of so much that a life of ideas and creation can offer.

2. To Learn And Be Inspired By Others

One of the greatest advantages of blogging is the awesome community of people you soon have access to.

I am always inspired and thus driven when I hear of the success of others, what they have done and what they are doing. I am always amazed by the amount of talent that resides among bloggers and so I blog so that I can be apart of this talented community. It is true that you become like those that you spend time with and so blogging allows me to spend time with some seriously talented people and through that I can develop my talents.

3. To Help Me Be Bold

If it wasn’t for my blog, I may not be living the life I do currently.

By announcing what I was doing on my blog before I was even sure about my plans put my cards firmly on the table for everyone to see. The loss of face due to backing down became greater than my fear of the unknown and so the decision to make good my plans was easier. I constantly use my blog to put ideas out there into the public domain so I am less likely to back out of them. I use my blog as liquid adrenaline for my big, adventurous plans.

4. To Help Others

One of the biggest reasons I blog is because as a good friend of mine said “I have shit to say”

I do not know a lot about many things but I do know some about a few things and it is this knowledge that I want to impart on others to help them. I think in is innate in all humans the need to help others and this blog is just another way I can do that.

5. To Fail and To Learn

I learn a lot while blogging and I fail a lot.

There are many projects that I can run through my blog with little cost to myself apart from my time. A lot of these projects fail, or at least miss the mark I want, but in failing they give me a great foundation of learning on which to build. Through my blog I have learnt a lot about building teams, inspiring people, effective marketing and good customer service – all things I can apply to the businesses that do make me money.

6. For An Ego Boost

Lets face it, everyone loves an ego stroke from time to time and I do enjoy peoples feedback, especially positive stuff. The feedback drives me to bigger and better things, without it I believe I would stagnate.

What I DO NOT Blog for:

Money. Period.

I DO NOT BLOG FOR MONEY. I may in the future find a way to use my blog to market other Products I create but I do not focus on creating content in order to get affiliation clicks. I would rather have a 1000 strong following of people that I can genuinely help and are passionate about my work then 10,000 names that are just signed up for monetary gain.

So Why Do You Blog?

Ask yourself why you blog, or for that matter, why you are doing anything in life and make sure you are investing time for the right reasons.

Peace.