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Purpose Focus Commitment
Purpose Focus Commitment was started as an anchor and a reminder that I have to work on myself each and every day. So that when that “day” comes when I feel like not doing anything I have something to remind me why I have even started. This is my anchor and I am sharing it with you to hold me accountable to never stop improving. You are more than welcome to take this journey with me. If you have any feedback or suggestions about the posts or the site in general please let me know in the comments (a quick way to leave a comment is the button you see on your screen at the left lower corner ->
or let me know at [email protected]).
The history of this site so far:
- In 2016 the very first post was a book review of Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. The book had an impact on me on how I look at certain actions we take and why. Practice makes perfect and I’m still practicing.
- The same year I added short stories with some kind of lesson or message. The idea for a platform to collect stories came from one of the books I read about storytelling where the author suggested everyone should have his “black book” of stories.
- In 2017 I had a goal to post at least one story a week and at least one book review a month.
- In 2018 I started looking into SEO and started fixing old posts. Resulting in fewer posts.
- In 2019 I did a visual makeover of the site – a new theme and started fixing old posts. As a result, I posted even less frequently.
- In 2020 I started changing templates for stories. Of course, this meant I had to start fixing older posts to a “new design”. So this year even though I read quite some books I did no book reviews but continued to post short stories.
- In 2021 I’m still not done with the page “re-work” so you might find different “designs” of posts. I also made a new template for book reviews which I have to implement in all previous posts. Please let me know what you think of the new book review template!
- In 2022 I’m planning to finish re-working every page. And I also want to add a new type of post – articles on psychology, neuroscience, marketing, analytics. I’m still figuring out how to name this section of posts, so if you have any ideas let me know. For now, I’m thinking of naming it “Did you know”.
Most books I read are about marketing, leadership, psychology, persuasion, sales, and analytics. For most of the posts posted on this blog, it will take you 5 – 10 minutes to read them and at the end, you will know if you want to spend a couple of your hours on the whole book or not. The template for the book review consists of some basic information about the book in a form of drop down elements, followed by a graphic display if the book is easy or hard to read, if the author followed through with the “Red Threat” of the book, in other words, if he stayed on the topic of the book and if the subject matter evolved or did the author get stuck. And most importantly did the book deliver what I had expected.
Then you will find out why did I pick up this book – maybe we have the same reason for looking into this book. Then I do a short summary of the book. Followed by my thoughts about it based on my expectations and the actual content. And lastly, you can find some of my notes from the book. In some reviews, I may add additional sections, but this, for now, is the basic template (I need to update my older posts). At the end of the review, I will make sure I add a list of books that I have read about the same topic, and I will add affiliate links from different provides so that you can order the book if you want to read it for yourself.
The art of storytelling is an ancient art of passing knowledge to others. We listened to stories as children and we continue to do so in our whole lifetime. With stories we learn, we expand our imagination and we pass on knowledge. We also use stories to persuade, motivate, sell and explain things and situations to others. I hope you will find stories and fables posted on this page helpful.
The template for this type of post is simple. First, there’s the story, followed by some thoughts or moral lessons from the story. Then finishing the template with a list of stories on the same topic.
Coming – Articles
Soon I will be adding articles on the topic of psychology, neuroscience, marketing, and analytics.
There is always room to upgrade, to deliver more, to get better, and that is the main point of this page. Getting better with each day, and knowing that everything is a process that takes time. So keep coming back and be on the lookout for what’s new. If you have any suggestions let me know by email at [email protected].
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Thank you.
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