Writing vs. Writing

I’m new to the blog world. After several years of writing articles for everything from a college newspaper to The Wall Street Journal, writing speeches for Boston’s current Mayor to United Nations Secretary Generals (Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Kofi Annan), writing press releases and website copy for many, many websites I find writing a blog post intimidating. You’re probably asking yourself, “Why?” The answer, because writing for my blog is much more personal than writing in someone else’s voice or writing a piece of journalistic fodder for the masses. Writing a blog post feels like I am about to walk out on a stage, in front of lots of people who I can’t see. So here it is: the beginning of my blog.

Over the next several months look for posts pertaining to entrepreneurship, strategically growing a business, leadership, personal branding, social media marketing, building websites, networking, juggling work and family, and quick, healthy food recipes among other topics.

Mostly, this blog will be full of nuggets, discoveries, intriguing insights and a holistic approach to life because I firmly believe that you can’t separate your life into two buckets – work and everything else that isn’t work. This blog will combine both buckets because, after all, part of my personal brand is being authentic, sincere and honest. Everybody’s personal brand should reflect who they really are.

Enjoy.