Since I’ve started on ToughMoney.com, I’ve intended to use it for talk about Personal Finance. I think it’s important (important enough to write with capital letters), but I’m finding more and more that someone else really has already said what I’ve thought.
So, that makes this a “me, too” blog. I don’t like “me, too” blogs, since someone else was there first. Plus, I’m finding that I don’t really want to research detailed stuff like 529 plans when I have no kids.
Wow…that’s actually tough to say since I’ve spent hours thinking about and writing articles already. But, it is true. I like thinking about ideas and concepts. New and creative things catch my eye. And, I love good business.
I listened to a podcast yesterday that really hit home. It suggested your blog should be about something you’re really passionate about.
If that’s true, it made me think…what am I really passionate about? What makes me grin like a school girl? (No offense to girls of school age who grin excessively.)
Yes, I am passionate about personal finance. But, I’m not so passionate about a lot of the research behind it. And, I really mean, that I don’t want to be the one doing the research, though I don’t mind reading about the findings. I just find I am rehashing old, but proven material.
One of the things I really enjoyed doing in college was thinking on ideas. And, I really loved the idea of putting a business together. And, I really loved the idea of seeing a good business be successful.
I find myself grinning at places like Chick-fil-A where they have a simple menu, but have boat-loads of business. And then there’s GE, where Jack Welch took a business that was old and holding itself up with a cane as it lumbered around…and he helped form it into a global powerhouse of high quality manufacturing and finance (and some other odds and ends).
There’s also great ideas like Guerrilla Marketing
and Raving Fans.
I could just go on and on.
I find that I simply like personal finance.
But, I love good business.
So, for a bit, I’ll see if that fits me. I’ll see if that is worth writing about and reading about and putting together articles for. Yes, people write about business. And, often they write about good businesses. But, I have a little different mindset about it.
I’m not sure if I can put that mindset into words or not. I’ll give it a shot and see what you think.
