I’ve been listening, in the past few years, to a lot of entrepreneurship and blogging related podcasts. Add to that a lot of reading. I knew, for a long time, that a blog will help me brand myself, and will give Google something to return when searching my name, due to my social networking non existence. But I didn’t do anything about it.

One reason is pure laziness (I mean, having very little time with my full time high tech job, commute and parenting two children. But also laziness).

But there were two more reasons:

I got many good tips from various podcasters and bloggers, dispersed over multiple locations and time, never all in the same view.

A lot of the tips and guides are very high level. They give valid and important recommendations, which are almost at the philosophical level. I needed someone to hold my hand, while giving that necessary little kick in the back side.

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