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When Less Means More
30/11/2010
I had one of those weeks last week that puts everything into perspective.
Like many of you I am a 24/7 sort of person, always on the go – diary always full.
Every day brings a new commitment – if it’s in the diary, it gets seen to. It works better than a Swiss train timetable. Last week though the train came off the track.
My elderly mother took ill and needed an emergency operation. Her life was in the balance and obviously all my many commitments simply became one. Initially I fretted about what I had promised professionally and to whom. I even had the misguided belief that some things just couldn’t happen without me.
Although it’s not nice to let anyone down, in the end the world goes on, but in truth the world can do without any of us.
Thankfully it doesn’t have to do without my mum for a while yet. She came through the surgery, and although she is not out of the woods yet, she is heading in the right direction.
I was with her and my brothers all week and really valued and appreciated getting back all that time that normally is owed to others. I was able to take care of so much more by being involved in much less. Not sustainable I know, but an ideal to perhaps aim for.
Amongst all this something that really puzzled me though. I always believe that effort leads to reward. However I didn’t Tweet for a week – yet my followers rose by 2,000.
Does that then mean case proven for less leading to more? Let me know what you think.
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Regard effort leading to reward, yes it is strange that sometimes things can happen without us actually doing anything, be it with the big things in life, or the smaller ones. In the case of Twitter, I've often found it the same for me (on a much smaller scale obviously), and that's without even being a famous name. With slightly 'bigger' things, and I'm thinking of a particular situation in my own life, though not a matter of critical importance, I've often found that relaxing about it helps enormously and I've often gotten more results than the people who've strived to achieve the same and yet they've only succeeded in cheesing people off. They say 'what's meant for you won't pass you' and whilst hard work is important, sometimes 'forcing' things can be coun
Looking from the outside in "So to speak" I don't believe less interaction socially would necessarily mean an increase in your popularity,I noticed on Twitter that a lot of your friends and colleagues chatted about your time out in Belfast.
Perhaps at a certain level of exposure to TV,Radio the general media and celeb functions a short "Sabbatical" might be a good thing.
The guy 'on the street' who uses twitter for totally no work related issues is a different kettle of fish. What do I REALLY think about your twitter situation? I believe you love to be seen to be 'down to earth' Interact with the listeners and viewers. I think you will agree the Northern Irish fall out of love very quickly with anyone who dismisses their past.
In a sporting example, take the late and great Joe Dunlop. He was totally adored by his fans,relations and fellow town folk because he never lost the connection and wou
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