Nobody Gives a Shit About Your Writing
Sean Kernan and I agree completely on this. This is what I do about it.
In the world of competing priorities, and in a world of utter self-absorption beautifully and regularly demonstrated on Medium, there is no greater truth. Nobody gives a shit about your material. But hang with me a sec, there’s more to this.
I’ve been around about three decades longer than Sean. I’ve also had a long career in professional speaking, written two prize-winning books, and unlike Sean I have been in the military. His dad was a SEAL. A lot of what he writes resonates with me for a variety of reasons, and I honor that by reading his stuff all the way through.
Here is his piece. Worth attending:
In this article that I saw this morning, he points out the battle that speakers who have done this professionally for years have been facing since, well, forever. People get bored. Today far more than ever, with phones as the biggest insult to a highly-paid and well-prepared speaker.
