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Why You Must Be Bold To Share Your Knowledge!
When I spot an engineer's technical achievement in my software engineering profession, I encourage them to write about it and share it with a wide audience.
I offer them help and assure them that I guide them through publication.
Still, many hesitate — including those who can with abundant time.
The most common excuses I hear are-
- Well, I am sure someone has already written about it!
- Will people be interested in reading this?
- I saw advanced content on this topic from X and Y, so I am not sure.
If you are someone who makes the above excuses due to the fear of bringing out your content, read on!
If you are a mentor or coach who gets frustrated when the people you try to encourage make such excuses, read on!
Several great ideas and achievements remain invisible.
It’s not due to laziness.
It’s often the fear of self-evaluation by undervaluing our work by comparing it with someone else’s.
Many have been through such situations but turned their life around.
So can you!
Here are four simple motivations — from my experience — to help you cross the huddle, clear your fear, and conquer the quest of writing!
1 — You’re not writing for the experts. You’re writing for everyone else.
As a budding writer, your immediate priority is not pleasing the experts.
Experts may not even know you. It would be wonderful if they read and provided feedback, but you are not writing for them.
You are here to share your knowledge with everyone else.
Always think that someone in some corner of this world is waiting to learn from your thoughts.
2 — Writing clears your mind and creates room for new thoughts.
The more you share with others, the more new ideas you develop.
If you stack more into your head, there’s no room to store the new knowledge you gain from…
