My thoughts of successfully blogging about character and principles as a path to effectiveness in living have led me through the blogoshpere. I have traveled and read to attempt to answer the question, "How do I make this valuable to you, the reader?"
In my search I found the research report: Behaviors of the Blogosphere: Understanding the Scale, Composition and Activities of Weblog Audiences(pdf) that includes the current top 25 blogs. Many of these are feeds that I subscribe to for news, fun or geeky stuff such as Free Republic, Drudge Report, Fark.com, slashdot.org, and Gizmodo. And then, also rounding out the top 25 are the sex and trashy blogs like Fleshbot (#3), Gawker (advertising a roast of Pamela Anderson) (#4),and Defamer to name a few.
I’m all for fun, enjoy breaking news and won’t criticize the
People/Us/Seventeen Magazine crowd. Perhaps there’s just room for an
active discussion concerning how to be more effective by living a high
character existence.
I’ve learned, through trial and error – mostly error – that the forces by which we overcome being less effective than we’d like to be are guided by principles, ethics and roots of high individual character. And, based on the horrible number of American corporate executives led though courthouse doors with their heads hanging low, has there ever been a better time to find our roots in the good earth of character?
There are fundamental Principles, such as Vision, Harmony, Order and Purpose that work in opposition to the common things that get in our way (like interruptions, unclear values, lack of organization and fatigue). Are these not worthy of our attention? Have you seen the results of acting outside of good character in your own life? I sure have.