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Influence Scales
April 2nd, 2006
Read/Write Does Not Scale
I’m overwhelmed. My Google reader has more unread entries.
Every day, I’m liable to read the first twelve entires. I will comment on half of them. I do this to get my name out there. To make connections. To give a little ping.
It builds traffic to my blog.
Traffic of dubious value.
More traffic will lead to more feeds to read. More comments to write.
I don’t want traffic.
I want influence.
Consulting Does Not Scale
As a programmer, I hate to work for hire.
The annoyance, of selling oneself. The rub, that once sold, one must slog through hours upon hours of work to collect on that sale.
In those heads down hours of programming, my network unravels, while my social skills atrophy.
With this arragement, programming is lothesome, tedious.
It is a treadmill.
I do enjoy programming in pursuit of an idea, but not to service an invoice.
There are only so many hours that one person can work. You need to keep time open to network. You cannot sell more.
On top of it all, the folly of surrendering the work product. It is a life of bupkis.
Influence Scales
Influence is passive. You influence a person when they honor you with their consideration.
The act of consideration affects a change. That which you offer for consideration may cause them to alter their actions, since an individual take action based on information.
At the very least, that person’s attention is not somewhere else, an action in itself, though one must endeavor to be more than a distraction.
At the very best, yours is a guiding influence.
Influence scales in two ways.
- You can increase the number of individuals who you influence.
- You can increase the influence you have on any individual.
I blog to influence and to increase my influence.
My blog is a humble, tireless appeal for your sincerest consideration.
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Comments 
Heh, just keep writing intersting posts and all will be well
I remember reading “Tara Is Back” a week back and thinking that it was really sharp and on point so I subscribed to Blogometer (and I only subscribe a few dozen blogs total, so I actually have time to read all the posts that come up).
Slava
Thank you for the encouragment. Thank you, too, for subscribing. There was an entery recently in CopyBlogger…
http://www.copyblogger.com/committed-hearts-and-minds/
Which is apropos to this post.
I’m more keen on subscribers than visitors, people who have shown more than a passing interest in my writing.