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Since the day I started this blog, it has been my wish that this blog will develop into an interactive platform where my readers will get involved in exchanging ideas and pointers in the comments sections so that we can all learn from one another.
In short, I’m trying to build a community here. However, my old tagline ‘Tips and Advice to Help You Become Better, Wiser and Richer’ doesn’t really explain whom this blog is meant for.
Recently, I read a very interesting article by Chris Guillebeau entitled ‘What Makes a Community’. The one thing from the article that keeps swimming in my head is this:
Just as a community welcomes the right people with open arms, a strong community will also gently turn away people who aren’t the best fit. This isn’t rude; it’s good for the community, and good for the people who don’t belong.
It suddenly occurs to me that I’ve never really given a serious thought to who exactly are the ‘right people’ for the community I’m trying to build here.
All I did was simply to share what I’ve learnt and hopefully in the process it’ll attract everyone who’s interested in what I have to say and start hanging around to share what they have to say. I never really defined who this ‘everyone’ was.
Chris has also mentioned in his eBook 279 Days to Overnight Success that there is no ‘everyone’. You have to attract the right people and gently steers the wrong ones away.
I know this is a stupid mistake because it is only common sense to carefully define your target audience (the right people) if you’re trying to build a following. OK, I’ve come to my senses now.
It took me awhile to finally determine who are the ‘right people’ – the people that I personally want to hang out with.
Actually, it shouldn’t have taken me as much time as I’d taken (about a week) to figure out the ‘right people’ because the answer was in fact right before me but I just failed to realise it.
In case you didn’t realise, the name of this blog is called The Big Dreamer. It is so named because that is who I am – a big dreamer. I love dreaming big, I believe in dreaming big, and I’m determined to make it big.
So it was pretty obvious that this blog should be meant for all big dreamers. It is a community of big dreamers that I should be building here. Chris has also said that:
A community is a group of people united through a common struggle with the same stories.
A common struggle unites individuals into groups and creates a sense of urgency. The struggle can’t be too easy. It’s good to be victorious in the end, but you have to go through some hardship along the way.
Big dreamers have some common struggles. We have to:
• Face the ridicule of naysayers
• Overcome great fear
• Overcome a lot of self-doubt
• Overcome major challenges
• Embrace failures with a positive attitude
• Work longer hours than most people
These are just a few of the struggles. There are too many to name. So if you are a big dreamer, you have come to the right place. This is your hangout.
But what defines a big dreamer?
Here are a few definitions – my definitions, anyway. You are a big dreamer if you aspire to:
• Change the world
• Dominate the world, and/or
• Become (at least) a millionaire – with liquid assets worth US$1,000,000 or more excluding the property you’re living in
You may have your own definition of what’s a big dreamer. It doesn’t matter. As long as you consider yourself a big dreamer, I sincerely invite you to join in the community and share with us your big dream(s) in the comment section below.
And if you don’t consider yourself a big dreamer but would like to hang around, you’re welcome too. I’m not going to ‘shoo’ you away. I just want to pre-empt you that we may hold very different perceptions, beliefs and principles which you may find unorthodox or even outrageous.
If you don’t find this blog or community to be for you, you’re free to give it a miss.
Cheers~
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