Your Best Work is You

Hi Danny!

Thanks for this. Love this post and your 'best work' .. although I like all your work! :)

Our day is just beginning here - thanks for the inspiration. Best wishes,
Anne

Re my 'best posts' ..a good question - I personally liked this one .. http://marketingisus.com.au/romancing-the-brand/ but the following received some comment: http://marketingisus.com.au/business-communication-its-a-little-big-thing-its-everything/

However - enjoyed writing this one :) http://marketingisus.com.au/social-media-for-good-businesses-making-a-difference-using-social-media-12for12k/

Thanks Danny.

What a good point and what a good idea to have everyone share their best post so I can come here to read awesome posts.

And I agree with Dan's qualifier that every post is the best when written from a place of inspiration and is heartfelt rather than a scheduled necessity.

And for me it is hard to decide which is my best because each post spoke to something I was experiencing at the time and felt compelled to share with the world.

That being said, I think this one has a good set of questions to reflect on when feeling stuck:
http://iam-bc.com/blog/why-am-i-not-advancing-my-career-10-questions-reality-check

I like so many of my posts, so this was really hard, which goes to prove your point. And your favorite post definitely moved me. Thanks for the genuine inspiration you bring to so many...

I really enjoyed this post as well as your post on Stephen Hawking. Very inspirational!

For me, its "The Janitor and The Jedi Master" which can be found here http://yoursalesplaybook.com/the-janitor-the-jedi-master/

Respectfully,
Paul Castain

Danny, oh my gosh. I just read your 'best work'. May 25th (the post date) is my birthday. Stephen Hawking was a topic of discussion between my husband and I this weekend. Did you see the post about him on Yahoo News on Sept. 2nd? (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/lf_nm_life/us_britain_hawking)

More than 49,000 comments and many of them sooooo hateful and disrespectful. I loved reading your 'Little Boy That Could' post - THAT'S the way this man needs to be featured.

Sorry, I'm getting off track.

I put my heart and soul into every post I publish. I have learned that people who need to hear/read the message I'm sharing have a tendency to find it. I feel every post I write is my best work, and they just get progressively better; and all because they flow directly from my heart.

So to answer your question - I'd simply give my blog site's Home link if asked, and let the reader gravitate to the post that best serves them in that moment.

You know what I would love to see? What your readers think is your best work. I've narrowed it down to three.

You know what I would love to see? What your readers think is your best work. I've narrowed it down to three.

Danny - great points as always. I think one of the things this should teach people is to be careful of what they post online and how they do it. I do not just mean on your blog but on social media mediums because what you post is a representation of you. People really need to learn to think that way.

One of my better posts was http://www.robertbcairns.com/2010/08/the-pogo-plug-review/

Danny - great points as always. I think one of the things this should teach people is to be careful of what they post online and how they do it. I do not just mean on your blog but on social media mediums because what you post is a representation of you. People really need to learn to think that way.

One of my better posts was http://www.robertbcairns.com/2010/08/the-pogo-plug-review/

Hi Danny!

Thanks for this. Love this post and your 'best work' .. although I like all your work! :)

Our day is just beginning here - thanks for the inspiration. Best wishes,
Anne

Re my 'best posts' ..a good question - I personally liked this one .. http://marketingisus.com.au/romancing-the-brand/ but the following received some comment: http://marketingisus.com.au/business-communication-its-a-little-big-thing-its-everything/

However - enjoyed writing this one :) http://marketingisus.com.au/social-media-for-good-businesses-making-a-difference-using-social-media-12for12k/

Thanks Danny.

Hi Danny!

Thanks for this. Love this post and your 'best work' .. although I like all your work! :)

Our day is just beginning here - thanks for the inspiration. Best wishes,
Anne

Re my 'best posts' ..a good question - I personally liked this one .. http://marketingisus.com.au/romancing-the-brand/ but the following received some comment: http://marketingisus.com.au/business-communication-its-a-little-big-thing-its-everything/

However - enjoyed writing this one :) http://marketingisus.com.au/social-media-for-good-businesses-making-a-difference-using-social-media-12for12k/

Thanks Danny.

What a good point and what a good idea to have everyone share their best post so I can come here to read awesome posts.

And I agree with Dan's qualifier that every post is the best when written from a place of inspiration and is heartfelt rather than a scheduled necessity.

And for me it is hard to decide which is my best because each post spoke to something I was experiencing at the time and felt compelled to share with the world.

That being said, I think this one has a good set of questions to reflect on when feeling stuck:
http://iam-bc.com/blog/why-am-i-not-advancing-my-career-10-questions-reality-check

I like so many of my posts, so this was really hard, which goes to prove your point. And your favorite post definitely moved me. Thanks for the genuine inspiration you bring to so many...

Boy what a good question my man, my best work will probably be and article I wrote about motivation.. I'm not going to link to it from this comment though..and it was about the motivation to take control of your life. Its was by far one of the best articles I have written in time.

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Danny, I'm going to agree AND disagree. I agree that if you feel compelled to share your thoughts, feelings, expertise, etc in a blog post and it comes from your heart with the best intentions to affect someone's life or stimulate discussion, then the post defies the "good, better, best" categorizations and is instead something pure.

Then there are those bloggers who feel they have to write something just to keep up with their blog post schedule or to stay relevant on a daily/weekly basis. They write because they *have* to - this is usually not their best work and that is why the internet is rampant with unremarkable blogs and lame blog posts.

So to your statement: "To me, every single thing we share about ourselves through a blog post is our best work", I'll agree only if it meets the criteria of my first paragraph. The rest is just fodder.

Cheers.

Great question. I stopped trying to identify my best work long ago. My aim is to make the current book, poem, blog entry and tweet my best work and then put it out there without judging it after its finished. I usually have a good sense of what people will like most, but very often I'm wrong. My experience in creating it tends to obscure my vision... and once in a while it's the piece I nearly didn't put out there, because I didn't think it was all that great, turns out to be the one that caused the most smiles or the most tears.

I really enjoyed this post as well as your post on Stephen Hawking. Very inspirational!

For me, its "The Janitor and The Jedi Master" which can be found here http://yoursalesplaybook.com/the-janitor-the-jedi-master/

Respectfully,
Paul Castain

I write two blogs - Social Media Notebook and my personal blog, Spring Rainbow.

Every day when I write something - and publish a post, it's my best work for the day. Sure, there are days when I think I could have done better, but in the larger perspective it's all a zero sum game.

There have been occasions when I am infatuated by a certain post of mine - and yet I find that it does not resonate with anyone else other than me. And then, there are posts which I think aren't quite my best which draw a heap of views, tweets and comments.

To that degree, defining the best from me, is objective. Rather, as you said, it's all about the best in me - and the best in all of us.

I'd be more than happy to direct you (and the audience here) to both my blogs - but there's one piece of poetry that came flashing back to my mind. This one is Life's Mirror by Madeline Bridges:

"For life is the mirror of king and slave,
'Tis just what we are and do;
Then give to the world the best you have,
And the best will come back to you."

Danny, oh my gosh. I just read your 'best work'. May 25th (the post date) is my birthday. Stephen Hawking was a topic of discussion between my husband and I this weekend. Did you see the post about him on Yahoo News on Sept. 2nd? (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/lf_nm_life/us_britain_hawking)

More than 49,000 comments and many of them sooooo hateful and disrespectful. I loved reading your 'Little Boy That Could' post - THAT'S the way this man needs to be featured.

Sorry, I'm getting off track.

I put my heart and soul into every post I publish. I have learned that people who need to hear/read the message I'm sharing have a tendency to find it. I feel every post I write is my best work, and they just get progressively better; and all because they flow directly from my heart.

So to answer your question - I'd simply give my blog site's Home link if asked, and let the reader gravitate to the post that best serves them in that moment.