It’s already two weeks since my last post on this blog. The idle time is mainly due to very busy weeks at work when I’ve been in the process of changing responsibilities. The fact that an opportunity to change was offered lead me to thoroughly think about the options available. But now that’s done and I’m back focused (will I really ever be?) and energised.

The break was also perfect for reviewing my a month plus long expedition to blogging. In that time I’ve created two blogs, killed one of them and written altogether roughly two dozens of posts. Generally, I must say, I’ve been positively surprised by the number of contacts I’ve got due to blogging even though there isn’t hundreds of daily visitors to my blog. It’s been very interesting to write to and to have a dialogue with brilliant people I wouldn’t have at all met otherwise. Only very few of the contacts I’ve made have remained totally without any reply. And via these contacts I’ve been taken to other blogs that have turned out to be very stimulating offering me more leads on things to write about.

In addition to all the inspiring dialogue and increasing my network the blogging has created some real opportunities for me too. I’ve got an invitation to talk to postgraduates (which I’ve accepted), I’ve been offered a very interesting position in a start-up (this I had to turn down, unfortunately, due to lack of time), I’ve been asked to participate in the strategy preparation work for our corporation (ongoing and very interesting), I’ve been invited to talk about some of my ideas to my colleagues in two different occasions (I’ve gladly accepted these and hope my ideas will help others to succeed) and, most importantly, I’ve been offered a new position within our corporation (which I’ve also accepted). And all this in less than two months.

My aim is by no means not to brag about my achievements but just to give a flavour of the potential outcomes or side effects of blogging for all of you thinking about starting it. In addition to being a useful and fun act in itself it might also lead to some unexpected results too. If you ask my opinion, I’ll definitely say: “Go for it!”