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Everything I need to know about blogging I learned from Andrew Carnegie

My daughter, Mia Mei, has her own blog. She writes there somewhat regularly. What can I say? They don’t make 4-year olds like they used to.

Yesterday she wrote a post “How to get to car engine, um, Carnegie Hall.”

It got me to thinking about what I have learned from Carnegie that has helped me to be a better blogger.

Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie and the Blogger

Carnegie made a killing in oil and steel after coming to the US at the age of 13 and getting a job as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory for $1.25 week. I used to work for $1.25 an hour, but never that cheaply for a week. But, then at the time, I could buy gasoline for .25/gallon. Let me see…I worked for 5 gallons of gas [Read more...]

Margaret Thatcher’s tip on finding your blogging voice

I knew a preacher once who’s favorite line was “If you aren’t you, who’s going to be you?” I am not sure what that had to do with anything in the Bible, but that is a different story.

I am in the process of reading Ronald Reagan’s memoir. Yeah, I know. He has been gone for a while.

One of Reagan’s best friends on the world stage was Margaret Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher has a famous quip that I think helps define voice for a blogger.

Margaret Thatcher's blogging tip on voice
Margaret Thatcher’s blogging tip on voice

“People who stand in the middle of the road get hit by traffic going in both directions.”

Others would say, “Get off the fence.”

My dad would say, “Poop (not his words) or get off the pot.”

That’s the thing about blogging. It doesn’t take long for readers to figure out you are trying to be like s [Read more...]

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