When I initially conceived of building WisdomHound.com I wanted to accomplish two goals with the site.

     First, I wanted to have a place where I could write about and document all those things that have enriched my life somehow. These could include insights from my favorite books or articles that I have read, benefits from websites or software programs that have made life better for me in some way, or good advice I have heard from those much wiser than myself. I am very growth oriented by nature and always looking for ways to make my life easier / better / happier and wanted to use this site as my primary tool for documenting my journey and progress in case any of it may be of some benefit to others.

     My second goal for the site was to have one place where I could log and share any and all interesting (entertaining, educational, incredible) links / nuggets of information that I stumbled across as I attempt to satisfy my never-ending thirst for knowledge.

     So how am I doing after my first month? Well, it appears as if I have so far neglected my first goal entirely and primarily focused only on sharing cool links. This is an imbalance that I intend on correcting from this point forward. I have a long list of articles that I have been wanting to write (in some case for years) and while I will continue to post many of my favorite links, I am going to focus the majority of my free time to writing about all those things that I believe have improved my life in some way. This will be encapsulated with the WisdomHound.com’s new slogan:

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"Searching For Ways to Make Your Life Better"

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To deliver upon this goal, I’ll try to cover topics relating to specific, underlying themes /desires / needs that lie within us all:
      ○ To Grow (Discover, Learn, Understand, Improve)
      ○ To Have Fun (Movies, Music, Entertainment)
      ○ To Help (Volunteer, Teach)
      ○ To Create (Write, Draw, Build, Blog, YouTube)
      ○ To Find Peace (Means many things to many people)
      ○ To Find Balance Between All of the Above
      ○ To Connect / Affiliate – Encompasses All of the Above

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What Makes Me An Expert on Any of This?

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     In short, it is my non-expertise in all of this that makes me qualified to write about any of it. I am very skeptical of anyone who claims to have found "IT" for once someone arrives at this conclusion, their mind stops searching for alternative possibilities. I believe that it is these ever-unfolding possibilities that make life so interesting.

     Yes, I have biases and beliefs that I currently hold. But if there’s one thing I can tell you about myself, it is that I am a frustratingly big flip-flopper and proud of it. I try not to take any of my beliefs too seriously and am always open to exploring the reasons underlying another’s point of view. Even if we ultimately arrive at different conclusions, the least we can do is understand and respect where the other is coming from.

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How to View All of My Favorite Links

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     For those of you who visit the site primarily for the links, going forward I will be posting all links (including the few that make it to my blog and the many that don’t) on my public Google Reader feed below (which can be subscribed to separately if so desired).

http://www.google.com/reader/shared/WisdomHound

     After trying a number of different mediums for sharing links (Posting them Here, Twitter, Digg) I have found nothing to be nearly as useful as Google Reader for organizing and sharing links to my favorite Online content. In addition to having the standard features like RSS Feeds, Tags, Notes, etc. in typical Google-Stalker form, it’s also great for discovering new blogs & people linking to similar content to the kinds of stuff you are already reading anyway (very similar to Amazon.com recommendations). But enough free publicity for Google; like they need it.

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So Where’s That Leave Us?

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So to sum up, going forward:

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I Have a Favor to Ask of You

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     It is not my intention for this blog to turn into a never ending, one way monologue.  So if you are reading this please let me know your thoughts every once in a while.  I’ve added a suggestions tab the right to make it super easy, or you can simply post a comment the old fashion way too.  If there is a certain topic that you find particularly interesting please pass it along.  Likewise, if you find that I’m droning on, let me know so I can stop.