Benefits of sharing your ideas and experience

I wrote in Part 2 of My Story that one of the things I learnt from my startup experience is getting the right people to know you. Yes, instead of trying hard to get to know people. And writing a blog is the easiest way to do so.

I was therefore very glad today when Kee Peow of Kaplen I.T. Services Private Limited sent me an email commending me on my blog, saying that my articles are "thought provoking and interesting". Thank you Kee Peow.

He said he was particularly drawn to my piece, Part 2 of My Story, especially on the point where I firmly believe that entrepreneurship is an attitude, a belief. He went on to add that entrepreneurship is also a lifestyle.

I think this word is powerful as well and it adds to the many meanings of entrepreneurship. Indeed, if entrepreneurship is a lifestyle, then what you do, guided by your belief, is a reflection of your attitude and living out your day-to-day life becomes a lifestyle which you are immersed in entirely.

Kee Peow went on to share with me (and us) about the importance of forming a good team to manage the business. He agreed with me that the team that the founder(s) of a company form, can indeed make or break the business.

Overall, I guess Kee Peow today shared with me, not just his experience, which comes from actually starting and running his business, but I felt also, his feelings about having gone through it all. Times of triumph and times of despair. I very much felt that my article must have tugged a heart string of his, and his email, a heart cord of mine.

I have today, met a friend and a good person to add to my network of business contacts, all from sharing my thoughts on a blog. Though one example, I was able to receive a valued response in a short period of time (2 days). Imagine how much more you would be able to learn from others because you are able to touch them yourself? Do you see the power of reaching out and yet drawing in the right people? What's stopping you to start sharing?