Motivation on the Run

When was the last time you looked at your ‘about me’ page on your website? Last week, last month, or was it when you set up your site and wrote some quick text to fill in all that blank space?

Over the weekend, I did a little summer cleaning in my News Reader, removing some old feeds that are dead and adding some new websites to the mix. The process of adding sites was tedious, in some regards, because the first thing I did was read the ‘about me’ page to learn a little about the author.

Is your’s one of the handful that is blank or worse, still shows the default text, “this is where you write something about yourself.” I hope not, but you better go check, if you can’t remember. I know I went back to my pages and decided I need to update them. My websites haven’t been updated in over a year and it shows.

This page is your showcase. Who you are and what you’ve accomplished with your life. I, for one, really want to know a little background of the author of blogs I read. I’m not talking about giving away information you are uncomfortable with displaying for all the world to see, but something. I, for one, am uncomfortable revealing certain bits to the world, at large.

I also understand if circumstances dictate your need to stay anonymous for reasons of job stability, but most sites are not tell alls about the crummy place you work. Most are great sites by someone most of us would enjoy “getting to know” better.

Your assignment: head to your own ‘about me’ page and see what you say about yourself. You just might be surprised.