your post got me thinking to perhaps I need to search for a mentor willing to put up with me

This post really makes me think, Wally.

I recently turned on the preference to get an email for blog posts written by those I have followed. Suddenly, my email was so flooded with posts that I couldn't even sort them, let alone read them all.

I've been trying to decide what to do. If I try to read them all I consume time that should be devoted to content and building my business. It's been on my mind all week. Thanks for sharing some thoughts related to this.

I enjoy your posts Wally. I learn from many of the WA members and I appreciate it very much!!! Merry Christmas and God bless you!!!
Phyllis

interesting concept, though I would differ with being your own mentor

you want to be your own best cheerleader and advisor -- however a mentor is someone outside of ourself, someone who can help us see something in ourself that we could not otherwise see or reach

all the best,

Hi Wally,
Merry Christmas to you. I am surprise you are still writing this know and unknown stuff. Can I give you a suggestion?
You have heard of "show and tell", haven't you?
What you are doing now is telling. Your concepts are great but it is very hard for us to make use of it.
Can you give us examples and show us how it is done?
For examples:
- if I don't have traffic. How do I improve it?
- "law of attraction", how should I write which uses this method?
- if I ranking is no good, how do I improve?
- conversion rate is bad, how to improve?

Show us the way to success.
Cheers.

What I find interesting is that you wanted to see the face behind the dog and talked me into sharing pictures because it humanizes me and makes me more relatable. I love your blogs but *I* would like to see *you* come through in them, everything is cut and dry and it 's great information, but we don't really see Wally. So, as you've agreed, people are different. My blogs are a mixed bag. Sometimes I share WA stuff, sometimes I share me stuff. People are free to read them or not, but I'm lucky to have made friends with several people here and I enjoy reading about them too, so I'm the opposite (until it comes to toilet paper... I agree with Tom on that, hahaha).

Wally, I doubt that we could describe a personality that we could not find several of here in our WA family. That, to me, is part of the pleasure of being here. I think blogs are for two purposes. One is for the possible benefit or pleasure of the reader and sometimes it is probably very important that the writer feel safe enough to share something they need to share with people who care. If I am not one of those who care I can just be thankful for my delete button and there is no way they can "waste my time". If I feel a kind word of support might be helpful to them I am rewarded by offering it. I certainly do not feel anything is wrong with those who feel differently. If what we are doing is making us happy and joyful there would be no reason to change. Best wishes for a great week.
Harold

I have to say, Wally, that to some small extent I disagree. "All work and no play makes Wally a dull boy." There's some truth in that. I do not mean to say that we should all get caught up in the minutia of our fellows' daily lives, but a little socializing is good for the soul. We are, after all, social animals, like it or not.

I do agree that I don't need to know the contents of everyone's meals or what kind of toilet paper they prefer. But learning about 'their' lives helps us communicate more effectively with 'them'. That is what we're after, isn't it?