Occupational Adventure blog - 1 year birthday

...and now, a very happy one year birthday to the Occupational Adventure blog! I'd like to give a huge and hearty thanks to all of you who have been along for the ride.

I would especially like to thank the two people who are responsible for my starting this blog to begin with - Lori Richardson, who organized a FastCompany magazine Company of Friends meeting on blogging and convinced me to come, and John Porcaro, whose insights on blogging that night started the gears spinning.

When I got home that night, I signed up for a TypePad account, and started my blogging odyssey the very next day.

It has been an incredible ride thus far. It's given me a vehicle to learn and explore my ideas further, to make some great connections, and to get the word out about my ideas and what I'm doing.

Last but not remotely least, it has given me the opportunity to consistently throw pebbles in the pond to create that ripple effect of positive change.

Some of the business successes that have come in relation to my blog (and my interaction on others' blogs):

* An article in the premiere issue of Worthwhile magazine (on the newsstands in mid-October).
* Being listed in Seth Godin's e-book Bull Market 2004 as a blog worth a read.
* Several new clients around North America.
* A passion workshop with a company in Chicago.
* Several contacts initiated by journalists who found me via my blog (e.g., Jean Chatzky at Money magazine, and a journalist who is writing a story that will be coming out on Monster.com / CareerBuilder).
* Broad exposure: Links from blogs such as FastCompany, Worthwhile, Monster.com'sThe Monster Blog, The Boston Globe's Job Blog, Rebecca Blood's blog, and more.
* Great feedback from "beta testers" around the world on an online course I am developing.

It has been interesting to watch it unfold, and a great lesson in "letting the process happen." When I wrote my first post, I had no idea what the blog was going to look like, or what I was going to write about (other than a very general notion that it would be passion-related, of course). I had literally no clue about blogging. I decided to simply follow it and see where it would take me.

I'm glad I did.

So thanks once again to all of you who have been regular readers, and to everyone who has linked to this blog.

Curt Rosengren
Passion Catalyst ^SM

Comments

[Marcia]

Curt, I've found your blog to be a wonderful source of inspiration and optimism. Several times, I've sent friends links to your blog. I hope your second year is even more successful than the first.

[Francie]

Congratulations Curt!

I've been following your blog off and on for about 6 months. Some of your entries prompt my wheels to spin. Others help to confirm processes I've run across before in other formats of learning.
Repetition is good (and I think necessary) for patterning behavior. I know I'm still a work in progress!

Thanks for being a source of inspiration and confirmation in my ongoing adventure. It's not always easy, but life is good!

[Elaine Ness]

Hi Curt,

How great to read of your success and it is no wonder! Your blog is informative, helpful and inspiring—a unique take on many things. You also have directed me to many resources that are very useful and it has been fun to pass them along to others.

When I get the signal that you have added something new I pop right on over here to see what's up. And that is every day. So, if "consistency is the key to success" you are already there.

Congratulations.

[Lori Richardson]

Curt - thanks for the kind words. I feel the same way about you in encouraging me to not just start my blog but continue it even when I get inconsistent in my posts.

No other blog has offered me more inspiration in doing what I love, on a regular basis as yours has. Way to go!!

[Martin Spernau]

Well, what can I say? Congaratz! Has it already been one year now?

What a wonderfull time.
Thanks for doing this and starting me into a completly new direction. Even if it means I might actually stop blogging ;)
-Martin