How to make big things happen a little bit at a time…

Small Revolutions

Why I’ve Revived This Blog

by Rob Burns

A number of years ago I was at a crossroads and I found writing a blog was very helpful. Therapeutic, if you like. Blogs help me think out loud.

I find myself in a very different place than I was back then. I’m happy, married, have a house and a dog. And I live in Devon.

I still like thinking out loud.

“Small Revolutions” was a motif I found, and still find powerful.

It’s also a book I’d like to explore and write.

Small Revolutions is about making change happen. But it doesn’t need to be scary or full of big decisions. Change always happens a bit at a time, it’s just that we don;t see it until it gets to its tipping point.

So I’m using this blog to explore my changing/evolving whilst consciously exploring the principles which make change happen a bit at a time.

I found this quote, and it feels like it should be here too.

“What would you like to do if money were no object? … Because if you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you’ll spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is, to go on doing things you don’t like doing. Which is stupid! Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, than a long life spent in a miserable way.” (Do You Do It, or Does It Do You? Alan Watts)

I want to be a published writer. I want a book(s) to my name and I want that book to help people.

Putting “Small Revolutions” into practise, it seems to me the most logical thing is to a) start here and now, b) in way that I can control, and c) start doing it a little bit at a time.

And I suppose this is the story of how I am doing it…

November 23, 2011   Comments Off

I Choose A Better Internet

by Rob Burns

I believe you have to choose which side you stand on in life.

And it applies no less to the Internet.

When you decide to add content to the Internet, in any form, I think you have to make the decision to make the Internet a better place.

That is:

  • Actively contributing to the sum of knowledge available online
  • Adding an authentic voice to the millions (billions?) out there
  • Adding to the quality of information and content online
I’d never consciously thought about this before or articulated it. But when a client mentioned something today about their distrust of the Internet, it clicked.
We all have to take responsibility for building a better Internet.
And I think it’s important to make it a conscious decision.
Those of us who do take part in building a better Internet will naturally rise to the top. We’ll attract incoming links, people will share what we’ve created. We’ll get better search engine results. And in our own little way, we’ll be advancing understanding and the quality of a digital space which is continually changing our lives.
We choose if it’s for the better or if it’s for the worse.
I choose a better Internet.

November 23, 2011   Comments Off