About Us (Me)

Have you noticed in just about every website there's an "About Us' section. It happens to be amongst the most popular pages on a given website, whether business or personal. Yet at the same time, it's considered a smaller link - sometime you have to search the home page to find it. It's interesting that something so sought after by numerous people would at the same time be created in a manner that's difficult to access.

Why we do we go there...what value does it offer..? There's a 100% guarantee that either a man or a woman is listed there. It'll be about people, and perhaps have a mission statement if it's a business. Ideally they'll share their value set with the reader, and as we live in a PC world, they won't say whether they prefer BBQ to steamed vegetables, or support abortion personally or share how they voted in the last election. Rather that section will outline some gobbledygook (I'm not even certain how to spell that word!) about serving their client base, and being committed members of their respective community. We're not really looking for that "spin", but at the same time we're so attuned to hearing and reading it, we're looking for divergence away from that message. Ultimately the truth being sought is whether we should believe these people. That applies whether we we're considering buying their goods, services or advice, or whether we just want to laugh and are unwilling to allow ourselves to do it with a bunch of Neo-Nazi sympathizers.

With all that in mind then..(the pressure builds)..you should know whether your author is a wack-job or a insightful voice amongst today's cacophony of noise. As always - you do get to decide.

I'm a North American male and have lived and worked in numerous countries. I'm a father of two, married for almost twenty years and I do give back in a couple ways to the community that I live in. So what does this tell you ?

• I have a pro-western, probably capitalistic, probably conservative view of the world
• I may have interesting insights and multiple perspectives by virtue of living and working in different cultures
• I am probably not self centered, will understand the role of compromise and will write somewhat paternally, bordering on selflessly
  
• As I live in the west, and am creating a blog, I have fewer money issues that the majority of planet earth - read the 5.5B+ people that aren't in that situation
• There's probably been some higher education, as determined from writing style, and so there may be some educated opinion. (emphasis on "may")
  

All of this from those 39 words above.

So, what does your own description of yourself say about you. What would you like it to say..? Think about it and then carefully craft your own 39 works - but if you do it on the fly, or don't think through its implications, don't be surprised if people arrive at a conclusion you're unhappy with.