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Tobias Zimpel · 12-18-2007, 12:25 PM

Thanks for the excellent article. I thought I could tell you my story of finding my medium.

I always felt a strong urge to express myself in writing. As a teemager, I dreamed about publishing a book, later I began to fiddle with different homepage projects, but I never got it going. Either I didn't even get it ready for publishing, or it faded away in a matter of days.

So from an intuitive, emotional aspect, I always was attracted to use writing as my medium. But as I never succeeded, doubts came up, and I had to go a little further to get prove for it. So I asked my spirit guides or ancestors ( I'm not quite sure yet...), and they told me to write a book. But I refused, since I have over 15 years of experience with the internet, and that seems to be a better fit in all measures, and is in perfect alignment to the lifestyle I dream about.

When I stumbled about blogging some 2 years ago, I started to dream of my own personal development blog, but as I said before, I couldn't get one started.

It was only some weeks ago that I finally decided to think really bit - and got my own blog finally started. Only then I stumbled about my exact message, and my motivation and enthusiasm took off, taking me to a state that I never thought possible.

My medium - at least for now - is blogging, because it allows me to self-publish my articles and share with the whole world for no charge, while still making some money on the way. And it has a lot of potential for further income generation, as Steve has discussed in all depth in his article on How To Make Money From Your Blog.

The message I found is to help you living your dream. I always felt a strong urge to help change the world for the better, but I never got a clear focus on how exactly I wanted to do that - until I finally helped my girl friend to find and accept her life's purpose and take responsibility for it. Her smile, her joy, made me the happiest guy on planet earth - not because she is my girl friend, but because I could help, because I could make a difference in her life, and though that difference, she will do an even greater difference in the life of others.

So I want to encourage you to search for your message - it is with you from birth on, and waits for you to finally accept it. Then use the techniques that erin presents to find a medium through which to express your message in a way that provides a value to other people. You will find that helping others feels absolutely great, and that sharing your message will fill you with joy and enthusiasm yourself.

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Tobias Zimpel Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bielefeld, Germany Posts: 180	How I found my medium - and my message Thanks for the excellent article. I thought I could tell you my story of finding my medium. I always felt a strong urge to express myself in writing. As a teemager, I dreamed about publishing a book, later I began to fiddle with different homepage projects, but I never got it going. Either I didn't even get it ready for publishing, or it faded away in a matter of days. So from an intuitive, emotional aspect, I always was attracted to use writing as my medium. But as I never succeeded, doubts came up, and I had to go a little further to get prove for it. So I asked my spirit guides or ancestors ( I'm not quite sure yet...), and they told me to write a book. But I refused, since I have over 15 years of experience with the internet, and that seems to be a better fit in all measures, and is in perfect alignment to the lifestyle I dream about. When I stumbled about blogging some 2 years ago, I started to dream of my own personal development blog, but as I said before, I couldn't get one started. It was only some weeks ago that I finally decided to think really bit - and got my own blog finally started. Only then I stumbled about my exact message, and my motivation and enthusiasm took off, taking me to a state that I never thought possible. My medium - at least for now - is blogging, because it allows me to self-publish my articles and share with the whole world for no charge, while still making some money on the way. And it has a lot of potential for further income generation, as Steve has discussed in all depth in his article on How To Make Money From Your Blog. The message I found is to help you living your dream. I always felt a strong urge to help change the world for the better, but I never got a clear focus on how exactly I wanted to do that - until I finally helped my girl friend to find and accept her life's purpose and take responsibility for it. Her smile, her joy, made me the happiest guy on planet earth - not because she is my girl friend, but because I could help, because I could make a difference in her life, and though that difference, she will do an even greater difference in the life of others. So I want to encourage you to search for your message - it is with you from birth on, and waits for you to finally accept it. Then use the techniques that erin presents to find a medium through which to express your message in a way that provides a value to other people. You will find that helping others feels absolutely great, and that sharing your message will fill you with joy and enthusiasm yourself.