Write As if Nobody is Reading

One of my favorite books I get to read to Audra is a stylized biography of Audrey Hepburn. In it, there’s a passage that details her famous quote, “Dance like nobody is watching. Sing like nobody is listening.”

I have a corollary. “Write as if nobody is reading.”

I mention this because two good friends of mine mentioned tonight unprovoked that they read my blog. Which is surprising because I really don’t publicize my posts in any way. I hardly post them on social media. I don’t text them, “Hey, this one’s really good, check it out!”

I don’t expect that anybody reads my nightly musings.

I write because I love to write. It helps me process my world, and how life seems to evolve as I age.

I coach the same way. I don’t post much on social media about my coaching, though I know I need to more now that I’ve made the mental shift to realizing I’m running a business and not a pure hobby. Still, if I didn’t have to, I wouldn’t. I believe that results should begat referrals. And those referrals are how I want to grow because it means the people who have been with me, believe in me.

That’s enough for me.

Maybe that’s the secret? Maybe if we just keep our heads down and do the things we love, with focus and pure intent…the outside interest comes naturally?