The Blogging Alphabet: C Is For Curiosity, Courage, Content And Character

It’s the inner fuel that keeps one going in the face of adversity. Courage takes you through the rough times like a shield. Fear cannot stand up to a person who has the courage to face up to anything thrown at them.

Here’s a few words from an expert in Courage:

Courage! What makes a King out of a slave?
Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave?
Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk, in the misty mist or the dusky dusk?
What makes the muskrat guard his musk?
Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder?
Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder?
Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the “ape” in apricot?
Courage!

-The Cowardly Lion in “The Wizard of OZ.”

Content is king, or so we learn from early on in our blogging career. Without content, we would not have films, television, plays, books or the great blogs we have at our disposal. But just producing content is not enough. There are parameters that must be met if you want your content to get read by lots of people.

-Content must be unique. It mus be written by you, and not copied from another source.
-Content must be in your own voice. We all have a personality that identifies who you are. Use that to create content that talks like you talk.
-Content must be fresh. Don’t beat a dead horse and talk about the the same 3 things all the time. Write about different things every day, and keep it interesting.

Let’s hear it for Curiosity. Without it, there would be no great inventions, no countries discovered and a lot more cats. Seriously, it’s curiosity that enables the Thinkers to explore places where no one has gone before. Einstein said that curiosity is more important than knowledge. Why would that be? Curiosity creates more knowledge because it prompts you to look deeper into things that aren’t finished.

Character is what you do when no one is looking. Do you use a pen at work, and then take it home with you by “accident?” Do you look at the answers to a cross word puzzle that’s tougher than you’re used to? These things and others point not only to a bad character, but to someone who has a poverty outlook.

There is a point to having a good, inborn character. Good characters help others before they think of themselves. They help people get that big box off the top shelf in a market. They have a good, positive attitude toward every situation they find themselves in. A bad character looks for things to go wrong.

Character has to do with integrity, industry, simplicity, modesty and following the Golden Rule. Just for your benefit, the Golden Rule states: “Do Unto Others As You Would Have Others Do Unto You.” People with good character live this rule every day, and with every action.