There’s an inverse relationship between scale and connection.
You can have 10,000 friends, but you can’t have a meaningful relationship with more than 150 of them.
This is an idea I’ve thought about often since starting this blog.
If I had 10,000 readers, I’d have some semblance of “scale”, but I also wouldn’t be able to reply—at least thoughtfully—to every email I receive from readers.
“You reply to every email?” I hear someone thinking.
Yeah, I do.
And precisely because it doesn’t scale, and that it doesn’t make sense within any “grow your brand” mental model, is perhaps what makes it special; it’s perhaps what makes the connections real.
My reader count is private, and like many things that are unseen from the public eye, they serve as intrinsic motivators, rather than extrinsic medallions of success.
It’s an honour to hear from you, learn from you, and to have the privilege of sharing a few thoughts and words everyday.