On Your Mark… Go!… Get Set

(“Ready, Fire, Aim” was taken)

Thoughtboss ‘started’ as really just an experiment in blogging… I wanted to learn WordPress (outside the confines of my job). I dove right in. But then, I had to go and choose the theme: Think. Start. Lead.

Think. I’m obsessed with original thought. Aphorisms, if they even exist. The modern day mediums of the internet and television often don’t allow for much more than concise regurgitations of old ideas, and they’re never in context… it’s just one piece of meaningless dribble after the next. I realize the irony of saying that in a blog post, but the idea here (as elsewhere in the digital world) is that I might be able to at least point to (at least quasi-) original ideas.

Start. Aggregating information about ‘starting’ new things is quite an endeavor. For my purposes, ‘curating’ might be a better word. Some new starts are more interesting than others. Some ‘how-to’ guides for startups are smarter than others. Some resources are cooler.

Lead. Truth be told, when I had to choose a domain name, the first thing I searched was thoughtleader.com, but it was taken. WordPress suggested thoughtboss (so I can’t even say I came up with it, but it is a pretty cool name). Thinkers and Starters are Leaders. It’s leadership in that context that inspires me… leadership that has to do with thinking and starting…

Who knows, maybe thoughtboss can become a cool little curating community full of these types of conversations.