About The Backstory Initiative...
What's it about, who's it for, who writes it and why it's written (somewhat regularly).
I write because I don’t know what I’m thinking until I read what I say.
~ Flannery O’Connor
Welcome to The Backstory Initiative. I’ll be brief and simply try to answer the basic questions you might have. If the answers resonate, I hope you’ll subscribe to receive future issues. If not, I understand completely and wish you much success on your life’s journey.
As the opening quote says, I write primarily to figure things out. What I’ve learned over time is I’m not the only one who does and sometimes my sharing helps others sort out what they’re thinking.
So I keep writing.
Over the years, I’ve filled more journals, both physical and electronic, than I can count (or even locate). But only in the past couple of years have I started sharing my deeper thoughts in more public forums.
When I stumbled upon Substack it just felt like the right next step for me.
I’ve never really enjoyed the typical mailing list programs where I have to work to make things look good and manage all the backend stuff. No matter how easy they make it, I still find ways to screw it up. And the frequency of my messages never comes close to my desire and intent.
Since Substack is much more like writing an e-mail, my hope is this will be an easier path for me to share my thinking…and right now you may be wondering what that thinking will be about ...
My fundamental belief is simple — each of us was put on this planet to travel a journey that will reveal lessons to us. But is is the lessons we earn as we navigate our biggest challenges and face out most difficult moments that we are here to capture, curate, and communicate with the people who need them.
If you’ve read this far (and are pondering subscribing, I hope), then my bet is our paths were supposed to cross. This newsletter is my way of putting the lessons I’ve ‘earned’ into the universe so readers like you can find them. They’ll center around how you capture the lessons from your journey and leverage them to live up to your full potential in whatever way you choose to walk the planet.
Thematically we’ll touch on a wide array of topics with an eye on the lessons revealed in the moments that mattered most in our lives. Those moments shaped us and defined us in a way we may not fully understand. The goal of this writing is to encourage you to dig deeper and unlock the meaning within those moments. To unearth the lessons you earned and decide how you want to use them to help others.
If there is an underlying goal it is this — to help you tap into the potential path for leveraging your life’s lessons in service to others from the stage, the page, and in the way you choose to walk the planet and engage with people every day.
That pretty much covers what this publication is about, who it’s for, and to some degree why it’s written. Before wrapping up, let me share a few words about who writes it…
I’m Dr. Michael Hudson, aka Professor Hudson — a recovering college professor (University of Illinois and Cornell University), professional keynote speaker, author, and message coach.
My personal mantra is Ask, Listen, Learn, & Serve.
And the only thing I know for sure is none of us is as smart as all of us…so let’s engage in becoming the best ‘we’ that we can be so we can inspire and support others to do the same!
Thank you for reading … I hope you will continue.
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