After more than 20 years developing my professional skills, I have finally decided to start my own business. After talking to friends and colleagues I have concluded that it is important to express my views and opinions in regards to the evolution of business and technology. This will be a difficult task because even though I have been in Canada for 13 years, English is still not my first language and unfortunately I think it never will be: Spanish is my mother tongue and Business is my second language!

After I decided to start writing a blog, I felt overwhelmed because writing is not my strongest skill; but guess what, I always have something to say! So, at least once a month I will have a different topic to write about; I will do my best to write about an interesting topic which will still be easy to read; I know a lot about IT but I would rather write about general topics related to my professional experiences helping companies improve their business.

The other day I was talking to my uncle about his memoirs because I was very impressed with how all his memories came to him in order to write his book. His explanation was very simple; you only start writing and one thing will lead to the next. I just hope that this will also work with my blog!

So WHY DO I NEED A BLOG?

The people I have worked with know that I always do my best, that I am reliable and very professional (don’t take me wrong, I don’t want to be arrogant). But unfortunately my friends and my previous colleagues are not going to be my customers and the only way I will be able to get known outside my “circle” is by exposing my company to the media. A website, a Facebook page, and a LinkedIn page can definitely show I exist, but I think that anybody can do that! Even my 13 year old daughter who is not technically advanced, and my 74 year old mom are on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

So what will differentiate me from everybody else? How can I show that there is somebody behind those “advertisement” tools? Well, I CAN HAVE A BLOG ! It is one way for strangers to know a little bit about me. It is a tool that I can use to expose my skills and my thoughts. I can share experiences, we can have discussions that can help us grow as professionals, and we could even become better human beings!

These are the reasons why I WANT A BLOG , and I hope that you enjoy my future posts!