This is part three of a seven-part series on bio writing for every level professional.
Now, to answer the question I can anticipate you asking, “How can you write a bio about yourself when there is very little to say?”
First, you have to be clear about your direction, what you offer, and whom you offer your services to. Without this information, you can’t really write a new bio, an old bio, or any bio.
Get very clear about what service you provide, how your provide it, and to whom.
Sometimes when folks answer these questions, they may realize that they were headed in the wrong direction with their new career choice because these three things don’t really click with who they are and what they stand for.
We are living in the age of excessive online baloney. What this means is that there is a lot of misinformation about going into business for yourself out there.
Don’t get mixed up in get-rich-quick schemes. Strive to have a legitimate career with actual skills you can grow and hone. If someone is offering shortcuts or secrets or any of the other hoo-haw coming into our inboxes these days, think twice.
And don’t write a fantasy bio. Ground your bio in reality even if you are just getting started heading in a new direction. I bet when you do, you will discover that you have legitimate skills to share with the world. And I bet you will also find that you are looking forward to gaining and using even more skills so you can make your bio even stronger.
If you write your bio in a new direction you think you want to go in and you feel kind of “meh” afterwards, then maybe that’s not your next best direction.
Maybe you were just going to go that way because it sounded good in theory or you thought people would expect that direction from you. Don’t go in the expected direction. Don’t go in a theoretical direction. Go in the direction that makes your heart sing.
If you are going to go in brand new direction, you may as well go for it, and make it a direction that will make you happy every day. And then your bio will grow stronger organically and authentically.
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