Another data point: I wasn’t too bothered with the general sales-pitchiness of the first two posts, possibly because I’ve occasionally gained useful knowledge by reading actual sales pitches from the self-help crowd.
That said, you had me hooked by the third paragraph of Part I and I’ve been going “get to the POINT already” since then. I do see some value in personal testimony, but it should be far more condensed.
Another data point: I wasn’t too bothered with the general sales-pitchiness of the first two posts, possibly because I’ve occasionally gained useful knowledge by reading actual sales pitches from the self-help crowd.
That said, you had me hooked by the third paragraph of Part I and I’ve been going “get to the POINT already” since then. I do see some value in personal testimony, but it should be far more condensed.