It's pretty rare to just talk to people who are having a tough time in the economy, to hear their individual stories.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always believed in working hard, and I'm grateful that people seem to connect with the kinds of stories I'm passionate about telling.
I mostly write about the working poor. Somehow, they're not being written about much anymore. I'm very interested in people who are in a situation that needs a little puzzling out. The thing that gets me started on a story is a person in a tough situation.
Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain that lies at the back of a lot of people's stories and histories.
I speak to people who have been through so much more.
I'm consistently telling stories about the value of the human condition and connectedness and things like that.
Everything is an open book. I don't speak on other people's hardship, but if it happened in my life or something that has been an experience on my particular journey, I'm going to talk about it. That's what my fan base appreciates the most. I'm universal. You can relate to the things I say or that I go through.
If you have read me for any length of time, you know I am less than enthralled with much of what passes for financial news.
Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don't want to talk about is difficult.
Rich folks always talk hard times.
I hate telling that story to people who've been struggling for years.