Telling v/s Showing

March 9th, 2009 by Ranjan Leave a reply »

The target audience for this post is me alone. This is to record my thoughts about being a better blogger. So it’s okay for you to skip this one.

I have come to understand the futility of “telling” something to readers. It sounds preachy. Good in theory, but ain’t practical.

Like the one I read on a billboard today: “Let us strive to make tomorrow better than today”.

Does it make an impact on you and me? Not really, because it’s “telling” me to do something rather than “showing” me what to do!

“Telling” is like saying: “Take my advice. I don’t use it anyway”.

I think there can be a better way. Instead of the preachy “do’s” & “don’ts” of personal finance, there could be a way to “show” the way to manage your money.

How? That’s a million dollar question that I have to struggle with.

Example: Instead of talking about the benefits of budgeting (theory and preachy part), I can show you the “Personal Finance Tracker”. See this screen shot below:

Personal Finance Tracker: Budget Chart

Personal Finance Tracker: Budget Chart

Hey, I told you this post is for me trying to show myself to write better. Now that you’ve come thus far, let me know if you think I’m on the right track.

Thanks! I promise I’ll get better and better :)

Btw, if you want to try out the tracker application, you can download it for free from Zoho Creator’s Marketplace. It’s featured right on the top!!

तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमयः|; Sharing is Caring!
The purpose of this blog is to improve the way Indians manage their money and improve their knowledge about personal finance. We are living in a world which is increasingly becoming smaller and information is being shared at lighting fast pace.

However it still remains a mystery as how less we know about personal finance. The only solution is to share whatever useful stuff you find.

Some readers have come back to me saying that I should facilitate easy sharing of my content. So go ahead share it with your friends and family

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3 comments

  1. Ranjan

    If I get it correct , Do you mean, That just letting people know what we are doing about something ourselves or what is a good way to so some stuff , is more effective than telling them explicitely that they “should do this or should not do that” . Is that you point ?

  2. srinivas says:

    sir,
    thanks very much for this service.kindly post your views on ulip polices.
    thanks in advance.

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