Changing things around
You may have noticed that I haven’t been blogging very much lately.
It doesn’t mean that I intend to stop blogging but, since this Website has always been about learning and growing, I’ve decided to take things in a different direction.
The new content, much like my new blog’s address (etiennegarbugli.com) will be more personal. New topics like travel, health and Asia will be explored on top of what was already explored here.
The reasons for the change
Although, at its peak, 21 lives had good traffic, very successful posts, great fans (thank you :) and led to interesting speaking and networking opportunities, it ultimately failed to align with my growing interests.
To publish fresh content regularly*, it’s important to be inspired and, in the end, I felt limited by the blog’s 7 categories.
More so, I became uncomfortable with the lesson format I had established. I may be able to teach a thing or two but, at this point, I consider myself much more of a student than a teacher – speaking in absolutes is also very hard and doesn’t lead to great discussions.
21 lives will remain active for the next month but, no new content will be published.
I thank you for your readership. I hope you will follow me to etiennegarbugli.com. All posts written for 21 lives will remain available over there.
- Etienne
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21 lives is a digest of hand-picked lessons and stories meant to inspire and expand your mind. Together, we'll see what Babe Ruth, JFK and my dad can teach us about business, work or, maybe even, life. We can do more. My personal goal is to inspire action towards whatever you wish to do with your life. 
