“Sir, were we away for a while?” I asked, kicking off the latest conversation between myself and The Effective Detective.
The Detective paused for several seconds before responding, “Yes, Watson, as a matter of fact yes we were.”
“Was there a reason?” I asked, my curiosity piqued.
“Not a particularly good one Watson.” He paused before continuing, “I suppose you won’t be satisfied until I expound on this?” he ended with a sigh.
“Sorry sir, but no, I won’t.”
“You are nothing if not persistent Watson. Very well. Once I decided to include video in the weekly e-zine, I essentially doubled my work. There were my discussions with you, and writing a video script, which is not quite as simple as others might think. Plus I had to actually record the videos which created complications as well. At some point – I don’t remember exactly when – I decided I needed to back away from something, and my discussions with you were chosen to get the proverbial axe.” The Detective paused, inviting me to jump in.
“What changed that we are back with our discussions sir?” I asked, more curious than hurt that I had been ignored for a while.
“Ahh Watson, you have your fans! I was often asked why I wasn’t publishing our talks anymore. It seems that more than a few people enjoy reading over watching video,” he answered. “Not only that, sometimes it just isn’t possible or appropriate to watch a video. In the end I realized I was cutting off a percentage of my audience, just so I could create content the way I wanted to. A classic example of not listening to your audience!”
“Are you admitting to a mistake sir?” I pushed.
“Watson, I believe we have more important issues to discuss, can we move on please?” The Detective shot back, perhaps a bit too quickly.
I smiled. “Always good to recognize the error in your ways sir. I for one am glad to be back, and we can leave it at that.”
“Thank you Watson. It is good to be back. Shall we get back to work?”
“With pleasure sir.”
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