Baby steps of an introvert in the world of content...
Who am I and what to expect from this Substack?
Who am I?
I am an Aeronautical Engineer by profession✈️. My education and profession has given me the chance to live in 3 different countries and hence I have learned to look at the world with slightly more open eyes than before.
I like to read auto-biographies and online content on various platforms. I love watching movies/web-series and nerd about it. I am avid sports fan with a particular fondness for Formula 1, badminton and cricket.
📖 My latest read: “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness”.
🎥 My favorite movie: Too difficult to pick one but I will go with “The Pursuit of Happyness” and “Interstellar”. I Would love to talk about a few more but hey that’s an idea for having another section on my Substack!
🛩️ One aircraft I wish could grace our skies today: SR-71 “BlackBird”.
I would like to keep my actual identity and my professional activities a bit private for now.
Because I am Batman …an introvert, remember?
Perhaps as I become more comfortable with the platform and all its intricacies, I'll gradually reveal more about myself, bit by bit. I'll scatter a few breadcrumbs of my identity throughout my posts, allowing you to piece together a character in your mind.
(I really hope that my stupid self hasn’t added my actual name somewhere else on this platform! Don’t go looking…Please🥺)
Why the name “The Nimbus Narratives” ?
Nimbus loosely means a fluffy white cloud and it represents my love for the sky and the vast unknown that lies beyond. “The Nimbus Narratives” symbolizes a journey of exploring life's lessons and wisdom, much like ascending into the sky to gain a broader perspective.
What do you gain from this newsletter?
I mulled this over a lot. To be honest I don’t have a specific answer just yet, BUT, consider this as live experiment, where someone who has always been on the other side of the screen reading stuff, crosses over and tries to tell his story. I will write about my various interests that I mentioned before, I will ponder upon different life lessons and at the end you will gain 2 things:
If this newsletter becomes successful, then you would witness firsthand the results of just doing things rather than thinking for eternity.
At least one simple and actionable insight through every post on this Substack.
What do I mean by this?
If this newsletter becomes successful, then you would witness firsthand the results of just doing things rather than thinking for eternity.
You could keep thinking of a perfect newsletter that will change someone’s life the instant he/she reads it or you could get started now with whatever you have and then figure out a niche in which both you and your audience is interested in. I choose the latter.
As an engineer whenever we run any tests we always need to specify the expected results or the success criteria. Pro tip - This rule could also be applicable to life in general and it could save us from the blind comparisons with others. Whenever you start something new, ask yourself, what does success mean to me? More on this in another post.
Monkey sees, monkey does - What does success look like for this newsletter? I propose that we define it in three scenarios as follows and there is no valid reason behind the numbers mentioned here. These are meant to be flag posts to guide me in the right direction. Just be clear all of the subscribers will receive all of my content for free till I am confident that my writing is worth your money.
Pessimistic success: 100 people subscribe to this newsletter.
Realistic success: 5000 people subscribe to this newsletter. (Bonkers.. I know, but hey, dream big)
Optimistic success: 10,000 people subscribe to this newsletter. (Don’t give me that look, I already said optimistic)
I am a realist and I know not all things go according to the plan. There is a very good chance that this newsletter will hardly be followed by anyone for ‘n’ number of reasons. So it is pertinent to ask what does failure look like for this newsletter? I propose we set that number to 20.
If we fail to reach 20 subscribers then I will consider this as a failed experiment.
Now, there's a fallacy in the way I have setup these success / failure criteria. I will let you figure that out and we can then have a conversation about it in the chat below.
A wise man (Hi
) once said in his post “Comment on 10 posts per day” to grow your Substack newsletter by 120+ subscribers in 30 days. Here’s your chance.
At least one simple and actionable insight through every post on this newsletter.
Nothing in this world is free. Even though this content is free for now, you are still investing your time in it, which is definitely worth much more than money. So, I will try as much as I can to give you at least one simple insight that you can apply to your life. I will hold myself accountable for that and I will ask you to help me keep this promise."
Today’s insights:
Starting imperfectly now is far superior to endlessly contemplating a perfect start.
Craft your own definition of success and strive to fulfill it on your terms.
There you have it folks! Please feel free to reach out me to give me feedback, I promise I won’t hunt you down in my Batmobile.
Remember I am Batman…an introvert.
Let the experiment begin!
Thank you for the shout out! :)