Thought Leader Award
I follow a lot of blogs. I literally have over 40 blogs on my RSS feed that I skim or take a deep dive into on any given day. I listen to several podcasts, five of them to be exact. I have read many books. I am involved in a prepper group. I try to get out there and practice what I preach. In the end, I continue to be a student. Let me tell you that if I did a deep dive into every resource at my disposal, I could fill 12 of my 24 hours in a day with survivalism content.
In 2011, I am going to occasionally pay homage to those authors, podcasters, etc. that have been around a while that I have a high respect factor for and thing of as thought leaders in the “survival industry” if you can call it an industry.
That said, the first one I would like to note in 2011 is M.D. Creekmore over at TheSurvivalistBlog.net. M.D. is a consistent author with very original content that is well thought out, and I think someone everyone should read and learn from. I do not know him personally, but though his writing feel like I do know him. He will tell you when he does not have experience with something or that he has only tried it once. He’s not an armchair survivalist, he is a survivalist. His writing appeals to me and thousands of others on a daily basis. To me, his content is compelling, and crosses demographics and even the most experienced of preppers can learn something from M.D. or even from the multitude of daily comments he gets on his daily posts.
I write this tonight after skimming my RSS feeds and coming across this post: The Best of The Survivalist Blog 2010. It is a post about some of the best posts (according to M.D.) that he posted this past year. I tend to agree, because I have referred to several of the mentioned posts several times for ‘personal’ reference.
This “Best of” post, however got me thinking. It got me thinking about thought leaders in the survivalist and prepper world. There are a handful that I feel I can relate to or have been drawn to, and M.D. is one of those guys. So, M.D., if you read this, I label you one of the “Thought Leaders” that is doing more good for people than you know.
Thanks, and good job!
MD Creekmore does run a great site; one of the ones I read on a regular basis. His advice is practical and actionable whether you’re a beginner or advanced or somewhere in between. Great idea, to recognize the leaders in the community!
Suburban,
I never thought of myself as a “thought leader” or any type of leader for that matter, but I thank you for the vote of confidence. I just hope I can continue to earn and retain that trust in the future.
M.D. — Trust me, there are a handful of guys that develop good unique content, that live who they are. It is obvious you are one of those guys. There are only a handful of people that I would consider a thought leader, and you are one of them… You’re welcome for the vote, but you help more people than you know.
Sorry — I posted with a typo in the web address it should have been this http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net
Thanks, M.D. for directing me here. Great site; I’m registering.
Same here, M D is one of the best in my opinion.
Thomas Jackson
I have readcM.D. creekmores blog for many years and I am glad that I have.
He does not talk in code or sell fear that other folks seem to do.If you want to live you don‘t need to buy a knife with his name on it or buy freeze dried food from his company.You get common sense advice that works . What could be better than that?