{"id":1515,"date":"2011-01-24T15:46:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T20:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2011-01-24T16:35:04","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T21:35:04","slug":"what-frank-schilling-told-me-free-of-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/what-frank-schilling-told-me-free-of-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"What Frank Schilling told me – Free of charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s always exciting meeting large-impact domainers for the first time.<\/p>\n

When I first met Rick Schwartz<\/strong> at TRAFFIC in Orlando<\/strong><\/a>, I was star-struck; then Rick asked me to simply enjoy the conference and of course its food.<\/p>\n

It’s amazing how those “larger than life” domainers are in fact very normal-acting, very much human; in fact, sometimes more so than an average Joe Domainer.<\/p>\n

So what makes such domainer idols project a different, God-like persona through their achievements and writings?<\/p>\n

It’s very simple: industries need leaders. Those that stand out are soon given the ranks of a “strategos<\/em>” – the Greek word for “general” in the military and political sense.<\/p>\n

An industry that welcomes a variety of people from different cultures, age groups and places of the world – such as domaining – soon benefits from the lead and direction these leaders take.<\/p>\n

Shane’s article<\/strong><\/a> about whether one would buy scalped tickets in order to meet with Frank Schilling at Domainfest reminded me that I met with Frank about eight hours ago.<\/p>\n

Frank also gave me some free advice, despite the fact that it was only in my dream that he appeared.<\/p>\n

When one is immersed in the domain industry, such dreams – however confusing they might be – often turn into revelations and the occasional epiphany.<\/p>\n

To cut a long story short, in my dream Frank Schilling made this statement when I asked about his prediction about the future shape of things to come:<\/p>\n

“Why change something that works already? Things won’t change.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Frank then politely asked for directions to the bathroom of my house. It was a small price to pay for hearing such a simple yet empowering statement from Frank.<\/p>\n

Even though it was just a dream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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