Recently I posted five suggestions on how to be a successful blogger. The second of these characteristics was creating the need to be disciplined, so that you would have a consistent and profitable blog.
Success in all things requires practice, practice and more practice…
It is often said that those who are very successful follow the 1000 hour rule. this rule states that If you want to be very good, or exceptional at anything, you need to discipline yourself to practice that thing (perfectly), for a 1000 hours. At the end of a 1000 hours you will have a proficiency that very few people will attain. WHY? Because most people wouldn’t knowingly devote 1000 hours to any task to create success for themselves.
There are plenty of things that we have devoted over a 1000 hours to UNKNOWINGLY and we enjoy the benefits of these tasks: Poor work habits; Poor personal habits; Overeating; Under-exercising; Under committing; Under promising; under delivering…. I gotta stop, I’m starting to depress myself!
Look at it this way, the guys who fly in the Blue Angels don’t get to pull stunts like the one above without KNOWING what they are doing… that takes discipline and practice. Now I know most of us are never going to get up into a jet and get to do 3G turns and ‘Under-Over’ maneuvers like this one, but you know what, we can still create an awesome and powerful blog that is going to build your brand successfully and help you make lots of money.
I can tell you quite honestly, I’m not good at this either and writing a blog takes me a lot of time (my CIO/muse always complains about how long I take to write a blog post), but I have noticed that each time that a write a post, it gets a little easier. Personally, I think that my business is worth the effort, do you think that YOURS is…?
Now, honestly, if you truly feel that you can’t do this… that’s OK, because there is always the opportunity you may be able to enlist the support of others in your business to help write content or you can hire a ‘Ghostwriter’.
But if you are going to give this a shot, then put a little time aside, even one hour a week… that’s enough to get you started. You will be astounded at how quickly your posts will add up and how your branding will improve in the marketplace. I’m always astonished at who actually reads my posts… it feels great.
See you all soon when we will cover starting to get traffic to your blog…
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