The Truth about Blogging The truth about blogging is that in the early days, and maybe all days, you are writing for nobody. Absolutely nobody. Nobody comes by. Nobody comments. Nobody shares your articles. Nobody “Likes” what you have written. You have to be OK with that. It’s a ghost town. [queue the whistle from […]
Tag: writing
That I Could Make Those People Dance And maybe they’d be happy for a while. Why do I write? I write to give myself an outlet. I also have ideas I think will help others. My boys are following along behind me and I am trying to leave them food for thought. Other people have […]
Do You Want to Know the Key to Blogging? Why do I love my blog? That’s a great question, and it’s also the answer to the one before it. Let’s unpack it to figure out what I believe is the key to blogging. As some of you may have noticed, I have been working harder […]
How I Start Writing
Start Writing This is how I start writing. I literally start typing words and will type what comes to my head until I start to have something worthwhile to say. I can go on like this for hours. What do you do to start typing? Can you start with a question like this one? Do […]
Prolonged Focus
The Back Story It was a Sunday afternoon. The day was not unlike most Sunday afternoons for this Dad and CEO. I had been woken up early by one of my youngest two boys. Breakfast included coffee and a Lean1 protein shake. The dog was walked. A shower was taken. The boys even had time […]
The Difficulty of Writing
Writing Words is Tough Have you ever realized how difficult it is to write? Maybe I am alone with this struggle, but I don’t think so. I have seen too many people say the same thing over the years. It is ridiculous. It sucks. My method for overcoming the complete lack of words is to […]