I eavesdropped on a telephone conversation this afternoon. The speaker on our sofa told his caller: Jeff Atwood is one of the most widely read IT bloggers; he said the secret to success was to write something daily.
I think that’s a profound truth. Any time you demonstrate commitment to something, what’s that hackneyed Goethe quote, the universe moves in unforeseen ways to help you along the path toward what your dream. Something like that, anyway.
If something is important enough in my life that it warrants a commitment to regular performance, that’s good. And then if I actually actually follow through with regular performance, it becomes a practice. And we all know that when we practice we improve. (In fact, isn’t the cycle something like: the more I practice the better I get, and the better I get the more I enjoy my activity, and the more I enjoy my activity the more I practice, and the more I practice the better I get, etc.)
So, fine. If I write something here daily, or weekly, or whatever becomes my committed schedule, I shall reap the rewards of commitment.
