{"id":2395,"date":"2014-09-24T14:45:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T00:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learnedleadership.org\/?p=2395"},"modified":"2014-09-24T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T00:45:28","slug":"the-unlikely-writer-why-i-blog-and-why-you-should-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learnedleadership.org\/divi\/the-unlikely-writer-why-i-blog-and-why-you-should-too\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unlikely Writer-Why I Blog and Why You Should Too"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s little in my background as a student that would ever suggest I’d enjoy writing and one day write an almost daily blog.\u00a0 As a child I hated writing and would avoid it at all costs.\u00a0 Like many boys, I had poor handwriting and despite a wild imagination would avoid illustrative language and instead just provide what was required…and sometimes less…Ok a lot of times less.\u00a0 So what changed?<\/p>\n

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Not me, but not too far from my personal font.<\/p><\/div>\n

That’s a good question and something I’m still trying to figure out.\u00a0 It might have been all the papers I’ve written for college and beyond, and an increased level of comfortability that comes with practice.\u00a0 Or more likely it’s that I can be kind of vain and like to the approval of others, and blogging has provided an avenue for this.\u00a0 Either way and for whatever reason, it’s been worth it because I’ve found as I write that my ideas and passions are jumped started and refined by the process.\u00a0 To put in another way, think about it like this…Do you know of any great authors, rappers, songwriters, etc who simply sit and think, and then one day create a masterpiece?\u00a0 No, of course not, it takes practice.\u00a0 Writing provides this opportunity and transforms the way a person thinks.\u00a0 Or by comparison, in the last few years I’ve finished a masters, started a doctorate, traveled the world, changed jobs, had a kid, and none of it compares to how much\u00a0 I’ve learned about myself from taking time regularly write.<\/p>\n

So how does this relate to you?\u00a0 You should be writing.\u00a0 In fact you should be blogging, especially if you want to grow as a professional.\u00a0 The act of doing so will transform the way you think and provide a canvas for your inspirations.\u00a0 So go start a blog.\u00a0 Or even simpler write a response to this below.\u00a0 If you do start a blog and it’s about education, leadership, or entrepreneurship then you should be posting it to this Learn[ed]Leadership\u00a0 (learn more here).<\/a><\/p>\n

So am I write (get it)?\u00a0 Are you a blogger? Share your thoughts below, and share this blog with others!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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