Comments on: A Blog Writing Challenge http://www.personalityplusinbusiness.com/2009/a-blog-writing-challenge.html MBTI tips and artful resources for women with that entrepreneurial spark Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:52:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Patsi aka The Blog Squad http://www.personalityplusinbusiness.com/2009/a-blog-writing-challenge.html/comment-page-1#comment-73 Patsi aka The Blog Squad Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:02:22 +0000 http://www.personalityplusinbusiness.com/?p=90#comment-73 Bravo, Sandy. Your dilemma is shared by millions of people, none of whom have expressed it as well as you have in this post. Only today I read two good posts, one called Speed Blogging, the other Slow Blogging. There is a well-made case for both. I applaud your efforts to step out of your preferences to try something new. Most of us are stuck because we aren't willing to try doing something differently from what we are used to. Growth and results will ensue. You're on a great path. Bravo, Sandy. Your dilemma is shared by millions of people, none of whom have expressed it as well as you have in this post. Only today I read two good posts, one called Speed Blogging, the other Slow Blogging. There is a well-made case for both.

I applaud your efforts to step out of your preferences to try something new. Most of us are stuck because we aren’t willing to try doing something differently from what we are used to.

Growth and results will ensue. You’re on a great path.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.personalityplusinbusiness.com/2009/a-blog-writing-challenge.html/comment-page-1#comment-70 Stephen Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:29:00 +0000 http://www.personalityplusinbusiness.com/?p=90#comment-70 Ah - here is the immediacy thing again. Oh I see you use the term in the post. I have been writing blogs in Word to check spelling and typos. But I like the idea of a time-frame. I think a good posting is researched and crafted, tells a story and includes an emotional element (though not necessarily melodrama). And I like the requirement for immediacy. There must be some zip-zap. I am also writing and following watercolour blogs and am trying to develop Alla Prima technique in painting. That is start to finish in one sitting. This takes guts. And skill!!!. And skill is often hard-won from practice and many half done, way over-worked failures. So an hour and ten minutes on a posting for a twenty minute deadline is OK - in my book. As long as I am working towards the goal. And as long as I accept that improvements may come in plateaus and steps rather than being a little better each time. Indeed, things may get worse before I see improvement. So my strategy is to write on what excites me, putting the theory in a context of my own real life experience. I love Self Organised Learning so challenges such as these can either freak me out or I renegotiate them with myself. I sometimes meet the challenge but sometimes this is at great personal cost. So I am learning (I hope) to pick my challenges. Thanks for this thought provoking posting Sandy. I have had a brief look at your next posting and intend to be back. All the best with your challenge. By the way I did a brief sketch of how I thought I would paint my personality profile and it was similar in nature to your INFP painting (my MBTI profile) - not exact of course. Ah – here is the immediacy thing again. Oh I see you use the term in the post.
I have been writing blogs in Word to check spelling and typos. But I like the idea of a time-frame.

I think a good posting is researched and crafted, tells a story and includes an emotional element (though not necessarily melodrama). And I like the requirement for immediacy. There must be some zip-zap.

I am also writing and following watercolour blogs and am trying to develop Alla Prima technique in painting. That is start to finish in one sitting. This takes guts. And skill!!!. And skill is often hard-won from practice and many half done, way over-worked failures. So an hour and ten minutes on a posting for a twenty minute deadline is OK – in my book. As long as I am working towards the goal. And as long as I accept that improvements may come in plateaus and steps rather than being a little better each time. Indeed, things may get worse before I see improvement.

So my strategy is to write on what excites me, putting the theory in a context of my own real life experience.

I love Self Organised Learning so challenges such as these can either freak me out or I renegotiate them with myself. I sometimes meet the challenge but sometimes this is at great personal cost. So I am learning (I hope) to pick my challenges.

Thanks for this thought provoking posting Sandy.

I have had a brief look at your next posting and intend to be back.
All the best with your challenge.

By the way I did a brief sketch of how I thought I would paint my personality profile and it was similar in nature to your INFP painting (my MBTI profile) – not exact of course.

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