Write

At #TICE2017 (Training Industry Conference & Expo), I met some amazing people, doing amazing things as L&D leaders (learning and development), at their organizations.

Prior to the speed networking session (think speed dating) I had a conversation with some folks about the relevancy of pursuing a writing degree. One person in the group was up for an award based on her article submission to Training Industry.com, another is currently a journalism major.

I wrote about this in my article Is a College Degree Relevant to Becoming a Well-Known Published Writer?

The discussion split into two main buckets:

• Yes, if your writing involves the rigor of journalistic practices (like a newspaper writer).

• No, if your writing involves personal experience (your memoir, as an example).

During the conversation, I shared the story of Grant Cardone. I watched one of his talks on YouTube and he told how he wrote a book in three hours, published it, and it became a bestseller. He got feedback telling him the book was filled with lots of typos and grammatical errors. His response, it's a bestseller, not the best written.

Grant's point was, stop using the pursuit of perfection as an excuse to deliver results.

After the great traction on the book, he went back, cleaned it up in the second edition.

One of my favorite people, Seth Godin, who I am certain I will meet and work with some day, promotes a similar idea. He calls it shipping.

The reason I wrote the Medium.com article and had the conversation with the folks at TICE is because I'm excising the voices in my head.

Remember, the Universe will support your efforts in ways you can't even imagine.

Simply put. Write.

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