Willis Tower, Chicago, 2009 – the year i began daily blogging.
The thought of not writing five daily, differently-themed blog posts every morning is feeling pretty scary.
Do i have to stop blogging because i’m going to start writing a Disney Leadership book?
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.
How many people live intentionally, which includes living with a deadline?
Happy 57th birthday dude. Ok, so it’s still 100 days away as i write this this morning. But when it posts, it’ll be the 57th anniversary of my birth.
Yes, i get that my approach is crazy.
i think we should all consider that the alternative – living like we have forever – is also crazy.
To each his or her own.
i committed to a ten-year plan seven years ago.
Nothing is going to have me back down from it now.
Give yourself the gift of courage to do the impossible.
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.
No one i know writes five daily, differently-themed blogs. Does this make me a great leader?
No.
Does it mean i initiated a serious change?
Yes.
Does writing five a day for seven years make me a leader?
No.
Does it mean i initiated serious change?
Yes.
Insight: Be careful in judging your efforts and your initiative based on someone else’s standards. Follow the trail or make a trail.
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.
Today is the beginning of the eighth year. Top photo from 2008 and the original website look. Bottom photo about two years later, a little more color. The progress one can make when a little is done every single day.
There was a time when the number of consecutive days blogging was two. Today it’s 2,558.
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
This website is about our mental attitude. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.
Excited, confused, even baffled is how i’m feeling.
This post has been hard to write. i’ve changed the title and contents a couple times.
Why?
Not sure exactly. This never happens.
It’s the crazy excitement knowing that the most ridiculous milestone is only 100 days away. If i write just 100 more consecutive days, the seventh year of daily writing will be completed.
Maybe it’s because i can see that todays’s posts go live on the eve of that milestone day – April Fools Day.
i remember picking April Fools Day on purpose because i thought i was a fool to think “this time” was going to be different than all the other failed attempts i had at writing with consistency.
This was something i wrote down in the Spring of 1980 while at the North Carolina Outward Bound School. A reminder that the only limitations i have are those i impose upon myself.
If i never try anything, i never learn anything. If i never take a risk, i stay where i am.
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