This guest post is by Peter G. James Sinclair of MotivationalMemo.com.
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”—Henry David Thoreau
I often reflect on the lifetime of experiences that I've tasted since landing on planet Earth to find myself in the arms of my mother.
Those experiences have in fact been the fuel that has ignited the written word that flows from my pen to the page, and from there, through the agency of my Motivational Memo blog into the hearts of men and women from 155 nations to date.
For unless I have lived it, there is no way that I have any authority to write it.
My response, whenever facing a particular challenge in my life has always been, “Well, at least it's given me another story that I can write about.”
To be an expert, not an ex-spurt
When I write I never want to be the guy who is an “ex”' or a “has-been” who is going to usher forth a “spurt.” Not an endearing picture is it?
If I'm going to write anything, or in fact do anything in my life, I want to position and prepare myself to become a guru, a leader, or an expert in that chosen field.
How does this come about?
I first sit at the feet of the experts who have gone before me and become their student. I become whom I associate with.
At first I may be as raw as the next guy, but in time, through continued study and practice I will find my voice and then begin to be recognized as an authority in my own right.
And if I have anything to “spurt” I trust that it brings life and refreshment to those who choose to partake of what I've learned.
To live, to write
We all have a story to tell and the blog medium is a wonderful place to express this. So go live first, and then return, even the same day if you wish, and recount what you have...
