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It?s Been 3 Years, 3 Days, 3 Hours, and 3 Minutes

You may remember that Forrest Gump ran across America four times. And it took him 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours … and … he just felt like running!

Well it’s been 3 years, 3 days, 3 hours, and 3 minutes since I posted my first blog. OK, the 3 hours and 3 minutes may not be exact, but the 3 years and 3 days is precise to the day.

Here is what I’ve learned.

300 and Counting

On November 5, 2009, I wrote my first blog. On November 1, 2010, I posted my 100^th blog. On October 20, 2011, I posted my 200^th blog. Today, October 11^th, 2012, I?m posting number 300 ? Wow!

Here are three things I?ve discovered about myself from writing during the past year.

Writing gets easier. At the beginning, it was a chore. I had to force myself. I still force myself, but it?s now mostly fun. Writing gets easier.
Short and sweet. The pattern of my writing the last year has trended toward shorter posts. A single topic. A single idea. Less attempting to explain details ? more focus on principles. Short and sweet.
It?s a journey. Just as Forrest Gump?s journeyhas become an important part of my message, my evolution as a blogger and speaker is a journey. Writing helps me flesh out my message. Writing helps me decide what is most important, both as a person and as a writer/speaker. I?ve been given the opportunity to figure it out for myself ? while still being a work in progress.

Want to see eleven of my favorite blogs this past year?

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I Thought I Was Tricking My Mother

And I thought I was fooling my mother ? stupid is as stupid does!

When I was a boy attending elementary school, I’d fake an illness a few times a year so I could have a day off. I wasn’t really sick. But my loving mother would dutifully take my temperature, listen to my contrived coughs, and lovingly pat me on the forehead and tell me that she thought I was too sick to go to school.

YEAH! I tricked Mom and had a day off.

Years later, she told me she knew I wasn’t sick and she knew I was faking it. But she also said, “I knew you needed a day off.”

Learn HOW to Function with Gumption!

Last week, I introduced my new three-pronged approach to Gumption and the phrase ?Got Gumption? Get Gumption? Learn to Function with Gumption!?.

I also asked the grammatically challenged question, ?Do you want to learn to??

That question is a combination of the following:

Do you Got Gumption?
(Do you) want to Get Gumption?
(Are you willing to) learn to Function with Gumption?

Do you Got Gumption sets the stage and explains what Gumption is ? three principles.

Want to Get Gumption asks if you?re willing to go there. You decide and get to make your choice.

Learn to Function with Gumption is the HOW after you understand what Gumption is and after you?ve chosen to let Gumption be your way of being ? your way of living.

So now ? are you ready to learn HOW to Function with Gumption?

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