| Bettering yourself comes so naturally as a kid. | | | | with our youth band -so I decided I needed to be |
| whether it be attending weekly soccer practices or | | | | even better, and to start taking lessons from a |
| getting piano lessons (the two things I did as a kid!), | | | | professional vocal coach. |
| practice and learning seemed like a given. We had a | | | | After having my first singing lesson today, my eyes |
| set time each week where we knew we had to be | | | | have been opened to the possibilities and potential I |
| there to learn more about something we love. | | | | have as a singer. She was able to tell me what I was |
| I'm not sure if it is just because our parents pushed | | | | doing wrong and the exact steps I needed to take |
| up, but have you noticed as people get older they | | | | to start seeing results. |
| seem to focus more on the task instead of bettering | | | | I think this is exactly the same as with blogging. So |
| themselves in that task. I mean when I was a kid | | | | many people are saying they want to be an a-list |
| playing soccer, I would always have at least one | | | | blogger but what are you doing to prepare yourself |
| weekly practice (usually two), but now I am playing | | | | to be one. I know you can strike it lucky with digg |
| futsal (indoor soccer) and we just all rock up 10min | | | | and stuff like that, but even if you have a lucky |
| before the game not having practiced at all the | | | | break what are you doing to make sure you keep |
| whole week! | | | | them? |
| I think that if you want to be good at something | | | | You need to consistently be improving your writing |
| you really need to be committed to it - and learning | | | | technique, your posting style, your marketing |
| is such a bit part in commitment. If you want to be | | | | strategies, your blog monetization, your networking. |
| the best you have to learn from the best. | | | | You need to be mentored by someone who knows |
| For example. I recently started singing first at my | | | | more about things than you do. |
| youth group, then I was given the responsibility of | | | | Now it doesn't have to be anything formal. I mean |
| children's worship director and started singing in | | | | for you it could just be reading ProBlogger and |
| church. I must say I absolutely although love it and | | | | learning from his posts. Or it could be chatting with a |
| am doing it at either a practice or service 3-4 times a | | | | higher profile blogger than you and just learning from |
| week, I know I can be so much better. I want to be | | | | him. |
| able to do so much more. I have goals of being | | | | Either way, if you want to be successful in blogging |
| involved in professional cd recordings for both kids | | | | you need to be consistently learning. Consistently |
| church and youth, and would love to tour the world | | | | improving. |