Are
You Ready To Get Out Of
Your Comfort Zone?
by John Colanzi
It's amazing how
long it took me to actually start writing and
submitting articles for publication.
I knew all the
reasons for writing articles, but still bulked at the
idea of writing my own articles. Who would want to
hear my feeble ramblings?
I kept placing my
ads and sending out my newsletter and generally stayed
in my comfortable rut. I was on the slow boat to
China.
Then one day I got
sick and had to spend a week in thehospital. The
doctors told me I couldn't work for at least a year.
I guess I was like
the stubborn mule on the farm. The only way to get his
attention is to hit him on the side of the head with a
two by four.
Well I'd just been
hit and it was time for this mule to either pack it in
or break down my mental barriers.
I started by
writing articles for my newsletter. I still wasn't
ready to start submitting them. I guess the lick to
the head wasn't hard enough.
Low and behold
some of my readers started sending in positive
feedback. Wow! That was a rush I hadn't counted on.
I started stepping
up the pace. Maybe somebody would read my ramblings.
Then I started getting requests from readers who
wanted to share them. I hadn't counted on this either.
If my readers
liked the articles, maybe I should start submitting
them to other publishers. The old mule was starting to
pull the plow.
Was it worth the
effort?
You bet!!
No matter how much
I read about the benefits of writing articles, there
were some I hadn't counted on. I wish I was double
jointed, I'd kick myself in the bottom for waiting so
long.
Every time I
receive a positive email from someone who's enjoyed
something I wrote, I feel as good as I felt when I
received my initial feedback from a few of my readers.
There are so many
positive, unexpected changes taking place that I count
my blessings, that I was forced to step out of my
comfort zone.
Napoleon Hill was
right when he said that, "Every adversity brings
with it the seeds of an equal or greater
benefit."
So please, don't
be like this old mule and wait to be hit by a two by
four to start taking advantage of the power of article
writing.
If this dummy can
do it, I know you can!!
Wishing You
Success,
John
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