Cedric Crumbley's Blog - Posts Tagged "freelancing"
Better Tomorrow
With as little as one dedicated hour a day, you can become a world class expert in just about anything in a year to no more than three years. — Earl Nightingale
What are you doing today that will affect you 3 years from now?
Everyone has to start. That’s the key: To start. It’s even better to finish once you get started. Imagine you wanted to become one of the highest paid programmers. But today you couldn’t program a single line of code if your life depended on it.
Based on observation, everyone that is a programmer today learned by practicing writing several lines of code. There’s a programmer at Linkedin.com that told me that’s how he got started. Just started practicing writing code a little at a time every day.
Imagine that. Practicing an hour or so a day without missing a beat. With a work ethic like that is it any wonder you would become an expert within 3 years?
You can become an expert at most things just by practicing an hour a day. Start practicing. If you do start today, be sure to get back to me 3 years from now and let me know how you did.
What are you doing today that will affect you 3 years from now?
Everyone has to start. That’s the key: To start. It’s even better to finish once you get started. Imagine you wanted to become one of the highest paid programmers. But today you couldn’t program a single line of code if your life depended on it.
Based on observation, everyone that is a programmer today learned by practicing writing several lines of code. There’s a programmer at Linkedin.com that told me that’s how he got started. Just started practicing writing code a little at a time every day.
Imagine that. Practicing an hour or so a day without missing a beat. With a work ethic like that is it any wonder you would become an expert within 3 years?
You can become an expert at most things just by practicing an hour a day. Start practicing. If you do start today, be sure to get back to me 3 years from now and let me know how you did.
Learn by Doing
How do you get good at something? The best way is to do the work.
Many years ago I ventured onto a freelance website. After digging around I saw a request for a writer with a military background. I applied and got hired. My job was to write four articles a week.
Up to that point, writing was a hobby. You know, something you do for the fun of it. No aspiration or even a thought you could make money with it.
That all changed the day I saw a freelance posting looking for me. I fit the description, applied and went off to the races.
Once I started working for clients I had a deadline to get work done. The work had to be done a certain way. It required me to hone my writing skills. Under pressure, I would crank out remarkable articles. I learned a lot about writing during that time.
You see, it was all in the doing. Doing the work. By getting clients it forced me to do the work. Clients want one thing. Results.
To get results, guess what? You gotta perform by doing.
Learn by doing.
Many years ago I ventured onto a freelance website. After digging around I saw a request for a writer with a military background. I applied and got hired. My job was to write four articles a week.
Up to that point, writing was a hobby. You know, something you do for the fun of it. No aspiration or even a thought you could make money with it.
That all changed the day I saw a freelance posting looking for me. I fit the description, applied and went off to the races.
Once I started working for clients I had a deadline to get work done. The work had to be done a certain way. It required me to hone my writing skills. Under pressure, I would crank out remarkable articles. I learned a lot about writing during that time.
You see, it was all in the doing. Doing the work. By getting clients it forced me to do the work. Clients want one thing. Results.
To get results, guess what? You gotta perform by doing.
Learn by doing.
