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Success Takes Time, Patience, Practice (And a Little Luck)

Posted by John Saddington on Nov 28, 2009

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About half-way through High School I distinctly remember telling myself (and a few others) that I wanted to program video games for a living. It was my dream, and I was going to do it.

I enrolled in a University that I thought could take me there and I thought I already had the chops to make it big since I had a background in software development and web design.

Reality set in very quickly as I found even the basic elements of “serious” programming difficult, arduous, and somewhat boring. I didn’t want theory or all this other “stuff” that I felt didn’t directly apply to my hopes and goals; I wanted to program video games now!

The thing is that I wasn’t interested in putting in the time, dedication, and sweat to learn about programming, I just wanted to taste of success, or at least what I thought “success” looked like.

Anything that’s worth doing takes time, practice, and a whole lot of patience. I find this particularly applicable in blogging.

“One step at a time” they said. It’s true. But, it doesn’t have to be an un-calculated step. It can be strategic as well.

Success, for blogging, simply starts with pushing that “publish” button. When was the last time you did just that?

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch. He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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9 Responses to “Success Takes Time, Patience, Practice (And a Little Luck)”

  1. Vy Tran
    Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 6:49 pm

    About two minutes ago. Coincidentally, it was about "paying my dues."

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    • human3rror
      Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 7:00 pm

      :) you're so on top of things. ;

      Reply
  2. jstainer
    Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    Spot on. It’s the 10,000 hours rule!

    Reply
  3. Makeda
    Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 7:20 pm

    I've never gotten on the blogging trend; didn't think anyone would want to read what I had to say. Lately been rethinking that idea. Perhaps I will push publish sometime in the near future.

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  4. Michael Holmes
    Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 7:50 pm

    I just pushed the button about thirty seconds ago. But be honest, it does get frustrating to keep pushing and not see the results you want. But the beauty of persistence…

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    • human3rror
      Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 1:29 am

      how long have you been blogging?

      Reply

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