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BLOGTASTIC: Get (very) comfortable with speed of change
Imagine the world before the blogosphere. A thought leader would be trapped within a lengthy publishing cycle. It would take days (newspapers), weeks (magazines), or even months (journals and books) before ideas could appear in print.
This long publication cycle limited the quantity of good information that could be produced each year. It also made new information expensive to produce.
Blogs changed the structure of the publishing cycle. Three big changes were:
1. Very smart people now had the publishing power to get their thoughts out almost instantly.
2. These ideas were available for free.
3. Technologies (such as RSS readers) made it possible for any person to consume a LOT of information quickly.
If you are in the blogging game, then you have to adapt to the fast rules there:
• You need to read fast;
• You should to respond quickly;
• If you goof up, then you have to apologize fast; and
• If someone expresses appreciation, then you must to thank the person fast.
Everything has to be fast. If you make blogging is an important initiative within your life, then you will need to become (very) comfortable with speed.
Blogging Tip: Organize yourself to become comfortable with speed
When you’re organized, you can operate at high-speed. That’s true whether you are writing your blog or living the rest of your life. When your resources are organized in such a way that you can operate at warp speed, you always have the option to slow down. However, if you are not organized, then you will not be able to accelerate. Your maximum speed will be limited by your degree of organization.
Rajesh Setty is an entrepreneur, author and speaker based in Silicon Valley. He maintains another blog called Life Beyond Code and tweets as @UpbeatNow