100 Days of Creation (and not in the biblical sense)

I've set myself a challenge: To write 100 articles related to coaching, leadership and personal development in 140 days with each article taking no longer than 30 minutes to write and post.

Why?

• To create a "body of work" so I am known in the world as a coach

• To push outside my comfort zone

• To inspire others to get their own creations out there

We all have an inner critic (unless you are a sociopath, and you're probably not). In fact we have a whole committee of them! Characters such as the Judge, the Perfectionist and the Hyper-Achiever. When I think about writing 100 articles my various inner critics have a field day. Here are some of the things they say:

• You'll give up

• They'll be generic and boring

• No one will read them

• People will judge you

• You will spend far too long on them

• They have to be "perfect"

• I have to have a coherent narrative across all the articles

The "inner critic" is a theme I suspect I will return to many times :)

Here's what I get from my inner wisdom:

• Courage comes before confidence - just start

• What an amazing learning opportunity

• You'll get better as you go

• There will be value in everything you write to someone

• What a fantastic new skill to develop

• People judge you whether you do something or you don't do something, so why not do the thing you really want to

• The right people will be drawn to what you write

• The narrative will emerge

• There is a bigger picture

What do you want to create and how is your inner critic holding you back?