{"id":216,"date":"2009-05-13T13:18:36","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T18:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stephenpickering.com\/?p=216"},"modified":"2009-10-21T01:04:25","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T06:04:25","slug":"the-1-skill-you-need-to-be-a-successful-blogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/13\/the-1-skill-you-need-to-be-a-successful-blogger\/","title":{"rendered":"The #1 Skill Needed to Become a Successful Blogger"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n    google_ad_client = \"pub-9460716267036836\"; \/* 300x250, created 10\/20\/09 InContext *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1618796451\"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>THE ABILITY TO HIT THE PUBLISH BUTTON.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s actually not a joke. That&#8217;s what<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lock\"> Lockhart Steele<\/a>, one of the most successful bloggers in the world just said on <a href=\"http:\/\/thisweekinstartups.com\/2009\/05\/twist-episode-03-with-lockhart-steele\/\">This Week in Startups #3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This ties in perfectly (oh there&#8217;s that dreadful word again) with the last post about the importance of getting it out there and killing the desire for perfectionism. You know what I just realized? Perfectionism is the Eastern equivalent to the 1st Chakra, the lowest one, and the European Mythological equivalent of the &#8220;Dragon&#8221;, the one who is just hoarding everything of value, but not doing anything with it. Unwilling to let it go. It&#8217;s the Serpent Monster in the Indian Indra story, wrapping itself around the world and blocking out the waters of life.<\/p>\n<p>Big Media has been a Serpent around the Public&#8217;s neck for the last 50 years. Of course driven by greed. But the thunderbolt of technology has destroyed it. Yeah! Let&#8217;s celebrate by pushing the &#8220;Publish&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"648\" height=\"405\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/g7RBgYDycAI\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.17em;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Related Articles:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephenpickering.com\/2009\/10\/14\/increase-visitor-length-of-time-on-your-blog\/\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Increase Visitor Length Time on Your Blog<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephenpickering.com\/2009\/09\/02\/easy-step-to-increase-your-blogs-authenticity\/\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">An Easy Step to Increase Your Blog&#8217;s Authenticity<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephenpickering.com\/2009\/07\/23\/the-best-commenting-engine-for-your-blog\/\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Best Commenting Engine for Your Blog<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephenpickering.com\/2009\/10\/16\/how-to-find-something-to-blog-about\/\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">How to Find Something to Blog About<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephenpickering.com\/2009\/08\/05\/customize-your-wordpress-page-tab-links\/\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Customize Your WordPress Page Tab Links<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephenpickering.com\/2009\/10\/17\/an-easy-step-to-increase-your-blogs-exposure\/\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">An Easy Step to Increase Your Blog&#8217;s Exposure<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE ABILITY TO HIT THE PUBLISH BUTTON. That&#8217;s actually not a joke. That&#8217;s what Lockhart Steele, one of the most successful bloggers in the world just said on This Week in Startups #3. This ties in perfectly (oh there&#8217;s that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/13\/the-1-skill-you-need-to-be-a-successful-blogger\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenpickering.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}