Monday, April 25, 2011

Making A Fresh Start

Wow...nine months!!  That is how long since my last post.

Possibly an appropriate period of time for me to grow a fresh view about my blogging and bring to life my new commitment.

This new commitment is to the regularity of my posts, both this blog, and to the Information Professionals blog http://blog.informpros.com/

I don't have a personal trainer these days, but I have in the past over many years.  But my best training, when I am at my fittest, and when I have been most committed, has never been supported by a personal trainer.  The motivation and desire comes from within.  Sure, I have had coaches and training buddies and sometimes not, but the one thing that is there when I am at my best is the personal commitment.

I have some freinds and colleagues that do some counselling.  One of the things they speak of is ensuring that clients that they counsel do not create a dependency on them.  That is, they give their clients the life skills to operate independent of them.  Perhaps that is the difference between good counselling and poor counselling (also mirrored in good consulting and poor consulting ... but I shall not get sidetracked here).

My point is that I tried a few things to try and get my posts happening but I didn't do the one thing necessary.  I didn't personally commit to make it happen and change my behaviour accordingly.  Me being compliant to a Personal Trainer may help, but if the only motivation is being compliant then mediocre results will follow.  The personal commitment is required and this is what I am now making.

From now on, I shall be posting at a minimum monthly to both my blogs and on many occassions more common than that.  That is my commitment.