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I read today how Lebron James is about 70 missed shots away from missing the most shots in NBA history.
He is generally regarded as one of the greatest ballers of all time with the likes of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant (currently #1 on the missed shots list).
Lebron already holds the record for the most turnovers of all time.
Perhaps the greatest player of all-time screwed up more than anybody in NBA history according to 2 categories.
Doesn’t that make you think?
Perhaps the greatest hockey player of all time – Wayne Gretzky – once said that you miss 100% of the shots that you do not take.
Think deeply about these legends who may be the best of all-time in their respective crafts.
Lebron is far and away the greatest scorer in NBA history and missed the most shots. He is one of the most skilled passers and made the most turnovers. Becoming REALLY GOOD at something means out practicing, out correcting and refining your skills more than almost everyone else in your niche.
On peering at the missed shots and turnovers list, many of the top 50 NBA players of all time graced both lists. The best screwed up the most because they practiced intelligently the most, corrected themselves the most, when needed and simply became legends by doing these things consistently in a world of people who almost NEVER do these things AT ALL.
Doesn’t that tell you something?
Michael Jordan missed 26 potential game-winning shots. Most hoops purists consider the most iconic player of all time to be MJ and yes, the best baller too. He came up short or allegedly choked 26 times at the end of ball games.
What a loser, eh?
Correct Yourself towards Blogging Success
You probably know that an airplane flies off course but constantly corrected in order to reach its destination. The plane fails itself to its location.
Do you want to see this concept in action?
The next time you fly, pay close attention to the flight path and how the nose of the plane image juts a tiny bit left, then right, then left, then right, as it travels to its goal. These little errors may be barely detectable to the untrained eye but prove how a plane fails itself to its location one tiny correction at a time.
Ditto for rockets.
Ditto for NBA superstars.
Ditto for successful bloggers.
You may be going about blogging all wrong. Most bloggers deeply fear losing:
- readers
- customers
- clients
- traffic
- income
- comments
- their reputation
- their credibility
- their exposure
so they blog in a way guaranteeing that they barely or never gain:
- readers
- customers
- clients
- traffic
- income
- comments
- a sterling reputation
- strong credibility
- wide exposure
I’ll let you in on a little secret; years ago, I never would have written and published this post because I just published a post recently and would have deeply feared:
- annoying
- agitating
- losing
readers, customers, email subscribers and the like.
I had to gain intimately personal experience to know that highly successful people:
- seize opportunities to improve and sometimes screw up
- correct intelligently
many 1000’s and 1000’s of times over the years as they gradually conquer and lose the fear of failure.
One Important Point to Make
Lebron, MJ and Kobe intelligently practiced on critical skills as they messed up, corrected and changed their path.
Never take this post as an excuse to wing it wildly, do blogging stuff as dumb as a brick then expect to be great.
The greatest bloggers BEGIN with:
- following guidance from experienced bloggers
- out-practicing everyone else in their blogging niche
- mucking up, here and there
- correcting to be even more intelligent, focused and effective
You need to do smart blogging stuff now, then keep correcting as you make mistakes, take errant attempts, publish posts that do not seem to hit the mark, publish updates that get no engagement, link to sites that became low quality sites but were not low quality sites when you initially dropped the backlinks and all the mess-ups guaranteed to happen in an obvious world of imperfection.
Starting intelligently removes many errors from your strategy. But you will screw up and need intelligent correction because perfection is a myth.
How could it *not* be a myth?
2 of the 3 greatest NBA players of all time missed the most shots!
In terms of raw shot-attempting statistics, 2 of the best were the most imperfect.
Maybe the most eye-popping magician of a passer was the most imperfect passer in terms of stats.
Think!
How to Look at Blogging
Stop fearing failure.
Stop running away from opportunities.
Grab and use the guest post invite.
Seize the opportunity to read and drop genuine comments in response to 10 blog posts.
Broadcast live. Who cares if no one watches the broadcast? (aka….“you miss”)
Perhaps live broadcasting is not for you. Or it is for you but needs some correction on your part.
Since the world thinks upside-down it worships the success of seeming idols and never admits the highest failure rates of these idols. Everyone loves looking at the sweet and hates knowing that it often comes with a heavy dose of sour, from time to time.
But here is the kicker: NOT condemning yourself for alleged failure removes the negative connotation and replaces it with an abundance mentality of seizing opportunities for correction, growth and success not unlike a conveyor belt.
Kobe in particular became legendary for not having a conscience as far as attempting shots. He could miss 10 shots in a row without condemning himself and allowing the alleged failure to bother him one bit. Kobe practiced so intelligently and persistently that he knew correction was imminent and his shots would eventually fall; they did and he became a legend.
Current superstar NBA player Joel Embid harps about trusting the process. He experienced much failure and correction before becoming one of the top players in the world.
Practice intelligently, bloggers. Write. Publish. Broadcast live. Promote your online course. Do it again. Learn. Correct. Miss. Fail. No one responds. Do it again. Correct. Learn. Try again. Blog more intelligently. Stop condemning yourself. Practice again. Miss. Correct. Publish a helpful update. Make no sales but get spammed by 5 desperate freelancers. Publish another helpful update. Make the correction. Practice. Try again. Think smarter. Blog more intelligently. Correct again. Get clearer.
As your blogging success expands you will gradually notice that you make more attempts than most other bloggers who sit on the cyber headlines, trembling in their cyber boots, being terrified to miss, to screw up, to struggle and to fail.
Lebron, MJ and Kobe did not become the greatest hoopers of all time by sitting in the stands.
Each practiced intelligently and corrected themselves continually as they missed the most shots or made the most turnovers en route to being the greatest champions and players of all time.
Michael Jordan has 6 NBA championship rings.
Kobe Bryant has 5 NBA championship rings.
Lebron James has 4 NBA championship rings.
Perhaps the 3 greatest players of all time with a cumulative 15 NBA titles to their collective names failed and corrected their way to being legends.
Think long and hard about your blogging strategy and how it may rest on being scared to make mistakes, to fail and most of all, how you may not be blogging intelligently and correcting your way….along the way.
Blog from abundance.
Gobble up opportunities like a Blogging Pac-Man for intelligently helping people, correcting yourself when required, and growing.
You will never gain much of anything if you are terrified to lose.
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