Of all the ways I could think to celebrate today's milestone of 1,000 blog posts, only one idea kept resurfacing.
Write another blog post.
Why, after all, would I change anything when the very cause for celebration is the chance to keep doing what I love?
And, with more time and more effort I could eventually log 10,000 hours of writing blog posts.
Why 10,000 hours?
Malcolm Gladwell is one of my favorite writers and a few years ago he wrote a chapter in Outliers, titled, "The 10,000-Hour Rule. The entire premise of his chapter is that, preparation plays a much larger role in the success of gifted people - outliers - than does innate talent. In fact, he sited work where researchers settled on what they believe is the magic number for someone to develop true expertise. It was ten thousand hours.
Since I am not gifted, the idea of Gladwell's 10,000-hour rule suited me just fine. After all, logging long hours of sheer hard work is something I know I can do.
And since the principle seems to have worked for people like Bill Joy, Bill Gates, The Beatles, and a whole slew of other people, I can't imagine why it wouldn't work for me too.
And you too!
So, what is something you love enough that you would consider doing it for 10,000 hours - which, incidentally, averages out to about twenty hours a week over ten years? Join me in the comment section and share.
Shining off until tomorrow when I come one day closer to Thursday, September 18, 2025 - the day I reach my 10,000 hours!