The Difference Between Professionals and Amateurs
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The Difference Between Professionals and Amateurs
Last summer, I was speaking with a man named Todd Henry. Todd is a successful author and does a great job of putting out valuable work on a consistent basis.
I, on the other hand, do a remarkable job of putting out questionable work on an inconsistent basis. I started to explain this to Todd …
“ Todd, what do you think about writing only when you feel motivated? I feel like I always do my best work when I get a spark of creativity or inspiration, but that only happens every now and then. I’ m pretty much only writing when I feel like it, which means I’ m inconsistent. But if I write all the time, then I’ m not creating my best work.”
“ That’ s cool,” Todd replied.“ I only write when I’ m motivated too. I just happened to be motivated every day at 8am.”
The Difference Between Professionals and Amateurs
It doesn’ t matter what you are trying to become better at, if you only do the work when you’ re motivated, then you’ ll never be consistent enough to become a professional.