Just the process of putting into words what you are thinking will produce tremendous growth. Actually thinking about what is going on around you, in your industry, or in the wider world will stretch you like nothing else.
Do it for yourself!
I have grown tremendously from writing on my blogs. Check out Seth Godin and Tom Peters making that point:
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A few great lines:
Seth Godin:
It doesn’t matter if anyone reads it. What matters is the humility that comes from writing it.
You benefit!
Tom Peters:
No single thing in the last 15 years professionally has been more important to my life than blogging. It has changed my life, it has changed my perspective, it’s changed my intellectual outlook, it’s changed my emotional outlook.
You benefit!
Oh, and then there’s this little thing:
And it’s the best marketing tool I’ve ever had by an order of magnitude.
And it’s free.
Hat tip: Rita Keller.