In Christine Hawkinson’s book 50 Years in the Bleachers, she shares her dad’s coaching philosophy: D.D.S. Richard Maher, an Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame inductee, believed that players must have Desire, Discipline, and Structure for a program to be successful.
D.D.S. is a good formula for many other pursuits, including blog writing.
Today is the 10-year anniversary of leadership dots! I went on hiatus for two weeks when my Mom unexpectedly went into the hospital and then hospice, but otherwise, I have published every single day for the past decade. Ten years. Three thousand, six hundred and thirty-nine dots. Over 870,000 words.
There were many (many!) times when Desire was missing but Discipline and Structure prevailed. I think of those days – or more accurately, those late nights – when I would have chosen a root canal over writing. But I promised myself I would write daily for 10 years, and I would feel worse about breaking my commitment than I did about writing yet another post.
So, as I enter Decade #2, the dots will continue but with some breaks built in. I’ll republish some of my favorites while I’m on vacation and during the holidays — we’ll see whether that modification to the Structure is enough to sustain my Desire for another million words or so.
I hope the dots have been a thought-provoking nugget for you each morning, and that you’ll encourage others to follow along on the journey.
Congratulations, beth! Here’s to the next 10 years!
Congratulations on ten years daily writing!