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A year ago I attended a leadership workshop for business owners trying to level up. I learned a lot, more than I can wrap my head around really. The unexpected takeaway from the weekend was this blog. I needed a challenge. A way to share ideas, get out of my comfort zone and develop writing skills. I needed a new practice to commit to, stick with and grind through. Something to both love and hate at the same time. 

Sitting in LAX, early in the morning on March 10th, I wrote the first post, titled “Consistency.” It was a note to myself. Stick with it even if I failed, even if I didn’t want to continue. Well, here we are, 237 posts later. 

There were some thought provoking, conversation starting posts. There were some posts with too many typos to even bother editing. Sometimes the ideas flowed and sometimes I sat on the couch with my face in my palms, worried that this morning would be the morning I didn’t get anything posted. Through practice, grit and planning I posted every weekday for the past year.

Writing doesn’t come easy and my introverted tendency is to never share anything personal. But the words are starting to flow more, I can feel my writing develop and change and this blog provides endless conversations with you all each week. I hope by reading you’re challenged to try on different perspectives, evaluate yourself objectively and you learn something new every now and then. 

I’m proud that I did this for a year in a row, but I’m not pausing to celebrate, I’m keeping my head down and continuing the work. 

Justin Miner

@justinminergain