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Do You Respect Progressive Blogging Growth?

I recall over a decade ago as a new blogger.

The day I bought my domain and hosting, I visualized myself being interviewed by Oprah. She hosted one of the most popular TV shows in the world during those days. Of course, I saw myself sitting across from her a few months or years into my blogging career. Yeah, right. I did not understand or respect the law of progressive blogging growth.

Progressive blogging growth dictates all new bloggers experience growth slowly, deliberately learning, expanding and taking their time through the process. New bloggers cannot experience rapid blogging growth because all growth is progressive. No one can take a quantum blogging leap. Overnight success does not exist. Being wealthy and famous requires many 1000s of blogging work hours spanning years. This is what it is. Nobody can take shortcuts because shortcuts do not exist. Accept this truth to avoid stumbling, failing and quitting, as is the case for bloggers who try to rush the process.

Let’s revisit my Oprah pipe dream over a decade ago. I honestly believed I could become famous enough in months or a few years to pop up on the radar screen of the most famous talk show host on earth, at that time. I believed my story was special enough to warrant such attention, and quite fast. But all blogging growth is progressive. No blogger becomes skilled, clear, confident and exposed enough to pop up on the radar screen of world renowned media hosts in a few years. No blogger experiences that level of growth because all growth is progressive, slow and steady, especially for a new blogger. Landing a spot on world renowned shows requires 10-15 years of work spanning 10,000 plus hours of work, and nothing less.

Bloggers sometimes want to experience rapid blogging success without putting in the work. Bloggers ask me how to do what I did. I simply share how 10-12 years of generous, steady, patient work is how to become skilled enough to do what I do today. I once wrote and shipped 30 articles for clients in one day back in 2013. Writing like a machine for a long time developed the skills to where I could write a high volume of posts in a short amount of time. I write and publish 4-5 or more posts daily now because I grew slowly, progressively and patiently over a decade online. Blogging for 10,000 to 15,000 hours is the only way to get skilled enough to publish content frequently.

No blogger can accelerate this process because all success is progressive. Remember this before trying to take short cuts. Folks ask me how to succeed online. I share how becoming successful requires 5-10 years and 10,000 plus hours of effort. But some folks ask me if I they can become successful in 1-2 years versus 5-10 years. Impossible; blogging success is progressive. No blogger can jam 10,000 hours of work into 1-2 years. No blogger cam jam 10 years of work into 2 years.

Take your time. Relax. All blogging growth is progressive, slow and steady because human beings develop skills over 1000s of hours spanning years. Be patient. Stop trying to get rich quickly. Do not expect overnight success. Stop deluding yourself. Becoming a pro blogger is a fun, freeing journey but requires 1000s of blogging hours over years, promoting your slow, steady, patient growth to professional blogging levels.

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Written by Ryan Biddulph

Ryan Biddulph is a blogger, author, and world traveler who's been featured on Richard Branson's Virgin Blog, Forbes, Fox News, Entrepreneur, Positively Positive, Life Hack, John Chow Dot Com and Neil Patel Dot Com. He has written and self-published 126 bite-sized eBooks on Amazon and can help you build a successful blog at bloggingfromparadise.com

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