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    From the page: "Itâ€s about looking at your blog as a whole, past, present, and future, and forgetting about traffic and subscribers, and what people will and wonâ€t like, and what people will and wonâ€t vote for on social media, and instead starting to think about making it incredible, and... more

    Reviewed by mrsflinger Sep 30 2008, 10:37pm ( 34 reviews ) skelliewag.org

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  • Rated by robin-is on Nov 01 2008, 10:41pm

    From the page: "The problem with being motivated and rewarded by external factors is this: external validation is not always going to be there for you."
  • Rated by mywifequitherjob on Oct 25 2008, 4:35pm

    Some great advice on blogging
  • Rated by jpzygnerski on Oct 16 2008, 10:10am

    This is one of my favorite blog posts ever. It really hit home for me. I keep quotes from it on Post-It notes on my computer. Seriously.
  • Rated by comeonroy on Oct 11 2008, 6:42am

    You are your own best follower.
  • Rated by Karooch on Oct 08 2008, 3:29pm

    Blog for yourself first and foremost. It's the only way that you can be the best that you can be.
  • Rated by gretchenrubin on Oct 07 2008, 2:08pm

    Skellie writes an excellent article on how and why your blog should be incredible.
  • Rated by masmilele on Oct 06 2008, 6:20am

    Inspirational message that I recently saw echoed by DoshDosh. Build the beautiful garden and people will come.
  • Rated by tinustuff on Oct 05 2008, 11:46am

    "The problem with being motivated and rewarded by external factors is this: external validation is not always going to be there for you. It's virtually never there when you first start blogging, which is probably the reason why many blogs die almost as soon as they're born. It's also prone to leaving at inopportune times, even when your blog is well established."
  • Reviewed by MarkMcGuinness on Oct 03 2008, 7:27am

    Excellent piece about internal and external motivations and their effect on blogging (and by extension any creative endeavour).
  • Rated by ploomy on Oct 02 2008, 3:12pm

    Skellie straight killed it. great article.