This is My Bad Writing, Where's Yours?

This post you're reading is my bad writing.

I'm only ~30 posts in. There's no way it can be that good.

But I'm writing it anyway.

Are you doing the same?

Do bad work, then good work will follow

We must create mediocre work before we can produce work that's exceptional. If we never go through the slog of producing shoddy work, we'll never get to the level of mastery.

Our ego is too strong. It doesn't want us to be "less than".

Don't you love to be patted on the back and told that you're doing a good job? Doesn't it feel great to get likes on social media? How much does it hurt when your work gets no traction?

Your ego is preventing you from producing the bad work. It wants to keep you safe from criticism. But criticism will get you to the next level.

Instead of avoiding the bad writing, embrace it.

Leaders embrace "bad writing"

Leaders accept that nothing will be perfect on the first try, and maybe not the 100th try.

The difference between leaders and everyone else is that they ship the work. They write the blog post, they have the clunky, difficult conversation, they present their incomplete findings, and they build janky processes. But at least they are publishing their work.

The leader is the one who overcomes their ego and realizes that the work must be done and it must be bad before it can be good.

Stop hiding behind the fear of your "bad writing".

Get the work done and lead.