As you might gather, I write easily and for fun, while many others find this daunting. I also advocate for the values offered by this medium\u2014i.e., setting down in a stored form what you have learned. For some this is obvious, yet there are many who do, who act, who are involved in non-literate ways. I certainly don\u2019t object to this, but their work doesn\u2019t get retained for later review or disseminated \u2014two of the functions of writing. And it is through this medium that many goals are achieved:
\u2013 writing encourages others: \u201cIf they can do it, I can do it.\u201d Or: \u201cHey, I\u2019ve been doing that for ten years! I should get credit, too!\u201d
\u2013 writing gives others ideas: \u201cMaybe I could use that technique\u201d \u201cMaybe I could apply that with my clients.\u201d
\u2013 writing is easier than ever. It used to be that your self-expression or reports had to go through peer review editing. For some purposes that\u2019s still so, but you can also post your work on your blog, your website, write email to the forum, and in other ways get it out there. The internet has opened all sorts of interactive potentials.
\u2013 writing opens the horizons of your work beyond your own in-group. You may feel that others already know about what you\u2019re doing, but that\u2019s in fact a rather select group. Most people don\u2019t know the potential in your work, or don\u2019t appreciate what it\u2019s about. Don\u2019t take your work for granted.
\u2013 nor should the idea that you know stuff others don\u2019t know seduce you into a sense of entitlement, the illusion that it\u2019s the other people\u2019s job to seek you out. This is a subtle and often unconscious cop-out that protects you from the sense of realistic obligation that what you know needs to be organized in your mind, written up, and go through what it takes to get it published.
\u2013 if you don\u2019t write easily or naturally, find an ally who does and let that person become a co-author!
\u2013 don\u2019t get distracted by\u2014well, distractions\u2014and consider that what you\u2019ve learned as part of your experience might be useful to others. The excuse, \u201ctoo busy,\u201d may interfere with your long-term goals of having what you do respected. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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