the click publish moment - wordcamp dfw keynote
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How to click publish on your dreams, ideas, work, projects, using your time, talent and treasure to make a difference in the world.TRANSCRIPT
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The Click Publish Moment Releasing Your Work
Into the World
by Cory J. Miller
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“The tragedy of life is what dies within a man while he lives.”
!—Albert Schweitzer
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What Click Publish means
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Big BOLD steps to offer something of value,
from yourself, to the world
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Three Click Publish moments that changed
my life and others
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June 2006 I clicked Publish
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I also wore pleated khakis
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February 2007 Released my first theme
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I really liked the color blue and the word “rockin”
RockinBlue Theme
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January 2008 Started iThemes
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“I’ve decided that this [is] the course of action I’d like to go in, now all I need is a name.”
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We know it as
WordPress
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You have a gift to share
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A dream, a vision, an idea, a solution, a cure, a remedy
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Time, Talent, Treasure Art, music, design, code, writing, teaching, speaking, experiences,
expertise, energy, effort
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The Problem Most are reluctant to
share it with the world
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Imagine if your hero hadn’t shipped
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Two biggest reasons we don’t Click Publish
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FEAR
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I’m not good enough. I don’t have ________.
I haven’t done ________. What will ________ say?
What if ________ happens?
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BTW, if you talked to me like you talk to yourself, we wouldn’t be friends.
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Fear of Failure Fear of Criticism
Fear of Embarrassment Fear of Loss
Fear of Mistakes Fear of Unknown
Fear of Not Being Good Enough Fear of Not Knowing Enough
Fear of Not Being Qualified Fear of Success
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My biggest fear is REGRET
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There are no refunds in this life
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#WCDFW @corymiller303
Try and fail and be criticized, then never try
and live with regret
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If you don’t try, you guarantee failure
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I say, Ship and See
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"Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo."
!
—Jon Sinclair
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It becomes a tattoo if you don’t learn, grow,
improve & move on
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And yes, vampires and trolls are real
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#WCDFW @corymiller303
Good work will always be opposition, conflict
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Test the sugar & sunshine
by them
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Just don’t let them smother your dream
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“They don't erect statues to critics.”
!
—Zig Ziglar
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“Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct?
Are you willing to bleed for it?” !
—Steven Pressfield
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PERFECTIONISM
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Perfectionism is EVIL
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Masquerades as “excellence” and “quality”
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Traps, suffocates, stifles, distorts, distracts, deceives and ruins
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Perfectionism is a THIEF, robbing the world of the
good your work will bring
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Perfectionism is also an EXCUSE
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It’s a PLAQUE for designers, developers, writers, artists
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Finished work that sits on a shelf is simply a
narcissistic art sculpture
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Roll it out into the light of day
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Your first release is NEVER your best OR final
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Do the work. Finish the work. Ship the work.
Improve the work. (Rinse & Repeat)
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Ship a Version 1, but ship something
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Your good is someone else’s awesome
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Allow the world an opinion
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To say: “Your work changed my life.”
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So … what do you need to Click Publish on today?
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What can you offer the world of your
time, talent, treasure?
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What are you holding back?
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“Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their
music in them!” !
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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Ship. Launch. Release.
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“Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”
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Take ONE big, bold step off the sidelines and
into the arena
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Click Publish