Видел уже где то…

of course when you’re young, this could be a problem. Why? Inexperience. But I quickly learned that you learn by your own experience AND the experience of others! Stick to that, and you’re good…

I’d much rather “dive in” and try something than read a book about it. I tend to use “How To” books more as reference, meaning when I’m really STUCK and can’t figure something out, I’ll go to the book.

The plus side of this is that I don’t spend a lot of time reading something I will not retain; the down side is that I might be DESPERATE for help when I discover I gave the library to ONE book that could help me. Great post:~)

Right on, that is the only approach to many things in life. Move from only reading about a particular topic and on to the actually doing. Read and write, repeat. Cheers!

-Mig

The doing does give reference experiences and that’s a good point.

Better to learn from other people’s mistakes than from our own.

Good point about our belief system that we can change it at any time.

Thanks for the nice comment. Thanks for dropping by. And, thanks for the stumble.

@ unstranger: I think we should write only the amount needed to get our message across. But we shouldn’t be dogmatic about length. Length should be a servant to what we have to say and not the other way around.

For this post… I believe its length is on the longer side because the sum of all its parts contribute to making it a better post.

A long post is only a problem when its length fails to enhance it. When this happens, we must take out the Samurai sword and cut out those portions which do nothing to improve the post and its overall delivery.

I strive to be vigilant here. And only make a post longer when I believe the sum of its parts contribute to a stronger and more memorable whole.

interesting that you say improving at your craft can be accomplished by two methods – reading and doing. i definitely think they have to go hand-in-hand. you get to a point where you’ve read so much that reading any more is useless, and the same goes for doing. even something like starting a blog, you can read as much as you like but there comes a point where further reading won’t benefit until you’ve put some work in and get to know what the whole thing actually is about.

definitely with you that a little preparation is a great thing – a lot even – but if i have to choose, i think i’d go with doing and then reading as opposed to reading and then doing – just because the reading can be overwhelming if you don’t have any experience of what it’s actually like… the doing gives reference experiences.

learning from others is reaaaaaly good advice too, prolly attribute most of my growth to learning from others. power advice.

…and so true about your belief system. cool thing about your belief system is that you can change it

great article. gave it a stumble

all the best
alex – unleash reality