Isn’t
streaming wonderful – instead of having to be aware of and maintain a schedule,
you can see almost anything anytime you want, as often as you want, instead of
only in the instant. Or is this not such a good thing?
In the OLD
DAYS, making dinner was a complicated and lengthy affair that required
discipline and planning. With refrigeration and prepackaged food (I remember
thinking of grabbing a burrito at 7-Eleven as instant gratification), and
faster cooking technology, that became something you could do on the fly, and
now about the only time anyone goes to that kind of effort is for a special
occasion -like Thanksgiving dinner. And how many of us have the discipline to
pull that off now?
I wonder how
people who have not learned patience can learn to slave away at their craft and
put in the hours necessary (20,000?) to become good at something? How long will
it take them to get tired of trying to excel, instead choosing to move onto
being mediocre at something else? The instant celebrity of our internet culture
feeds this.
There is no
overnight success – except the serendipity I have occasionally experienced,
where everything comes together almost by accident and you look brilliant – for
that one time, because you don’t have the discipline and practiced skill to be
able to duplicate it.
Have we made
too many things too easy? There’s something to be said for having to wait for
something – it takes patience and discipline to develop patience and
discipline.
Just
saying…
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My featured work this week is “Dempsey’s Debut” (alien
abduction, boxing, gladiators, and big blue praying manti, anyone?) - here’s
the link: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/483438?ref=NoTimeToThink
Use coupon code PC82S to save 67%
off the list price at check out on Smashwords (that’s right – only 99-cents!)
The coupon is good through September 14th.
Enjoy!
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William Mangieri’s writing (including his
latest ePublication “Endangered”) can be found in many places, including:
- His Amazon Author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008O8CBDY
- Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/william-mangieri?store=book&keyword=william+mangieri
- Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/NoTimeToThink
- Createspace: https://www.createspace.com/pub/simplesitesearch.search.do?sitesearch_query=william+mangieri&sitesearch_type=STORE
To connect with him, go to
“William Mangieri’s Writing Page” on Facebook (and LIKE and
FOLLOW), at: http://www.facebook.com/NoTimeToThink
Or
his Goodreads author page: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6893616.William_Mangieri
Or on twitter: @WilliaMangieri
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