How Bloggers can learn from Olympics Athletes To Reach Gold & Glory in Blogging
I have spent way too much time glued to the television from the day the breath taking Olympics opening ceremony took place. I watched several Olympics events and still remain fascinated on how a human body can do so much! They spin, fly, flip, glide through water and/or move so fast!
Best of all, they make it look effortless and might give you the feeling that even you can do something similar!
Of course, if you ask one of these athletes the journey to the London Olympics, most of them will attribute it to hard work, sacrifice and determination amongst others.
1. Specialize – Be the best in your Niche
Every Olympic athlete has an event they specialize in. For example, you don’t see anyone in boxing also competing in swimming.
Whan we say
Michael Phelps, what comes to mind? Swimming right?
Usain Bolt, what comes to mind?
How does all that apply to blogging?
In blogging terms, every athlete has a special niche. They try to be the best in their niche.
The narrower the niche, the better chance you have of being the best in that niche.
I have several other blogs which are super focused on a narrow niche. (This blog though is not a good example 
)
2. Achievable Goals and miles stones
I don’t think any of these athletes started out by thinking Olympics as their first major goal. Sure, Olympics was a lifelong dream, but along the way they had many baby step competitions they had to win to even consider a spot at the Olympics.
Most newbie bloggers don’t see the results they want to achieve after a few weeks. Often, this becomes a frustrating experience when expectations are set fairly high.
It’s easy to be wow’d by pro bloggers who earn a 5 figure income each month. They make it look effortless. Unless someone is trying to sell you a scam,
There is no overnight success. You have to be committed to building long term growth online.
You need to set measurable goals, set action plans to achieve those goals and track your progress.
3. Focus on continuous improvement
What will it take to beat the best in your niche?
It requires studying your competition, building “ammunition” to compete, improving your skills and techniques. All of which apply to blogging too.
4. Dedication and commitment cement gold and glory
A few days ago, I was reading an article about Kyla Ross the youngest gymnast on the U.S. team
She practices about 30-35 hours every week and she’s only 15!
I fringe at the mere thought of waking up a few minutes early in the morning to do some writing. Obviously, I am not as disciplined as I should be!
The key takeaway here is that, there are no short cuts to blogging stardom. There’s no work less and achieve more success.. unless you outsource Just kidding..
I can go on and on, but I don’t want you to lose the love you have for Olympics after reading this post. So will stop for now.
How has Olympics influenced you? Leave a comment below. I’d like to know that I am not the only one paranoid with Olympics 
I think the real message to be taken away from this whole post is that it isn’t easy to be an A-lister, top-dog, or [insert another term for a the top of your industry], but it’s do-able. I like to look at Michael Phelps for this example – he started swimming at 12 years old and competed in his first Olympics shortly-there-after.
It may not be easy to achieve the high points of blogging that you want to, but it’s possible and completely worth it. Look at the bigger names in nearly any industry and I’m sure they’ll tell you that the hard work paid off completely. It’s all about how much you’re willing to put into the machine.
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Very good point Joe,
I feel like you just said everything I wanted to say in a few sentences
Many bloggers often look for the shortest path to success. We have the mindset, “if it worked for …. then why not me”.
What’s not always transparent is the time effort someone else put in to get to that point.
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No matter which niche you are in, there is lot of inspiration to take from the athletes. You see all of them striving to get medals, that is a good inspiration to rejuvenate the spirits. Be focused all the time, I am sure most of the bloggers will succeed.
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Being focused, disciplined is way to go even thought it might not always be a barrier free road
Shamelle recently posted..How Bloggers can learn from Olympics Athletes To Reach Gold & Glory in Blogging
Hey Shamelle,
If only I could write quality posts as fast as Usain Bolt does the 100m. We surely can look at the amount of dedication these professional have and the amount of practice them put into achieving their goals.
I do admire like the never give up mentality.
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All four are quiet difficult!
I define my niche as personal development, which I suppose is way too broad…
My goals are achievable, but always a bit too difficult.
Like you, I am not a disciplined as I should be. I try to spend 2 hours every day training my writing (as in, 100% focus on training, not on existing writing projects), but end up only spending 20-30 minutes.
Great reminders!
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Dedication and determination are the key components to get success. Small failures occur but they can’t stop to achieve your final target and the olympics players are the example for this.
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If you wanna learn from a olympic master there is only three thing you should take from them and apply it on blogging.
1.Don´t give up
2. Work hard
3. Push Push
Very brilliantly summed up.
The key to success- be it any field (Olympics, surgery, blogging, technology, whatever) is determination and perseverance. Also you need to believe in yourself and be unfazed by initial hurdles and roadblocks, thinking of them as stepping stones to success.
I am a new blogger and I might not be getting too much traffic right now (though some of my posts are on Page 1 of Google already), I know that my blog will be there among the top 100,000 within the next three months. And I will be earning a good revenue from it soon because I deliver stellar content.
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Hi Ambika,
Thanks for your comments.
It’s great to hear about your progress as a new blogger. When starting out it often seems highly competitive. With the right “mix”, anyone can shine and even out rank others who have already established.
Hope you continue to be part of Better Blogging Ways as you grow your blog. If there’s anything I can do to help, let me know.
All the best
Shamelle
For you to reach your goal or get the highest achievement you are aiming in everything you do is you need dedication and commitment. Even in our daily routine we need this commitment to finish our day well. You have a great list to be succesful in blogging… more power to you and hope I can read more of your post.