Write to Influence! — Powerful Writing Changes Lives! Part 2 | Corporate Gray Blog

Nearly all those whom I went to school with would never believe I could write anything of any redeeming value. That is because I was never anything but a C student at best, and had very few thoughts or ideas that I could call my own. Being shy I did a lot of listening and and kept pretty much to myself. Back then I would have been considered NOT the sharpest knife in the drawer, and definitely nowhere near the head of my class. In reality I was a slow learner and a late bloomer. I hated anything that would have been considered literature, English/grammar, or creative writing. All that changed at age 45 when I was told by my employer that I needed to attend a class in technical writing as a requirement for a promotion to Project Specialist/Project Engineer. I quickly found that writing was my way of expressing myself in a way that was difficult to do verbally. I was also told I needed to attend classes to learn facilitating skills...a class that I was not looking forward too attending. These are two classes that benifited me greatly in my career through retirement. Over the years I written numerous articles about things I've learned, interesting things about history, and my family background. I was grateful to learn I was a capable learner and might be one of the sharper knives in the drawer. It's never too late to improve your skills and learn something new. You can do it.