Patti Digh’s book Creative Is a Verb is a favorite of mine. (I refer to it often, such as in this post.) Digh is an author, consultant and speaker, who writes the beautiful blog 37 days.

Her book first introduced me to the idea that everyone is creative. In fact, the subtitle of her book is: “If You’re Alive, You’re Creative.” (When I saw this, I instantly grabbed the book off the shelf.)

For a long time, I thought creativity was akin to art and making things—activities that I stopped doing a very long time ago. But, of course, we use creativity every day, whether we’re an artist, consultant, doctor, chef, teacher, CEO or homemaker.

Today, I wanted to share a powerful passage that Digh writes in response to a common question she gets: “How can I build a successful blog?”

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