Here are 5 more submissions to the Group Writing Project where we all answer the question, “What I Learned in 2006?

• Carolyn Manning does her annual self-analysis. Her first point resonates very strongly with me: “No amount of ‘wishing it so’ will hurry a plan to its outcome.” She’s 100% right.
• Ted Demopoulos has some insights into what’s needed after you’ve written a book. For any aspiring writers, Ted’s lessons learned are critical.
• Robert provides 6 things he’s learned in 2006. He’s gone through some tough work experiences and some personal successes, all of which have taught Robert a lot.
• Ron McDaniels hones in on one big lesson learned. He’s learned about when to pull the plug on initiatives that aren’t working. Really, Ron’s talking about realizing that change can be good and is often needed for success.
• Jon Swanson is Mr. Inspiration if you ask me. And he’s learned a lot this year. The first thing he’s learned? He learned he can still learn. Smart man that Jon Swanson.

To-date we’ve raised $210 together for charity! Thank you!

I’m donating $5 / post written, and you’ve still got until Sunday, December 24th to participate.

Starting this week I launched a group writing project asking the question, “What Did You Learn in 2006?”

The response has been amazing! I’ve posted 15 submissions already. Please take a look here, here and here. There’s a lot of great writing; people opening up, sharing their lessons learned, ranging from motherhood to business and more.

For each submission I’m donating $5 to charity.

There’s also some great book prizes to be won!

And, here are 5 more submissions:

• Robert Hruzek takes a somewhat offbeat approach with what he’s learned and it’s well worth the read. It’s hard not to laugh when you discover that 1 in 18 people have a 3rd nipple.
• Michael Stammer has a great list of things he’s learned including one of the best ones I’ve read so far, “The time to make my friends is before I need them.”
• Shawn Hessinger is rumored to be writing upwards of 10 posts about what’s he’s learned this year! Woohoo! In the meantime, his first one is about the fact that he’s truly learned he’s an entrepreneur.
• Katelyn Thomas learned some great things about her stamping hobby. Most interesting to me is the fact that such a strong community can exist around a hobby. That’s a fun, lighthearted but powerful reality.
• Paul Merrill (who lives in Nairobi) learned that what he knows isn’t necessarily right along with a few other things.

You have until Sunday, December 24th to contribute. Write a blog post answering the question, What Did You Learn in 2006? Link it back to Instigator Blog and tell me about it. That’s it!

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