1. The Click Publish Moment
Releasing Your Work
Into the World
by Cory J. Miller

2. “The tragedy of life is what dies
within a man while he lives.”
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—Albert Schweitzer
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3. What Click Publish
means
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4. Big BOLD steps to offer
something of value,
from yourself, to the world
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5. Three Click Publish
moments that changed
my life and others
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6. June 2006
I clicked Publish
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8. I also wore pleated khakis

9. February 2007
Released my first theme
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10. RockinBlue Theme
I really liked the color blue and the word “rockin”

11. January 2008
Started iThemes
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12. “I’ve decided that this [is] the
course of action I’d like to go
in, now all I need is a name.”
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13. We know it as
WordPress

14. You have a gift
to share
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15. A dream, a vision, an idea,
a solution, a cure, a remedy
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16. Time, Talent, Treasure
Art, music, design, code, writing,
teaching, speaking, experiences,
expertise, energy, effort
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17. The Problem
Most are reluctant to
share it with the world
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18. Imagine if your hero
hadn’t shipped
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20. Two biggest reasons
we don’t Click Publish
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21. FEAR
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22. I’m not good enough.
I don’t have ________.
I haven’t done ________.
What will ________ say?
What if ________ happens?
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23. BTW, if you talked to me
like you talk to yourself,
we wouldn’t be friends.
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24. Fear of Failure
Fear of Criticism
Fear of Embarrassment
Fear of Loss
Fear of Mistakes
Fear of Unknown
Fear of Not Being Good Enough
Fear of Not Knowing Enough
Fear of Not Being Qualified
Fear of Success
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25. My biggest fear
is REGRET
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26. There are no refunds
in this life
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27. Try and fail and be
criticized, then never try
and live with regret
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28. If you don’t try,
you guarantee failure
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29. I say, Ship and See
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30. "Failure is a bruise,
not a tattoo."
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—Jon Sinclair
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31. It becomes a tattoo
if you don’t learn, grow,
improve & move on
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32. And yes, vampires
and trolls are real
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33. Good work will always
be opposition, conflict
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34. Test the
sugar & sunshine
by them
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35. Just don’t let them
smother your dream
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36. “They don't erect
statues to critics.”
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—Zig Ziglar
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37. “Do you love your idea?
Does it feel right on instinct?
Are you willing to bleed for it?”
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—Steven Pressfield
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38. PERFECTIONISM
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39. Perfectionism is EVIL
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40. Masquerades as
“excellence” and “quality”
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41. Traps, suffocates, stifles,
distorts, distracts,
deceives and ruins
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42. Perfectionism is a THIEF,
robbing the world of the
good your work will bring
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43. Perfectionism is
also an EXCUSE
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44. It’s a PLAQUE for designers,
developers, writers, artists
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45. Finished work that sits
on a shelf is simply a
narcissistic art sculpture
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46. Roll it out into
the light of day
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47. Your first release is
NEVER your best OR final
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48. Do the work.
Finish the work.
Ship the work.
Improve the work.
(Rinse & Repeat)
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49. Ship a Version 1,
but ship something
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50. Your good is
someone else’s awesome
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51. Allow the world
an opinion
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52. To say: “Your work
changed my life.”
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53. So … what do you need to
Click Publish on today?
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54. What can you offer
the world of your
time, talent, treasure?
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55. What are you
holding back?
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56. “Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their
music in them!”
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― Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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57. Ship. Launch. Release.
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58. “Boldness has genius,
power and magic in it.”
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59. Take ONE big, bold step
off the sidelines and
into the arena
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60. Click Publish
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61. Thanks.
cory@iThemes.com
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