Write Now
T here’s no better time to write about something than when you’re in the trenches doing it. I used to didn’t think that. I had the idea that it would be better to write about it after having had the experience and at a time when you could look back at all you mistakes with 20/20 vision. But now, I’ve decided that isn’t the case. A few years ago, I was the chairman of a committee at church. It was the first time I had been the chairman on a committee and I had all these ideas of how I should handle it. Overall, I was successful at it. After two years, I went off the committee and I forgot about. During the time that I thought would be the ideal time to write about something like that, it wasn’t important to me. I’ve served on other committees, but I didn’t have to be concerned with the job of a chairman—until this year. This year, I was elected to the position of chairman on another committee. All those ideas about how a chairman should handle the job have come rushing back to me. If ...