“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.” – James Anthony Froude
I’d like to welcome you to Progress Forge. This blog has been in the mill for some time.
Some of the most interesting things that can happen in your life revolve around change. Change can happen quickly, slowly, voluntarily, and in-voluntarily. It can come in the form of either minor or life-changing events. You can adjust, go with the flow, or resist. There is purpose in everything, however, it’s not always apparent. Change isn’t the primary focus of Progress Forge, however, to progress, and to forge something, it’s a natural effect.
Goal setting, achieving, leadership, are elements that affect how we forge ourselves into what we want, or desire. A blacksmith spends time preparing, and manipulating to bend, twist, and strengthen metal and its properties to create something. There are key takeaways from the smithing process. A design, or thought and plan is made, the preparation is done, and the actual work, which can be difficult at times, can produce a finished product which is stronger than it originally was, and now suits its desired purpose.
The Internet is a wonderful medium, to be able to communicate, share thoughts and ideas, participate in a conversation in a world that has become, and will continue to, smaller, and smaller. The Progress Forge blog is about leadership, communication, learning, and progress; ultimately into something we’d like to, and picking back up when set back.
Update: 1/1/2025
After a hiatus, Progress Forge is being re-launched again this year in 2025.
Note: The progressforge.com domain was re-registered again in July 2020. Most of the content that was published on the Progress Forge blog / newsletter was restored in January 2025 from Archive.org Wayback Machine. In addition, most of the content has been updated to fix broken links and images, however, the original context remains.
Update: 6/6/2012
For full transparency, the original publish date of this post was on 2/6/10.
Some content between April 2008 to February 2010, was migrated from keenpath.com over to this home on progressforge.com. You can learn more about that transition here. Just think of a time warp. As Marty McFly would say, “This is heavy”.
I recommend floating around the archives a bit to see what is all available here. Thanks! (Aren’t welcome posts fun?!)