Barack Obama.

Quick! Say the first word that comes to mind.

…

Was it “change?”

“The change we need.”

“Change we can believe in.”

Obama owned that word in 2008. His masterful social media campaign gets a lot of the credit for that.

Do you love the power of words? Do you relish them?

Most blogs consist entirely, or almost entirely, of words.

Words can create. Words can destroy.

Words wield scary power for businesses.

Your blog is going to help or hurt your business in 2009.

How careful are you about the words you use or avoid on your business blog?

What are you going to do this week to become more so?

Sometimes you just need to believe in the power of your mind in order to make your blog a more successful part of your business.

Tinhk abuot it.

I don’t matter.

Those are the three most despicable words you could ever say as a blogger. Or as a professional.

Or as a human being.

Welcome to Part 5 of a 24-part series on how to use the Visionary Blogging method to overcome business blog problems and develop good business blogging habits.

Now let’s talk about how to overcome despair, one of the worst enemies of visionary business blogging.

What is despair?

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Previously you learned how to overcome fear, an enemy to blogging with vision. Now let’s talk about fear’s opposite, courage – what it is, why it matters to business blog success and how to increase your courage as a professional blogger.

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Note: This is a 3,000-word article. Please don’t stop till you’ve reached the end. I promise it will be worth it.

What is fear?

Vision can make the difference between victory and failure in blogging and business.

Vision polarizes. It has only allies and enemies. No fence-sitters.

Blogging too. You’re either improving your blog or making it worse. Never standing still.

Barry J. Moltz knows how to fail – and how to bounce back from failure. He’s even written a book on the subject, called Bounce! I heard about Bounce! from a friend a few months ago and got a copy. I read it. I recommend it.

I recently had the opportunity to ask Barry some questions by email about blogger failure. If you’re ever struggling with a blog-related problem, I want you to remember Barry’s answers. They can help you become a more visionary – and more successful – blogger.

Easton: What can struggling bloggers learn from your book?

Barry: I talk about …

Use these 139 tips to improve your blog and make your business more successful. I wrote them down at the SOBCon08 business blogger conference last week in Chicago.

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Welcome to Part 4 of a 5-part series on the elements of visionary blogging.

Part 1: Awareness
Part 2: Focus
Part 3: Discernment
Part 4: Imagination
Part 5: Diligence (next)

This article will help you become a more imaginative blogger.