Who talk?
Filed under: inspiration, motivation, quotes
In Janruary of this year (2006), Shel Isreal and Robert Scoble put there heads together and wrote a book called Naked Conversations. The book tackles a subject that is still widely debated almost a year later, and probably will be for awhile to come. Business Blogging. The title fits perfectly because blogs are out there on the internet for anyone and everyone to see, evidenced by the fact that you are reading this article.
The authors, bloggers as a whole, are sharing of themselves or giving you insights into their business as well as allowing you to see a side of them you might not normally see. The conversations we, as authors and readers, have are not unlike the conversations we have with ourselves.
Think about it.
Do you talk to yourself? Sure you do. You are consciously and unconsciously sending yourself messages, 100s of messages a day. Don’t believe me? What about the time you made a mistake at the office and after your boss spoke to you and say to yourself "Well, that was stupid. How could I be so dumb?"
The way that we talk to ourselves is naked, just as blogging is suggested to be by the book, only the audience is different. Its an audience of one and you need only to pay attention to what you are saying to yourself. Doing this doesn’t require a great deal of work it means you are more aware of the thoughts that pass through your mind and by paying attention you’ll catch the lies that you tell yourself.
- "Well, that was stupid of me. How could I be so dumb?" That isn’t true! I’m not dumb but I did make a mistake and can be aware of it next time.
- "I’ll never succeed. I don’t have any skills." Wait a minute, that isn’t true either, I’m a talented writer and networker. I DO have skills.
See what I mean? By paying attention to the things you tell yourself and countering them with what you know to be true you can begin to foster those feelings and acknowledge them as truth. In time you will feel better about yourself and you won’t talk down to yourself nearly so much as you once did.
We are all special. Acknowledge it and tell yourself no different. Trust me, you’ll feel much better and you are so worth the effort.
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October 20th, 2006 at 9:22 am
I am always amazed that someone will defend themselves when verbally attacked, but have no problem telling themselves the same thing that they are fighting against. Too many people are fine with telling themselves that they are stupid while at the same time not standing for others saying it. Either it’s true or it’s not. It’s almost always not. Since it’s not, stand up against yourself just like you stand up against others.
I think that blogging in general is a good way to help with this. I have found myself changing my own thought patterns since I started blogging. If I wouldn’t say it publicly I won’t say it privately. That kind of consistent transparent behavior is good. It has helped me be who I am all the time, which is not being someone different inside than I am to the rest of the world.
October 20th, 2006 at 12:30 pm
I couldn’t agree more, Steve. I think you hit the nail right on the head about people and they way they defend themselves. And I know for an absolute fact that blogging has been instrumental in my growth both in business and in life. Writing my thoughts out so that they are visible and concrete has helped me in many ways. I’ve recognized many things about myself I wouldn’t have acknowledged in the past. Blogging helped wake me up!
God Bless.