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Critics are people who think they know better.
Haters are people trying to bring you down.
Listen to the critics, but only if they have earned your trust through genuine expertise or through a bond of friendship.
Haters, well, first of all don’t be one, and second of all don’t feed the monsters, if you find them. They’re incurable.
James Clear wrote a good piece on it here and I made a quote he over heard into a snazzy inspirational thingy.
At the Buffer Blog one of my favorite writers there Belle Beth Cooper posted an article called
She included a cool graphic (adapted from a creation by Hugh MacLeod, see below) that gave a keen picture of the difference between knowledge and experience. (Cooper inserted knowledge in place of MacLeod’s information and experience in place of knowledge, in her version.)
COOPER’S SUMMARY:
• Experience works like rods–connecting the dots that are the bits of knowledge we gain. Don’t you love it, too?
That means, people who are good at connecting (knowledge bits) dots are creative types.
It got me to thinking and using my creativity, thus defined as “connecting dots”.
It’s like my brain had a baby. Here’s what I created to go a step further than Hugh and Belle Beth:
Tell me if it makes sense.
I’ll call it THE PROWESS WHEEL
Skills are knobby tires for the wheel. Traction, baby!
You can embed the graphic by copying the code below, if you’d like. I’m happy to share.
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-Lisa
There are all kinds of reasons for doing things.
In the end, I wonder if it comes down to just two: avoiding fear & pain or making ourselves feel better, which is sort of the same thing.
What’s more exciting than running on to the field when a soccer match is in progress? Taking a picture of yourself doing it…but wait…
Would the notoriety feel real if it could not be captured on her camera phone?
Is her fear “not mattering”?
Or maybe the motivation was to get some quick attention on Facebook, pure and simple.
Perhaps she was self and selfie motivated. Could it be crazy fun, or just crazy?
Of course we can only speculate.
In speculating alone, we will only distract ourselves from our fears. And those fears are the ones we live with each day. They are the ones that matter. So let’s transition…
As you prepare yourself for the new year, consider your motivations and your fears. What are they? Jot the big ones down. Be brave.
They will last the whole year long, likely, but you can move toward mastering them, yes? That said, you probably won’t be able to if you take a lot of selfies. It seems there’s something of a dead end in that preoccupation.
If yes, share to say you care. :)
HAPPY 2014!
at Tim Ferriss’ site that made me want to laugh and cry and then shake my head and then sigh…and now…confess.
So, it’s like this…
A whole generation can’t imagine what it’s like to live without a mobile phone and miraculously guest writer, Lane Wood…(sounds like a bowling alley product, right?) managed a whole month without one. He got around it with tons of technology and had to acquire a lot of patience. But, he’s still alive and everything.
But…Um. We do remember that just a few years ago most people didn’t have smart phones, right? Yes? Even you youthful Millenials?
Duh. Not even ten years ago we had stupid phones. Now the phone have a distinct intellectual edge, obviously.
I’m not a ancient relic, but I remember when “communication technology” was finding a creepy phone box thing that eat quarters and held you hostage with its strong metal cord. I would tell the operator, or the computer, my name was “Pick Me Up” so my dad would fetch me from Volleyball practice. The only people who had mobile phones were doctors, and most of them still had pagers. (If you’re clueless here, Google it up, okay.) Things have changed so much in so little time. I can barely remember a time that I wasn’t somehow attached to tech like I am now. CRAZZZZY.
Having no money makes you creative apparently, and now Lane’s an evangelist warning us that tech is cramping our lives and making us less human. No, it’s not big news, but I’m glad it’s getting more “air time” anyhow. Seriously.
I’m not posting now to pass judgement. Nope. I have changed to adopt the norms this guy has (seemingly) only ever known. Guilty. as. charged. Lane, I thank you. But, it is sort of sad, all of it.
Now to the good news:
In the last few days, because my kids have been on vacation, I have gone on a major diet…not with food…I was bad on that front. No, I haven’t used my phone, Facebook, twitter, Buffer, on been on my blog or or anyone else’s almost at all.
It’s been…NICE!
It’s like being able to breathe again. Lane, I’m with you!
Have you been on any sort of diet this season?
How long could you last without technology?
And I’m curious…what did you think of Lane’s article? Let me know.
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workshop sneak peek
This particular contraption is only halfway constructed. It’s part music box, part jewelry box, and part time travel device (finger’s crossed).
It will also come will the carefully formulated Time Traveler’s Mints tin of sweets to ease any symptoms of time travel sickness you could experience. These cute little tinned confections will only be on sale for the next 51 days.
Keep checking back for details on the whole project.
(Twitter will have updates under the has tag #weathertravel)
Not up for the rigors of Time Travel?
The tin of mints makes a great gift and is a tasty treat in ordinary time.
Click the photo for details.
