tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284297226882099213.post6151005032946860755..comments2024-02-19T04:24:29.956-08:00Comments on @Ignatia Webs: blogphilosophy me, my ego and iInge (Ignatia) de Waardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03170929012404880320noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284297226882099213.post-13962444954096549922007-12-14T03:59:00.000-08:002007-12-14T03:59:00.000-08:00hi StephenYou are so right, reading and listening ...hi Stephen<BR/>You are so right, reading and listening always brings one back to earth... or lifts because of the engaging knowledge others know.Inge (Ignatia) de Waardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03170929012404880320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284297226882099213.post-57283992819874528962007-12-13T16:35:00.000-08:002007-12-13T16:35:00.000-08:00You have to have an ego - that is, to believe in y...You have to have an ego - that is, to believe in yourself - in order to believe that you have any thoughts worth sharing.<BR/><BR/>I believe that this is a minimum requirement for all people, that everybody has something worth sharing, and that it is sad that some people do not feel that their contributions are valuable or worthwhile.<BR/><BR/>Where ego becomes an inhibiting factor is not so much in the output as in the input. It is when you close your ears and your eyes when you begin to believe that other people have nothing to say worth reading or listening to, that your ego needs to be reduced in size.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, the very act of reading and listening will reduce one's ego in and of itself, as it becomes very obvious as soon as you begin to read and listen to other people just how much of your own knowledge has been replicated by others, and how much they know that you don't know.<BR/><BR/>This, of course, is a good thing, for it means there is never a shortage of things to learn and things to do, that there is always a new idea or a new awakening just around the corner.Stephen Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284297226882099213.post-63633878939852652122007-12-07T01:15:00.000-08:002007-12-07T01:15:00.000-08:00I fully agree with the risk you take with putting ...I fully agree with the risk you take with putting your thoughts out there. <BR/><BR/>A 'sense checker' would be great indeed! For real life also.<BR/><BR/>And putting metrics on a blog surely helps to stay with both feet on the ground.Inge (Ignatia) de Waardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03170929012404880320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284297226882099213.post-28781802292657484462007-12-06T06:51:00.000-08:002007-12-06T06:51:00.000-08:00My non-blogging counterparts often imply (or say o...My non-blogging counterparts often imply (or say outright) that blogging isa very egotistical pursuit. <BR/><BR/>My response? Just try it! <BR/><BR/>Just try posting a comment on someone's blog, only to get shot down in flames by greater minds. Or worse - just try assembling your most erudite thoughts only for it to go completely unremarked. Spend a short while reading the posts of others in your field for a healthy dose of perspective of your own ignorance.<BR/><BR/>As part of the research for my dissertation, I installed some metrics on my blog. Talk about a reality check. I have never even come close to registering 100 readers in one day.<BR/><BR/>If anything, blogging reminds me just how much of a nobody I really am!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284297226882099213.post-83201434002224385432007-12-06T06:03:00.000-08:002007-12-06T06:03:00.000-08:00Hi, its good that you are being so honest about it...Hi, its good that you are being so honest about it. I sometimes wonder because at times don't fully engage brain before commenting on others blogs (and sometimes my own - Microsoft Sense Checker where are you :-)<BR/><BR/>I just blog at the moment, to get it out of my head and 'down on paper' so that I can clear space for new and hopefully exciting thoughts and try not to think about <B>that</B> side of it too much. <BR/><BR/>It will be interesting to see if I feel the same way in about a year's time when I will have either ditched or continued to fill out a year's worth of thoughts on the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com