Comments on: Two Lessons I Need to Reflect and Internalize http://blog.digidave.org/2008/08/two-lessons-i-need-to-reflect-and-internalize Journalism is a Process, Not a Product Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Liz http://blog.digidave.org/2008/08/two-lessons-i-need-to-reflect-and-internalize/comment-page-1#comment-224 Liz Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:39:00 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/2008/08/two-lessons-i-need-to-reflect-and-internalize.html#comment-224 <p>P.S. When I say "you" I don't mean specifically you, Digidave, but the general you (anyone with a pitch). This just reflects my attitude about self- and cause-promotion, not specifically about you or anything you have said or done. You just raise some interesting issues about behavior in online networking.</p> P.S. When I say “you” I don’t mean specifically you, Digidave, but the general you (anyone with a pitch). This just reflects my attitude about self- and cause-promotion, not specifically about you or anything you have said or done. You just raise some interesting issues about behavior in online networking.

]]> By: Liz http://blog.digidave.org/2008/08/two-lessons-i-need-to-reflect-and-internalize/comment-page-1#comment-223 Liz Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/2008/08/two-lessons-i-need-to-reflect-and-internalize.html#comment-223 <p>It sounds like solid lessons you've learned. Not everyone is a potential collaborator in your life's passion, they have their own plans. It's great to share what you love with other people but when it becomes a pitch and you turn into an evangelist seeking conversions, I tune out, no matter how worthy the cause. I feel like I'm being manipulated and that the pitchman or pitchwoman is ignoring the fact that I might have something that I feel equally passionate about. </p> <p>I realize that to achieve great things, people often need to be over-the-top and more than a little self-absorbed in order to overcome all of the obstacles that they face. But they don't make the best friends or collaborators because they don't understand the reciprocality required for a genuine friendship. They are too set on their "mission" whether it is to change the world or to be rich & famous.</p> <p>Only you can say where the line is but if you have good friends, ones who are honest to you & have your best interests at heart, they will quickly tell you when you have crossed it. You should listen to them even when they tell you things you don't want to hear. </p> <p>There's my two dollar's worth of philosophy for the day.</p> It sounds like solid lessons you’ve learned. Not everyone is a potential collaborator in your life’s passion, they have their own plans. It’s great to share what you love with other people but when it becomes a pitch and you turn into an evangelist seeking conversions, I tune out, no matter how worthy the cause. I feel like I’m being manipulated and that the pitchman or pitchwoman is ignoring the fact that I might have something that I feel equally passionate about.

I realize that to achieve great things, people often need to be over-the-top and more than a little self-absorbed in order to overcome all of the obstacles that they face. But they don’t make the best friends or collaborators because they don’t understand the reciprocality required for a genuine friendship. They are too set on their “mission” whether it is to change the world or to be rich & famous.

Only you can say where the line is but if you have good friends, ones who are honest to you & have your best interests at heart, they will quickly tell you when you have crossed it. You should listen to them even when they tell you things you don’t want to hear.

There’s my two dollar’s worth of philosophy for the day.

]]> By: Tish Grier http://blog.digidave.org/2008/08/two-lessons-i-need-to-reflect-and-internalize/comment-page-1#comment-222 Tish Grier Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/2008/08/two-lessons-i-need-to-reflect-and-internalize.html#comment-222 <p>Hi David,</p> <p>Two things I've taken to heart recently:</p> <p>1. Elevator pitches are actually the least effective way to network and</p> <p>2. Workaholism makes one very, very dull.</p> <p>The two seem to work in tandem--when they are on one side of the life-scale, and the other side is empty, you're in need of some time away from work and in life...</p> <p>I think too, in time, you'll find that even if you're developing a "personal brand" out here, you'll be able to knock off for a bit and people will still remember you. You will have created the right connections in the right places and it will be enough. </p> <p>Trust me on this one :-)</p> Hi David,

Two things I’ve taken to heart recently:

1. Elevator pitches are actually the least effective way to network and

2. Workaholism makes one very, very dull.

The two seem to work in tandem–when they are on one side of the life-scale, and the other side is empty, you’re in need of some time away from work and in life…

I think too, in time, you’ll find that even if you’re developing a “personal brand” out here, you’ll be able to knock off for a bit and people will still remember you. You will have created the right connections in the right places and it will be enough.

Trust me on this one :-)

]]> By: Randy J. Hunt http://blog.digidave.org/2008/08/two-lessons-i-need-to-reflect-and-internalize/comment-page-1#comment-221 Randy J. Hunt Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:55:00 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/2008/08/two-lessons-i-need-to-reflect-and-internalize.html#comment-221 <p>Nice one, Dave. In deed, it is always good when something prompts some self-analysis.</p> Nice one, Dave. In deed, it is always good when something prompts some self-analysis.

]]> By: Avi Kaplan http://blog.digidave.org/2008/08/two-lessons-i-need-to-reflect-and-internalize/comment-page-1#comment-220 Avi Kaplan Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.digidave.org/2008/08/two-lessons-i-need-to-reflect-and-internalize.html#comment-220 <p>It's great to catch yourself like that and realize that a conversation you are having can go so much further than a pitch. Also, learning to be a little less pitch trigger happy can open up and deepen all kinds of relationships. Thanks for sharing.</p> It’s great to catch yourself like that and realize that a conversation you are having can go so much further than a pitch. Also, learning to be a little less pitch trigger happy can open up and deepen all kinds of relationships. Thanks for sharing.

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