Blick über den Tellerrand #5
Mache einen Unterschied, indem du ehrlich gegenüber anderen deine Motive erläuterst. Du musst deine Schwächen nicht betonen oder hervorheben, doch wenn es zur Sprache kommt, ob du den wichtigen Anruf nicht getätigt hast, weil du durch Krankheit verhindert warst oder weil du Angst hattest, es zu verpatzen – dann sei einfach mal ehrlich. Die meisten Menschen, die mit den Ängsten anderer konfrontiert werden, sind einsichtig.
(Dorothea Kirstein: Weswegen ich nicht mehr so gern Filme schaue)
“Facebook is fun and all, but seems to be a colossal waste of time.” (…) I ask you to consider that you are following the wrong people. They may have been the right people once upon a time but life is dynamic and Facebook has a tendency to remain static. How many of your Facebook friends are people you call or email on a regular basis? Do you even know their phone numbers or email addresses without looking them up on the informational screens of their Facebook profiles? Do you care?
(Ari Herzog: Unfriending Facebook Friends)
So that girl that couldn’t stand you in college because she thought that you thought that you were all that, now knows that you’re no longer as cute as you used to be (cause she’s trolled pictures of you in Facebook) and silently rejoices – and then tries to friend you (cause she’s hot now – and wants you to know it). Even if she never actually tries to friend you, she can sit, eating Bon Bons, taking pleasure in every ‘It’s complicated’ post you publish, relishing personal trials and travails. (…) What’s so disturbing about it, is that you’ll never know your whole life is under the scrutiny of crazies. Most people probably don’t put that much thought into what they post or publish, because they feel like it’s among friends. But in this age of reality TV, TMZ and YouTube, every personal gaffe is potentially fodder for the masses.
(Stephen Chukumba: Mass Social Voyeurism: Cyberstalking on Facebook)
I’m thinking a lot about problems at the moment because having one is integral to writing a good plot in a story. If my main character doesn’t have an obstacle, then what is she going to overcome? What will she achieve despite it? What’s going to make her act? Nothing. She’ll wander about aimlessly on the page and there won’t be any story.
(Sam Russell: Why Problems Matter)
The one upside is I’ve finally figured out what, to me, is the point of blogging. It isn’t subscribers or influence or a trendy ‘new media’ career. It’s friends. It’s sharing stuff with people who care and finding people to care about. It’s making friends you don’t have to compete with or tiptoe around or worry about offending too much.
(Pen vs. Paper: Friends vs. Subscribers)
Popular is almost never a measure of impact, or genius, or art. Popular rarely correlates with guts, hard work or a willingness to lead (and be willing to be wrong along the way). (…) Losing reminds you that the opinion of unaffiliated strangers is worthless. They don’t know you, they’re not interested in what you have to offer and you can discover that their rejection actually means nothing. It will empower you to even bigger things in the future.
(Seth Godin: What’s the point of popular?)
Faced with many options or decisions in your life? This will change the way you look at them. We feel worse when we have too many options.
(The Paradox of Choice – Why More is Less)
Meist denken wir, bei Konsumismus gehe es darum, dass wir uns hartnäckig und verbissen an unseren Wohlstand, unsere Kinkerlitzchen und unsere Spielzeuge klammern. Tatsächlich ist jedoch das Gegenteil der Fall: Konsumismus entsteht, weil wir unsere Dinge ganz und gar nicht lieben. Wir hängen so wenig an unseren materiellen Gütern, dass wir sie regelmäßig und immer häufiger fortwerfen und ersetzen. In diesem Licht betrachtet ist Konsumismus die blindwütige Achtlosigkeit gegenüber unseren physischen Besitztümern.
(Kampf dem Konsumismus: Liebe dein Zeugs!, via)