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10/17/2005 Entry: "All I really need to know I learned in the blogosphere"

As a whole, people are smarter than you. It's okay. Turn the page.


The best way to get attention is to give it.


Manipulation is the currency of fools.


Never underestimate the capacity of fools to act accordingly.


If you really need help, ask for it.


Anonymity isn't what it's cracked up to be.


Admitting when you're wrong helps you more than the other guy.


Writing every day is good for the soul.


Sharing your insides helps others share theirs.


You're not nearly as important as you think you are.


What other people think of you isn't nearly as important as what you think of yourself.


People are like snowflakes, all different, yet all the same.


Take what you need for yourself, but leave something behind for the other guy.


Never, ever underestimate your right to freedom or the gift of freedom that you have.


It's better to be happy than right.


Technology's greatest gift to humankind is the spellchecker.


Standing up for your beliefs "come what may" is better than sitting down in comfort with somebody else's.


Respecting yourself begins with respecting others.


If you gain from something somebody else says, tell them.


You can't be a part of something unless you participate.


Meeting people at core enhances the sweetness of meeting them in person.


Walk away once in awhile, so you always have the energy to come back.


Nobody is better than you, but neither is anybody worse.


Yesterday's successes or failures don't matter much today.


Laugh and laugh again, especially at yourself.


Nobody's perfect, not even you. It's okay. Turn the page.

Posted by Jill @ 10/17/2005 04:00 PM CST

Ditto.

Posted by Hootsbuddy @ 10/17/2005 07:49 PM CST

A desiderata for the digirati.

Posted by Mike @ 10/17/2005 11:18 PM CST

I agree - the blogosphere is like any other community you are a part of. If you think of it as any different, you won't give or get what you want from it.

Posted by Richard Jonas @ 10/18/2005 03:31 AM CST

nice thoughts. just translated them into german:
http://wirres.net/article/articleview/3194/1/6/

Posted by ix @ 10/18/2005 02:57 PM CST

Very very nice. Thanks a lot!

Posted by Firlefonz @ 10/18/2005 11:01 PM CST

I like it! Especially "If you gain from something somebody else says, tell them." It's funny how sometimes years later I'll hear feedback. And I wish I'd known way earlier.

Posted by badgerbag @ 10/19/2005 09:36 PM CST