Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
Stupid Guy Thing Day – sexist much? I never did like the “cave man” and Venus/Mars thing
in 217 BC Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeated Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom in the Battle of Raphia. In 1633 Galileo is forced by the Catholic Church to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe. IN 1839 the Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot were assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears. In 1970 Nixon signed the bill lowering the voting age to 18 in the United States.
Following up on my musing yesterday on the 38th Law of Power, there was a dialog about authenticity online and the value of being yourself. The first article argued that being yourself wasn’t always the best choice, which was more or less what I was observing. The rebuttal was offered by one of the experts who was quoted in the article, stating her message had been misunderstood, she said it was about being “real”. In return, the author of the first article replied and pointed out the costs of authenticity – a point of view that I actually touched on yesterday in my blog post. The comment that struck home was"Aiming to be highly authentic leads us to filter less" and that it is the filtering and self-monitoring of how we react that provides the ability to get along.
The question becomes, I guess, is how much you can hold back, how much you can edit your response, before it becomes a charade or a mask, neh? And how much is my responsibility to be careful, and how much is the other person’s responsibility to be understanding? At what point in the interaction do all parties “assume goodwill”? And if Adam Grant is correct that the need to be seen as authentic drives a person to fuzz boundaries and share [too much?] their life online and in social media, then perhaps I have discovered why I am so vocal in my 2nd Life, or as my daughter put it, I am living my life out loud in an attempt at transparency. Maybe I am figuring to know me is to love me – or at least know why you dislike me so much….
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