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...
Still haven't come up with the title of my "book", which tells me that I am not quite clear on what my personal brand is, how I differenctiate myself from others. I did get one suggestion -- use "beladona" since that has been my online moniker since the early days of the internet. Not a bad idea, but it doesn't convey anything about who or what I am, my personal brand. Doing so was more of a concern when I was gung-ho career-oriented, but I have found it applicable to my musing about the value I bring to everyday life as well because it speaks to how I define msyelf. Maybe I am going about it backwards, maybe I should concentrate on the story and let the title flow from there.
So, if I was to be part of the Human Library, what story would I tell and why would anyone want to hear it?
When you are a workhorse, people value you for your work output; they don't value you. They don't care how hard you work; they only care that the work gets done. Your company can absorb an unlimited amount of work from you.
It can feel scary to break out of workhorse mode if your value has been associated with amazing throughput. But just keep in mind, if you could be replaced by a black box that they could insert the work into and it would come out complete, that would be fine with them.
Taken from: Rise: 3 Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career, Standing Out as a Leader, and Liking Your Life by Patty Azzerello, Newton Park Publishing, 2010
Have you noticed that your Internet has slowed down? I rather like the analogy of clogged pipes myself, but am not exactly happy that a single entity has the clout to have international consequences when they have a temper tantrum. Stray thought -- is that the root of terrorism? a temper tantrum?
Stories about the ability to create narratives continue to crop up in my feeds -- this time a comment on the benefits to children of having a parent able to tell a story. If we truly are loosing the ability to craft our story, then what will replace it? Reality TV and Honey-Boo are not really viable alternatives IMNSHO.
I was in school when the plate teutonics theory was first proposed -- I remember being taught that the continents were actually islands of solid rock that floated on a sea of lava! So articles about how the surface of the earth changes are always interesting to me, even though I think Jules Verne's version is just as interesting.
Even before I got to the point where there are more days behind me than ahead of me, I always wanted to know what comes next. It is comforting to hear that science is starting to see the next world as palpable. Tangible. Real. Whatever.
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