There are two principles here:
1. You are the hero of your own story. No one else is going to slay the dragon for you. If they do, it was their dragon and their book; not yours. If you want to be successful, YOU have to go out and make that happen. Sure, you can get some help along the way. There can be (and should be) well developed supporting characters that help you on your adventure--even The Lone Ranger had Tonto (as Dave Ramsey sometimes says). But, in the end, as one of my patients used to say, "you are the hero of your own story." What is your story going to be about?
2. If you are the hero of your own story, that means everybody else is the hero of their own stories too. In case you didn't quite catch it, that means that the best you will ever be in someone else's book, is a strong supporting actor. The worst you will be is the antagonist. Don't be someone's antagonist unless it is because you are just being awesome and they are being lame. In other words don't intentionally be antagonistic. In any exchange between two or more people, there are two or more books being written. No matter how awesome you are (or how lame they are), the other person's book is about them. Your book is about you. The best possible outcome is that you are both each others' strong supporting actors, or at least a good cameo.
Dale Carnegie puts it this way, "Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems." (How to Win Friends & Influence People, Pocket Books paper back edition May 2010, p. 93)
In other words, it's not always about you...or is it? I guess in one book it always is about me...make it a good book!
Anyway, thanks for sharing this part of my book with me. Now it's a part of your book too. mwaa haa haa.
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Why a "blog"
Why a Blog?
I have been thinking lately that I need to write down key events or memories from my life that illustrate important principles. I have been doing a lot of reading and listening and watching of business and healthcare related topics. Often while studying, I will have old stories or experiences come to mind that relate. Or I may have recurring thoughts about a topic later and think, "I should write that down." I've told Mary this and she agrees that I should.
I have a personal journal and a notebook for each of several topics ie. parenting, business, happiness, quotes, language (foreign--Mongolian and Italian), continuing education, random, daily thoughts. None of these places seemed to fit for the thoughts that I want to gather. In fact, I was considering starting two blogs today. One for personal ideas/experiences that illustrate principles I think of, or learn about. And a second blog for my mighty meteoric rise (a strange phrase for an object that only flies through space until it becomes a meteorite and actually falls to Earth) (I also like looking up origins of random phrases) to incredible success and possible world (maybe ours, maybe another world) domination.
Aside from the above reasons for wanting to start a new blog: whenever I'm busy I don't get around to writing in my journal and I plan on being very busy from now until I retire on a large ship and sail around the world or to another world (thank you Virgin); since I will be incredibly famous one day--this will be a guide on how to become awesome like me (then I'll change the name of the website to "Wildly Successful"); this web-log will be the beginnings of my several books (why buy the book when you can read for free? why buy the cow when the milk is free?...because the book will be better and edited (and abridged) by a professional editor. Why read the blog when you can buy the book? I don't know that's for you to figure out, I'm going to write it whether you read it or not); writing helps me collect my thoughts; Mary's new website is inspiring and I want to copy cat her website and previous blog on learning; Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People, discusses a businessman who states that his weekly review session with himself was the most important factor in his success; I need a place to review, and "teach" information gleaned--maybe harvested is a better word--from all the awesome books and materials I am learning from; Mormons (members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) are encouraged to write our family and personal histories--and I think they should be interesting...hopefully mine is; Mary gets burned out with hearing me babble about business--now she can read however much she wants, whenever she wants...or not.
I have been thinking lately that I need to write down key events or memories from my life that illustrate important principles. I have been doing a lot of reading and listening and watching of business and healthcare related topics. Often while studying, I will have old stories or experiences come to mind that relate. Or I may have recurring thoughts about a topic later and think, "I should write that down." I've told Mary this and she agrees that I should.
I have a personal journal and a notebook for each of several topics ie. parenting, business, happiness, quotes, language (foreign--Mongolian and Italian), continuing education, random, daily thoughts. None of these places seemed to fit for the thoughts that I want to gather. In fact, I was considering starting two blogs today. One for personal ideas/experiences that illustrate principles I think of, or learn about. And a second blog for my mighty meteoric rise (a strange phrase for an object that only flies through space until it becomes a meteorite and actually falls to Earth) (I also like looking up origins of random phrases) to incredible success and possible world (maybe ours, maybe another world) domination.
Aside from the above reasons for wanting to start a new blog: whenever I'm busy I don't get around to writing in my journal and I plan on being very busy from now until I retire on a large ship and sail around the world or to another world (thank you Virgin); since I will be incredibly famous one day--this will be a guide on how to become awesome like me (then I'll change the name of the website to "Wildly Successful"); this web-log will be the beginnings of my several books (why buy the book when you can read for free? why buy the cow when the milk is free?...because the book will be better and edited (and abridged) by a professional editor. Why read the blog when you can buy the book? I don't know that's for you to figure out, I'm going to write it whether you read it or not); writing helps me collect my thoughts; Mary's new website is inspiring and I want to copy cat her website and previous blog on learning; Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People, discusses a businessman who states that his weekly review session with himself was the most important factor in his success; I need a place to review, and "teach" information gleaned--maybe harvested is a better word--from all the awesome books and materials I am learning from; Mormons (members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) are encouraged to write our family and personal histories--and I think they should be interesting...hopefully mine is; Mary gets burned out with hearing me babble about business--now she can read however much she wants, whenever she wants...or not.
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