土曜日, 4月 16, 2005

The Joy That Blogging Brings

"You hit me right there!"

"I stayed up until 2am just to read your posts...they're so interesting."

"I'd be using these quotes in my scrapbook."

"Reading through your blog has been a morning routine to me."

"It's a cool great site!"

These bring so much joy into what I do. Blogging helps me stay sane, I gather. It's really great to be appreciated and it even feels greater to know that somehow, what I write, how I think, what I feel, it impacts at least one person. My blog is really a personal project, it's my open diary, it's something that I bravely decided to do to share my thoughts and my feelings, my hopes, disappointments, succeses, and others as well in the hope that it could bring smile into someone else' lips, or warm a lonely heart, or inspire a soul to do more with what he has by merely who he is.

But the joy of blogging is a journey that starts the moment I open my eyes in the morning, as I go about my morning routines and goes on with me as I take my daily route to work. It is sustained by the endless possibilities that could happen anytime, anyday whether in the office or out. It is the anticipation that something is going to happen, something good will touch my life and I would be able to share it with the readers. It is the bitter truth about life's UPs and DOWNs. And as the sun sets, my heart starts beating faster, the day is almost over..But not quite so, as something usually unexpected holds me from a boring routine of going home. As I open my apartment door my mind is already scanning for things to write. I'm so excited no matter how tired my body feels my spirit just wouldn't succumb to fatigue. And I open my laptop, logs in to edit my blog...and then I just type and type and type and then friends from US starts to get online and pops a message or two...and we drown ourselves into chats, until I finally yawn...Tomorrow is another day ~
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We all know people who are inspiring. But just how does one inspire others? Here are ten simple ways you can inspire people to be their best:
  1. Be a good example. People watch what you do more than they listen to what you say. Be someone worth emulating.
  2. Care about others. People don't care about how much you know until they know how much you care. Ask questions. Take a genuine interest in people.
  3. Encouragement. Everyone goes through tough times. When you support people and encourage them through these times, you'll be inspiring them to see the best in themselves and in the situation.
  4. Be inspired yourself. Look for people, ideas, environments and knowledge that you find inspiring and motivating.
  5. Share from your own experience. You have more to share than you realize. Mine the rich experiences of your life and share your wisdom from your unique point of view. You may be the only one who can touch someone with your inspiring message.
  6. Be vulnerable. Be willing to share your failures as well as your successes. Others will relate to you. They'll understand that they池e not the only ones with challenges.
  7. Tell stories. Facts tell and stories sell. They inspire, too. We learn best from parables and we all need to develop our own inspiring stories.
  8. Be a good communicator. Increasing your ability to communicate effectively is a critical element for you to inspire others. Watch how you speak and what you say. Invest in your communication skills.
  9. Challenge people. Many of us have had teachers who at times seemed more like tormentors than mentors. They challenged us to do our best, and we were better for it. Practice "care frontation"the careful and caring confrontation of others.
  10. Read. It may not follow that all readers are leaders, but certainly all leaders are readers. Stay informed. Share what you read with others. Tell people about books that have inspired you. Share the knowledge.

# posted by Unknown : 12:54 午前


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