Comments on: Your Audience, The Measuring Stick, and the Power to Judge http://artofgreatthings.com/2010/03/your-audience-the-measuring-stick-and-the-power-to-judge/ Better Ways to Live, Work, and Change the World Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:14:29 -0500 hourly 1 By: icd http://artofgreatthings.com/2010/03/your-audience-the-measuring-stick-and-the-power-to-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-1295 icd Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:26:47 +0000 http://artofgreatthings.com/?p=3205#comment-1295 Really enjoyed it, especially the end. Really enjoyed it, especially the end.

]]> By: Jeffrey Tang http://artofgreatthings.com/2010/03/your-audience-the-measuring-stick-and-the-power-to-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 Jeffrey Tang Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:52:55 +0000 http://artofgreatthings.com/?p=3205#comment-1256 Thought-provoking is good! Glad you enjoyed the post, Melissa. I agree that the "right audience" is hard to pin down. One of the main reasons I wrote this post was to share the ways I'm struggling with the issue and why I think it's so important. Thought-provoking is good! Glad you enjoyed the post, Melissa. I agree that the “right audience” is hard to pin down. One of the main reasons I wrote this post was to share the ways I’m struggling with the issue and why I think it’s so important.

]]> By: Melissa Gorzelanczyk http://artofgreatthings.com/2010/03/your-audience-the-measuring-stick-and-the-power-to-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 Melissa Gorzelanczyk Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:29:33 +0000 http://artofgreatthings.com/?p=3205#comment-1255 This is really hard for me to pin down since I feel like I, myself, am an audience to so many types of writers and blogs. Very thought provoking ... I'm writing myself a note to give this further thought. This is really hard for me to pin down since I feel like I, myself, am an audience to so many types of writers and blogs.

Very thought provoking … I’m writing myself a note to give this further thought.

]]> By: Jeffrey Tang http://artofgreatthings.com/2010/03/your-audience-the-measuring-stick-and-the-power-to-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 Jeffrey Tang Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:51:23 +0000 http://artofgreatthings.com/?p=3205#comment-1254 The concept of legacy work is something that I've held on to for as long as I can remember, but it's only through writing and sharing that I've come to understand it. So thank you, Cheryl, for sharing. The concept of legacy work is something that I’ve held on to for as long as I can remember, but it’s only through writing and sharing that I’ve come to understand it.

So thank you, Cheryl, for sharing.

]]> By: Jeffrey Tang http://artofgreatthings.com/2010/03/your-audience-the-measuring-stick-and-the-power-to-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-1253 Jeffrey Tang Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:49:49 +0000 http://artofgreatthings.com/?p=3205#comment-1253 Listening to the right judge is so important. I think one of the biggest factors holding people (me included) back is the tendency to feel pressure from the wrong sources. We do things to impress the boss, to placate the children, to please our parents, without ever asking ourselves "Why? Why is this important to me?" Not to say that your boss, your children, or your parents can't be your chosen audience - they absolutely can be - but you have to pair the right audience with the right work! Listening to the right judge is so important. I think one of the biggest factors holding people (me included) back is the tendency to feel pressure from the wrong sources. We do things to impress the boss, to placate the children, to please our parents, without ever asking ourselves “Why? Why is this important to me?”

Not to say that your boss, your children, or your parents can’t be your chosen audience – they absolutely can be – but you have to pair the right audience with the right work!

]]> By: Jeffrey Tang http://artofgreatthings.com/2010/03/your-audience-the-measuring-stick-and-the-power-to-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 Jeffrey Tang Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:45:47 +0000 http://artofgreatthings.com/?p=3205#comment-1252 I think it's amazing how sometimes the things you do for your own sanity, or the idiosyncratic stories you share from your own experience connect you to someone else in small, but wonderful ways. I was thinking earlier today about the idea of becoming someone's pillar of support; your story reminds me of that thought. You are becoming a pillar of support, providing little comforts to people in ways they never knew they needed. I think it’s amazing how sometimes the things you do for your own sanity, or the idiosyncratic stories you share from your own experience connect you to someone else in small, but wonderful ways.

I was thinking earlier today about the idea of becoming someone’s pillar of support; your story reminds me of that thought. You are becoming a pillar of support, providing little comforts to people in ways they never knew they needed.

]]> By: Sibyl - alternaview http://artofgreatthings.com/2010/03/your-audience-the-measuring-stick-and-the-power-to-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 Sibyl - alternaview Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:06:20 +0000 http://artofgreatthings.com/?p=3205#comment-1250 Hey Jeffrey: Great post and such an important point. We really do have to carefully select who we are giving the power to judge our work and what we do. If we really think about what we are trying to accomplish and then select the right judge, it will be much easier to course correct because we will be listening to the judge that really matters. There are always so many people that are willing to critique and analyze what we are doing, but we have to make certain we are listening to the right judge that can really help and guide us in our pursuit. Hey Jeffrey: Great post and such an important point. We really do have to carefully select who we are giving the power to judge our work and what we do. If we really think about what we are trying to accomplish and then select the right judge, it will be much easier to course correct because we will be listening to the judge that really matters. There are always so many people that are willing to critique and analyze what we are doing, but we have to make certain we are listening to the right judge that can really help and guide us in our pursuit.

]]> By: Cheryl Paris http://artofgreatthings.com/2010/03/your-audience-the-measuring-stick-and-the-power-to-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Cheryl Paris Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:34:05 +0000 http://artofgreatthings.com/?p=3205#comment-1248 Jeffrey, This post is true insight of what we are trying to do and are we having results . The results are provided by the audience. When the audience appreciates us it makes us feel good. But we do need critics also else we will not have any space for improvement. And none of us here are perfect and we all make mistakes. Wonderful story to explain the concept of 'legacy work'. Cheers, Cheryl Paris Blog Jeffrey,

This post is true insight of what we are trying to do and are we having results .

The results are provided by the audience. When the audience appreciates us it makes us feel good. But we do need critics also else we will not have any space for improvement. And none of us here are perfect and we all make mistakes.
Wonderful story to explain the concept of ‘legacy work’.

Cheers,
Cheryl Paris Blog

]]> By: LPC http://artofgreatthings.com/2010/03/your-audience-the-measuring-stick-and-the-power-to-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-1244 LPC Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:43:19 +0000 http://artofgreatthings.com/?p=3205#comment-1244 I love it when your posts speak to me Jeffrey. Then I benefit all the more. This thought came to me just today! I got an email from a reader, who thanked me for some advice. She said she had been able to attend a funeral, not worrying what she was wearing, and just focus on the event itself. And I thought to myself, if I can do that for these people, that's a reason to write beyond my own happiness. But I hadn't thought of it as a legacy. That's taking this little thing and making it more. Thanks. I love it when your posts speak to me Jeffrey. Then I benefit all the more. This thought came to me just today! I got an email from a reader, who thanked me for some advice. She said she had been able to attend a funeral, not worrying what she was wearing, and just focus on the event itself. And I thought to myself, if I can do that for these people, that’s a reason to write beyond my own happiness. But I hadn’t thought of it as a legacy. That’s taking this little thing and making it more. Thanks.

]]> By: Jeffrey Tang http://artofgreatthings.com/2010/03/your-audience-the-measuring-stick-and-the-power-to-judge/comment-page-1/#comment-1240 Jeffrey Tang Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:33:42 +0000 http://artofgreatthings.com/?p=3205#comment-1240 It's simple, Karol - your audience is made up of ridiculously extraordinary<br>people :) On a more serious note: I think that questions about audience,<br>focus, and legacy are timeless; we all need to revisit them every so often,<br>because the answers keep changing. We learn more about ourselves and our<br>work each time. It's simple, Karol – your audience is made up of ridiculously extraordinary
people :) On a more serious note: I think that questions about audience,
focus, and legacy are timeless; we all need to revisit them every so often,
because the answers keep changing. We learn more about ourselves and our
work each time.

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