Comments on: Being Emphatically Wishy-Washy

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:37:37 +0000

@ Barbara, yes, there’s room for nice people. You could even say it’s an underserved niche!

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:11:47 +0000

Hi Hunter – I saw your comment to Catherine and took it as a compliment. I do hope there is room for “nice people”. And, thank you for continually coming back for more.

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By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:01:22 +0000

@ Graham, no, I didn’t think you meant me. Shock and awe does get tiring after a while, doesn’t it?

@ Caroline, that quote makes a good point. But also, you can make good history or bad history.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:31:22 +0000

ALWAYS make an emphatic statement. No one will hear you and/or it won’t count if you don’t. To solidify my point, I’ll leave you with my FAVORITE quote and THE BEST COMMERCIAL IN THE WORLD.

Quote: “No woman ever made history by being well-behaved.”

Commercial (Apple, Think Different): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oAB83Z1ydE

By: Graham Strong

Graham Strong — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:04:24 +0000

@Hunter — I wasn’t really suggesting you — I hope that’s not the impression I gave! My point was that it is important to have a strong headline, but it is easy enough to do that without sensationalizing it. I think that too much these days, people are going for “shock and awe”. Which is fine, except when you cross over into “misleading and almost lying”.

Writing is about connecting with your readers. If you irk them from the start with a misleading headline, you may get their attention but you won’t get their trust.

~Graham

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By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:48:03 +0000

@ Conrad, and yet, many people have no interest in being an entrepreneur even before they know it’s hard as hell!

@ Carol, sorry, I don’t know how to get rid of your sympathy gene.

By: carol

carol — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:50:55 +0000

I think it goes back to personality type. When I was more of an ENTJ I didn’t worry about offending anyone and wasn’t concerned with their feelings. Not so much anymore. I would like to be more like that but I seem to have developed a sympathy/empathy gene that I can’t get rid of. I think it makes me wishy washy. I don’t like seeing all sides of the story and sympathy for it all.

By: Conrad Hees

Conrad Hees — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:40:57 +0000

Great, interesting article Hunter.

I too often assume that everyone wants to be an entrepreneur, and often I am disheartened when I find that that is not always the case. ‘Why wouldn’t youwant to be an entrepreneur?’ is always the question in my mind, but then again I know that it is not plausible or desirable for most people to run their own business. And besides, it’s hard as hell!!!

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By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:47:28 +0000

@ Evelyn, I know you write the way you are, making your view known without imposing on others. But the way I am is variable, which makes it hard to decide on a way to write!

By: Evelyn Lim

Evelyn Lim — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:20:52 +0000

I write the way I am mostly! I'm blogging like twice a week and in between writing my posts, I am doing blog commenting. I have to be myself! I do have my own opinions on things but I do not think it right that I impose my views on others. On my blog, in fact, the things I share more often than not go against the conventional grain of thinking and beliefs. Still, I hope to be balanced and fair, because I can see that everyone is speaking from their own paradigm. I also do not see any point in offending others with my alternative views. I'd rather be hanging out with like-minded folks! Evelyn Lim´s last blog post..Affirm Universal Truths For Financial Abundance