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		<title>By: lato9wk54</title>
		<link>http://dannybrown.me/2009/07/01/why-being-yourself-is-the-only-thing-that-matters/#comment-10984</link>
		<dc:creator>lato9wk54</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why Being Yourself is the Only Thing That Matters &#124; danny brown http://tinyurl.com/yzpao7v&lt;p class=&quot;ubervu_reaction_link&quot;&gt;via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubervu.com/conversations/dannybrown.me%2F2009%2F07%2F01%2Fwhy-being-yourself-is-the-only-thing-that-matters%2F&quot;&gt;uberVU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: Twitted by VAinParadise</title>
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		<dc:creator>Twitted by VAinParadise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: VAinParadise</title>
		<link>http://dannybrown.me/2009/07/01/why-being-yourself-is-the-only-thing-that-matters/#comment-10994</link>
		<dc:creator>VAinParadise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why Being Yourself is the Only Thing That Matters &#124; danny brown http://bit.ly/Muecn (via @DannyBrown)&lt;p class=&quot;ubervu_reaction_link&quot;&gt;via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubervu.com/conversations/dannybrown.me%2F2009%2F07%2F01%2Fwhy-being-yourself-is-the-only-thing-that-matters%2F&quot;&gt;uberVU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why Being Yourself is the Only Thing That Matters | danny brown <a href="http://bit.ly/Muecn" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/Muecn</a> (via @DannyBrown)
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		<title>By: SuzeMuse</title>
		<link>http://dannybrown.me/2009/07/01/why-being-yourself-is-the-only-thing-that-matters/#comment-10993</link>
		<dc:creator>SuzeMuse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hmm. My favourite bloggers are on a bit of a theme this morning.independence, being yourself.this is good, @dannybrown!  http://bit.ly/gi6mM&lt;p class=&quot;ubervu_reaction_link&quot;&gt;via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubervu.com/conversations/dannybrown.me%2F2009%2F07%2F01%2Fwhy-being-yourself-is-the-only-thing-that-matters%2F&quot;&gt;uberVU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hmm. My favourite bloggers are on a bit of a theme this morning.independence, being yourself.this is good, @dannybrown!  <a href="http://bit.ly/gi6mM" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/gi6mM</a>
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		<title>By: pbadstibner</title>
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		<dc:creator>pbadstibner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RT @dannybrown: Why Being Yourself is the Only Thing That Matters - http://tinyurl.com/lthzts&lt;p class=&quot;ubervu_reaction_link&quot;&gt;via &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubervu.com/conversations/dannybrown.me%2F2009%2F07%2F01%2Fwhy-being-yourself-is-the-only-thing-that-matters%2F&quot;&gt;uberVU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RT @dannybrown: Why Being Yourself is the Only Thing That Matters &#8211; <a href="http://tinyurl.com/lthzts" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/lthzts</a>
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		<title>By: Danny</title>
		<link>http://dannybrown.me/2009/07/01/why-being-yourself-is-the-only-thing-that-matters/#comment-8247</link>
		<dc:creator>Danny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Jan,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I agree with most of what you&#039;re saying, and it&#039;s one of the key themes about the post - discussion. Good, healthy discussion. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that and the best blogs have healthy discussions going on in the comments where everyone can share views, opinions, facts and reason. Not everyone will agree with the other; and neither should they - this is where personal opinion needs to be encouraged and nurtured.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where I personally feel let down is when the writer has made a passionate case for something - could be advice, tips, personal view or whatever - and then someone disagrees with a completely different point of view.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Instead of discussing why that person has that point of view or why the writer respects it but disagrees (and then offers their points why), he or she simply acquiesces and agrees 100%. No discussion. No reasons. Nothing. It&#039;s a complete turnaround.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In which case, shouldn&#039;t the original post be amended then to show the new point of view? You would have thought this would be the logical step to take. Yet in the next comment, someone else agrees with the writer&#039;s original point and the writer goes straight back to their original viewpoint.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I don&#039;t know - it just comes across as trying to please everyone as opposed to saying what you feel, and then talking about that. And that just seems kinda disappointing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks for a great viewpoint Jan, always a pleasure to hear your views. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jan,</p>
<p>I agree with most of what you&#39;re saying, and it&#39;s one of the key themes about the post &#8211; discussion. Good, healthy discussion. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that and the best blogs have healthy discussions going on in the comments where everyone can share views, opinions, facts and reason. Not everyone will agree with the other; and neither should they &#8211; this is where personal opinion needs to be encouraged and nurtured.</p>
<p>Where I personally feel let down is when the writer has made a passionate case for something &#8211; could be advice, tips, personal view or whatever &#8211; and then someone disagrees with a completely different point of view.</p>
<p>Instead of discussing why that person has that point of view or why the writer respects it but disagrees (and then offers their points why), he or she simply acquiesces and agrees 100%. No discussion. No reasons. Nothing. It&#39;s a complete turnaround.</p>
<p>In which case, shouldn&#39;t the original post be amended then to show the new point of view? You would have thought this would be the logical step to take. Yet in the next comment, someone else agrees with the writer&#39;s original point and the writer goes straight back to their original viewpoint.</p>
<p>I don&#39;t know &#8211; it just comes across as trying to please everyone as opposed to saying what you feel, and then talking about that. And that just seems kinda disappointing.</p>
<p>Thanks for a great viewpoint Jan, always a pleasure to hear your views. <img src='http://dannybrown.me/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Danny</title>
		<link>http://dannybrown.me/2009/07/01/why-being-yourself-is-the-only-thing-that-matters/#comment-8078</link>
		<dc:creator>Danny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Jan,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I agree with most of what you&#039;re saying, and it&#039;s one of the key themes about the post - discussion. Good, healthy discussion. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that and the best blogs have healthy discussions going on in the comments where everyone can share views, opinions, facts and reason. Not everyone will agree with the other; and neither should they - this is where personal opinion needs to be encouraged and nurtured.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where I personally feel let down is when the writer has made a passionate case for something - could be advice, tips, personal view or whatever - and then someone disagrees with a completely different point of view.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Instead of discussing why that person has that point of view or why the writer respects it but disagrees (and then offers their points why), he or she simply acquiesces and agrees 100%. No discussion. No reasons. Nothing. It&#039;s a complete turnaround.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In which case, shouldn&#039;t the original post be amended then to show the new point of view? You would have thought this would be the logical step to take. Yet in the next comment, someone else agrees with the writer&#039;s original point and the writer goes straight back to their original viewpoint.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I don&#039;t know - it just comes across as trying to please everyone as opposed to saying what you feel, and then talking about that. And that just seems kinda disappointing.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks for a great viewpoint Jan, always a pleasure to hear your views. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jan,</p>
<p>I agree with most of what you&#39;re saying, and it&#39;s one of the key themes about the post &#8211; discussion. Good, healthy discussion. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that and the best blogs have healthy discussions going on in the comments where everyone can share views, opinions, facts and reason. Not everyone will agree with the other; and neither should they &#8211; this is where personal opinion needs to be encouraged and nurtured.</p>
<p>Where I personally feel let down is when the writer has made a passionate case for something &#8211; could be advice, tips, personal view or whatever &#8211; and then someone disagrees with a completely different point of view.</p>
<p>Instead of discussing why that person has that point of view or why the writer respects it but disagrees (and then offers their points why), he or she simply acquiesces and agrees 100%. No discussion. No reasons. Nothing. It&#39;s a complete turnaround.</p>
<p>In which case, shouldn&#39;t the original post be amended then to show the new point of view? You would have thought this would be the logical step to take. Yet in the next comment, someone else agrees with the writer&#39;s original point and the writer goes straight back to their original viewpoint.</p>
<p>I don&#39;t know &#8211; it just comes across as trying to please everyone as opposed to saying what you feel, and then talking about that. And that just seems kinda disappointing.</p>
<p>Thanks for a great viewpoint Jan, always a pleasure to hear your views. <img src='http://dannybrown.me/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: JanSimpson</title>
		<link>http://dannybrown.me/2009/07/01/why-being-yourself-is-the-only-thing-that-matters/#comment-8077</link>
		<dc:creator>JanSimpson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Danny Brown is one of my favs.  Nice post Danny.  I get what he is saying but I also understand the whole entitlement society where if someone questions you or disagrees with you then they must be against you. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So, if someone disagrees with you and you want to discuss the issue thereby one side seeing someone&#039;s opinion, yeah.  If the other side respects your experiences and passions for what the person believes that is wonder too.  However, don&#039;t be so rude or condescending by stating &quot;We can agree to disagree&quot; that means nothing other than being rude to person and their experiences and opinions.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Just because someone writes an opinion doesn&#039;t necessarily mean they are so hell-bent on the outcome they are just looking for discussion purposes which actually means they are trying to educate their viewers.  That is a good thing - just because you run your site one way - doesn&#039;t mean others may try to have different strategies to get people to think ...I mean Danny...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Isn&#039;t that what this whole blogging, whether micro blog, professional blog or whatever else you doing is all about - getting people to read listen view others opinions based on their experiences and how those experiences effected/affected them thereby seeing what happened to them?  Just discuss - be happy - &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Just my humble opinion.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Again, nice post - gets people to think about what they are really blogging for....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Danny Brown is one of my favs.  Nice post Danny.  I get what he is saying but I also understand the whole entitlement society where if someone questions you or disagrees with you then they must be against you. </p>
<p>So, if someone disagrees with you and you want to discuss the issue thereby one side seeing someone&#39;s opinion, yeah.  If the other side respects your experiences and passions for what the person believes that is wonder too.  However, don&#39;t be so rude or condescending by stating &#8220;We can agree to disagree&#8221; that means nothing other than being rude to person and their experiences and opinions.  </p>
<p>Just because someone writes an opinion doesn&#39;t necessarily mean they are so hell-bent on the outcome they are just looking for discussion purposes which actually means they are trying to educate their viewers.  That is a good thing &#8211; just because you run your site one way &#8211; doesn&#39;t mean others may try to have different strategies to get people to think &#8230;I mean Danny&#8230;</p>
<p>Isn&#39;t that what this whole blogging, whether micro blog, professional blog or whatever else you doing is all about &#8211; getting people to read listen view others opinions based on their experiences and how those experiences effected/affected them thereby seeing what happened to them?  Just discuss &#8211; be happy &#8211; </p>
<p>Just my humble opinion.</p>
<p>Again, nice post &#8211; gets people to think about what they are really blogging for&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: JanSimpson</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Danny - I love your blog - and I think the issues the bring up are valid and good - however sometimes others have a strategy that want others to join in a discussion and just think - this brings others experiences and point of views - and helps others to see views they might not have known - it is all good - just differences of running a blog - or micro blog - life is good - just breathe

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Danny &#8211; I love your blog &#8211; and I think the issues the bring up are valid and good &#8211; however sometimes others have a strategy that want others to join in a discussion and just think &#8211; this brings others experiences and point of views &#8211; and helps others to see views they might not have known &#8211; it is all good &#8211; just differences of running a blog &#8211; or micro blog &#8211; life is good &#8211; just breathe</p>
<p>Just my humble opinion.
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		<title>By: gacconsultants</title>
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		<dc:creator>gacconsultants</dc:creator>
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