A quality 8th point to this post would have been Humility whereby a blogger can admit when he is wrong, own up and take his licks. In many ways, I have wronged Sean over the years. Some of these were legitimate. Others were matters of lack of communication and the errancy of text (email, blogging, etc).

Sean and I have (I think) resolved the differences between us. As personal friends, we’re bound to disagree on more in the future, but I hope when conflicts arise, whether between me and Sean or me and others, that we will behave as men and beat the shit out ofe each other reach a peaceful ending to conflict. I’ve been Sean’s friend for years and, as he mentioned, I coached and mentored him in blogging for awhile. He’s written entries on this blog as well.

Sean is moving in a different direction now and I wish him the best. I hope that I or others will be able to provide resources me might need in the future.

Blogging mentors need to seperate personal relationships and blogging relationship inorder for a potntial blogger to grow.

I know you both personal and blogging and you have been my worst critic. We are not enclined to do and be like our mentors but we are entitled to take what we have learned and try our best to make it our own.

I guess that is why you have have to man more than 2 sites because you have yet to find you.

As for being “that woman,” are you trying to tell us something? ;)

These are all great principles, but I want to pick one and just comment on it a bit. Teachability is incredibly significant. I started blogging only last fall, and I know I never would have learned very quickly at all about blogging if I hadn’t resolved from the beginning to be willing to be taught. You’ve got to be willing to listen to feedback from others, to learn from others, and to learn from your own research and your own experiences, and then you’ve got to apply that new knowledge fast so it gets ingrained in you.

Thoughts –> acts –> habits –> character traits –> destinies. It all starts above the neck.