Comments on: The Distance of Your Ask http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-distance-of-your-ask/ Learn How Human Business Works - Beyond Social Media Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:24:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Theron http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-distance-of-your-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-189141 Theron Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:14:03 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2838#comment-189141 I was just about to send off an email asking a favor, when I finished drafting the email the first thing I thought was that I should check with Chris and see again what he has to say. I made a search for, Chris Brogan asking favors, and this post came up. What a great resource your blog has become.<br><br>Great advice and thank you!<br><br>I will go ahead and send that email off now.<br><br>Theron I was just about to send off an email asking a favor, when I finished drafting the email the first thing I thought was that I should check with Chris and see again what he has to say. I made a search for, Chris Brogan asking favors, and this post came up. What a great resource your blog has become.

Great advice and thank you!

I will go ahead and send that email off now.

Theron

]]> By: Theron McCollough http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-distance-of-your-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-179746 Theron McCollough Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:14:03 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2838#comment-179746 I was just about to send off an email asking a favor, when I finished drafting the email the first thing I thought was that I should check with Chris and see again what he has to say. I made a search for, Chris Brogan asking favors, and this post came up. What a great resource your blog has become.<br><br>Great advice and thank you!<br><br>I will go ahead and send that email off now.<br><br>Theron I was just about to send off an email asking a favor, when I finished drafting the email the first thing I thought was that I should check with Chris and see again what he has to say. I made a search for, Chris Brogan asking favors, and this post came up. What a great resource your blog has become.

Great advice and thank you!

I will go ahead and send that email off now.

Theron

]]> By: Valeria Maltoni http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-distance-of-your-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-142390 Valeria Maltoni Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:02:15 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2838#comment-142390 I just saw this, Chris. All of the technology that is supposed to help is broken for my blog right now. Big sigh! Thank you for being inspiring and thoughtful. I just saw this, Chris. All of the technology that is supposed to help is broken for my blog right now. Big sigh! Thank you for being inspiring and thoughtful.

]]> By: Shannon Ehlers http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-distance-of-your-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-140283 Shannon Ehlers Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:17:48 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2838#comment-140283 Ah, I see re: the grasshopper. You know, when thinking about the questions and opinions in this post and the ideas expressed in the comments, in context with a couple of your subsequent posts, a person could adequately exercise their mental muscle if s/he has been paying attention. All but the very mentally rigid will have their minds tied in knots trying to figure out what they are really thinking and whether they still stand behind their original responses. Nice job and I hope the mental calisthenics continue for a couple more posts. Ah, I see re: the grasshopper.

You know, when thinking about the questions and opinions in this post and the ideas expressed in the comments, in context with a couple of your subsequent posts, a person could adequately exercise their mental muscle if s/he has been paying attention. All but the very mentally rigid will have their minds tied in knots trying to figure out what they are really thinking and whether they still stand behind their original responses.

Nice job and I hope the mental calisthenics continue for a couple more posts.

]]> By: Philip John http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-distance-of-your-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-140197 Philip John Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:59:42 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2838#comment-140197 Yet another inspiring post :o) ..and more blog recommendations for me to read! Heads up on the link to Beth's blog is broken - just needs a .com instead of .net. Yet another inspiring post :o) ..and more blog recommendations for me to read!

Heads up on the link to Beth’s blog is broken – just needs a .com instead of .net.

]]> By: Barb Chamberlain http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-distance-of-your-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-140122 Barb Chamberlain Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:55:14 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2838#comment-140122 Your grasshopper could have another meaning, from the story of the grasshopper and the ant. If the grasshopper doesn't lay up stores of social capital during the summer, he'll freeze during the winter, unlike the industrious ant. Rather than the bank account metaphor (since recent days have taught us the precariousness of measuring things in dollar values that may not hold up :O), I think of it as karma, or paying it forward. Fair warning, this will sound grandiose (although it should sound more like the Tao of Physics, or Buddhist philosophy)--I do nice things for people, whether it's connecting two people who have the potential for mutual benefit, or linking to someone's blog post, because by doing so I increase the overall positive energy in the universe and enriching the network, the ties that bind. I'm part of the universe too, so that positive energy makes my world a better place. Don't you feel better right away when you've done something that helps someone else? --barb @BarbChamberlain Your grasshopper could have another meaning, from the story of the grasshopper and the ant. If the grasshopper doesn’t lay up stores of social capital during the summer, he’ll freeze during the winter, unlike the industrious ant.

Rather than the bank account metaphor (since recent days have taught us the precariousness of measuring things in dollar values that may not hold up :O), I think of it as karma, or paying it forward.

Fair warning, this will sound grandiose (although it should sound more like the Tao of Physics, or Buddhist philosophy)–I do nice things for people, whether it’s connecting two people who have the potential for mutual benefit, or linking to someone’s blog post, because by doing so I increase the overall positive energy in the universe and enriching the network, the ties that bind.

I’m part of the universe too, so that positive energy makes my world a better place. Don’t you feel better right away when you’ve done something that helps someone else?

–barb
@BarbChamberlain

]]> By: Vibemetrix Daily Vibe on Community - October 6, 2008 | VibeMetrix Blog http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-distance-of-your-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-140078 Vibemetrix Daily Vibe on Community - October 6, 2008 | VibeMetrix Blog Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:07:48 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2838#comment-140078 [...] of the key things for building a community is giving a lot.  Sharing, promoting others and then getting out to meet them are all great ways to build the relationship before you ask for something of the [...] [...] of the key things for building a community is giving a lot.  Sharing, promoting others and then getting out to meet them are all great ways to build the relationship before you ask for something of the [...]

]]> By: Chel http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-distance-of-your-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-140076 Chel Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:51:25 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2838#comment-140076 I say let me help you, well, anyone really. I love being helpful and it's seems natural to reach out and make others day better. Give and take builds relationships and eventually trust, when that trust is present you have gain a community, quite a few reliable and dependable friends and a network of people to reach out to. Oh and thanks for the mention. I say let me help you, well, anyone really. I love being helpful and it’s seems natural to reach out and make others day better.

Give and take builds relationships and eventually trust, when that trust is present you have gain a community, quite a few reliable and dependable friends and a network of people to reach out to.

Oh and thanks for the mention.

]]> By: Keren Dagan http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-distance-of-your-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-140075 Keren Dagan Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:48:31 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2838#comment-140075 Very inspiring Chris. Whenever I stop here I always come out with something. I guess that this is your point exactly. Keren Very inspiring Chris. Whenever I stop here I always come out with something. I guess that this is your point exactly.

Keren

]]> By: Craig http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-distance-of-your-ask/comment-page-1/#comment-140061 Craig Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:53:13 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2838#comment-140061 Nice post, I agree developing relationships online and then transforming them off line is the best way to go. The issue is, most people can't make it out to these big time events, whether financial restrictions or otherwise. I am the type of person who needs to be a face with a name, more often than not because I feel more comfortable that way. But do you have any recommendations for people who can't make it out to the events? Craig www.budgetpulse.com Nice post, I agree developing relationships online and then transforming them off line is the best way to go. The issue is, most people can’t make it out to these big time events, whether financial restrictions or otherwise. I am the type of person who needs to be a face with a name, more often than not because I feel more comfortable that way. But do you have any recommendations for people who can’t make it out to the events?

Craig
http://www.budgetpulse.com

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