Comments on: The Art of Getting Things Wrong http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/ Build your business by sharing what you know Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Luci Weston http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-11467 Luci Weston Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:03:59 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-11467 Thanks for the reminder Chris. I just started using audio on my blog...the first entry took me about 20 attempts before I felt somewhat satisfied with it. The second one was much easier and I took your advice...didn't worry about making it perfect. Instead, I focused on getting the info out to my readers. While it may not sound perfect, it does sound "real." Next project...video! Thanks for the reminder Chris.

I just started using audio on my blog…the first entry took me about 20 attempts before I felt somewhat satisfied with it. The second one was much easier and I took your advice…didn’t worry about making it perfect. Instead, I focused on getting the info out to my readers. While it may not sound perfect, it does sound “real.”

Next project…video!

]]> By: Luci Weston http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-21071 Luci Weston Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-21071 Thanks for the reminder Chris. I just started using audio on my blog...the first entry took me about 20 attempts before I felt somewhat satisfied with it. The second one was much easier and I took your advice...didn't worry about making it perfect. Instead, I focused on getting the info out to my readers. While it may not sound perfect, it does sound "real." Next project...video! Thanks for the reminder Chris.

I just started using audio on my blog…the first entry took me about 20 attempts before I felt somewhat satisfied with it. The second one was much easier and I took your advice…didn’t worry about making it perfect. Instead, I focused on getting the info out to my readers. While it may not sound perfect, it does sound “real.”

Next project…video!

]]> By: Mark Silver http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-11452 Mark Silver Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:08:41 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-11452 Hey Chris- My favorite part of the video wasn't the content- although it's dead on and I love that you brought it in. My favorite part was the juxtaposition of the high-power music, with calm, tranquil, understated you. I loved the mashup. And let me just give you some argh!empathy for the lost time on the video. Argh! Hey Chris-

My favorite part of the video wasn’t the content- although it’s dead on and I love that you brought it in.

My favorite part was the juxtaposition of the high-power music, with calm, tranquil, understated you. I loved the mashup.

And let me just give you some argh!empathy for the lost time on the video. Argh!

]]> By: Mark Silver http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-21070 Mark Silver Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-21070 Hey Chris- My favorite part of the video wasn't the content- although it's dead on and I love that you brought it in. My favorite part was the juxtaposition of the high-power music, with calm, tranquil, understated you. I loved the mashup. And let me just give you some argh!empathy for the lost time on the video. Argh! Hey Chris-

My favorite part of the video wasn’t the content- although it’s dead on and I love that you brought it in.

My favorite part was the juxtaposition of the high-power music, with calm, tranquil, understated you. I loved the mashup.

And let me just give you some argh!empathy for the lost time on the video. Argh!

]]> By: Rob http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-11450 Rob Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:36:45 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-11450 This is so true. I'll keep this in mind. I'm starting a video series of my own and think that mistakes will only allow my personality to show through. :) I think good feedback is helpful for improvement and learning. This is so true. I’ll keep this in mind. I’m starting a video series of my own and think that mistakes will only allow my personality to show through. :) I think good feedback is helpful for improvement and learning.

]]> By: Rob http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-21069 Rob Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-21069 This is so true. I'll keep this in mind. I'm starting a video series of my own and think that mistakes will only allow my personality to show through. :) I think good feedback is helpful for improvement and learning. This is so true. I’ll keep this in mind. I’m starting a video series of my own and think that mistakes will only allow my personality to show through. :) I think good feedback is helpful for improvement and learning.

]]> By: Keith http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-11435 Keith Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:53:01 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-11435 Hello! The video was cool! I like what your post said too. I am reminded of something my dad always told me. He'd say "If you're not making mistakes then you're not doing anything". I love that statement. Not to say that you should be making tons of mistakes but if you are consistently doing something, taking action or working hard then you will make a mistake now and again. We should never allow fear of failure to stop us! :-) Hello! The video was cool! I like what your post said too. I am reminded of something my dad always told me. He’d say “If you’re not making mistakes then you’re not doing anything”. I love that statement. Not to say that you should be making tons of mistakes but if you are consistently doing something, taking action or working hard then you will make a mistake now and again. We should never allow fear of failure to stop us! :-)

]]> By: Keith http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-21068 Keith Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:53:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-21068 Hello! The video was cool! I like what your post said too. I am reminded of something my dad always told me. He'd say "If you're not making mistakes then you're not doing anything". I love that statement. Not to say that you should be making tons of mistakes but if you are consistently doing something, taking action or working hard then you will make a mistake now and again. We should never allow fear of failure to stop us! :-) Hello! The video was cool! I like what your post said too. I am reminded of something my dad always told me. He’d say “If you’re not making mistakes then you’re not doing anything”. I love that statement. Not to say that you should be making tons of mistakes but if you are consistently doing something, taking action or working hard then you will make a mistake now and again. We should never allow fear of failure to stop us! :-)

]]> By: Secret Leaves http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-11434 Secret Leaves Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:04:19 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-11434 Good advice not just for blogging and new media, but for LIFE! My brother once shared a saying with me that I thought was great and has stuck with me: "Strive for excellence, not perfection." Sharon Good advice not just for blogging and new media, but for LIFE! My brother once shared a saying with me that I thought was great and has stuck with me: “Strive for excellence, not perfection.”

Sharon

]]> By: Secret Leaves http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-21067 Secret Leaves Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:04:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-21067 Good advice not just for blogging and new media, but for LIFE! My brother once shared a saying with me that I thought was great and has stuck with me: "Strive for excellence, not perfection." Sharon Good advice not just for blogging and new media, but for LIFE! My brother once shared a saying with me that I thought was great and has stuck with me: “Strive for excellence, not perfection.”

Sharon

]]> By: Rajasekharan http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-11430 Rajasekharan Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:09:38 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-11430 Made me burst out of laughter when you said you had the microphone off the first time. Made me burst out of laughter when you said you had the microphone off the first time.

]]> By: Rajasekharan http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-21066 Rajasekharan Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:09:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-21066 Made me burst out of laughter when you said you had the microphone off the first time. Made me burst out of laughter when you said you had the microphone off the first time.

]]> By: Suzanne Tucker http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-11429 Suzanne Tucker Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:32:14 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-11429 just what i needed to hear!!! 2B o.k. with "errors". 2B "true self". love the part where you bring home how errors actually make us more approachable. so true. being polished is overrated. and that's a good thing now that ria is behind the camera and i am in front of it. hehehe. we are having fun though and hopefully inspiring along the way...you inspired me today. thanks!!! just what i needed to hear!!! 2B o.k. with “errors”. 2B “true self”. love the part where you bring home how errors actually make us more approachable. so true. being polished is overrated. and that’s a good thing now that ria is behind the camera and i am in front of it. hehehe. we are having fun though and hopefully inspiring along the way…you inspired me today. thanks!!!

]]> By: Suzanne Tucker http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-21065 Suzanne Tucker Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:32:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-21065 just what i needed to hear!!! 2B o.k. with "errors". 2B "true self". love the part where you bring home how errors actually make us more approachable. so true. being polished is overrated. and that's a good thing now that ria is behind the camera and i am in front of it. hehehe. we are having fun though and hopefully inspiring along the way...you inspired me today. thanks!!! just what i needed to hear!!! 2B o.k. with “errors”. 2B “true self”. love the part where you bring home how errors actually make us more approachable. so true. being polished is overrated. and that’s a good thing now that ria is behind the camera and i am in front of it. hehehe. we are having fun though and hopefully inspiring along the way…you inspired me today. thanks!!!

]]> By: Ria http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-11428 Ria Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:18:02 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-11428 Perfectly imperfect, Chris... and exactly what I needed to hear today... after 20 takes of my own video!!! THANK YOU! Perfectly imperfect, Chris… and exactly what I needed to hear today… after 20 takes of my own video!!!

THANK YOU!

]]> By: Ria http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-21064 Ria Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:18:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-21064 Perfectly imperfect, Chris... and exactly what I needed to hear today... after 20 takes of my own video!!! THANK YOU! Perfectly imperfect, Chris… and exactly what I needed to hear today… after 20 takes of my own video!!!

THANK YOU!

]]> By: Kate Lister http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-11422 Kate Lister Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:26:32 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-11422 Hi Chris: Really nice job. Believe it or not, it actually brought tears to my eyes. My biggest beef is with people who lead with criticism and attitude. After a line like "why did you do THAT?" anything nice they may say is in the category of "you don't sweat much for a fat chick." I especially like the people who've never tried (or succeeded in doing what you do (posting a video, writing a book, maintaining a high profile blog) yet they somehow feel they have insight into how YOU should do it. I'd rather offer 110% of what I know, even if it's not perfect, than troubling over perfection and offering nothing at all. I'm not saying I don't want feedback. I do. But put it in the p.s. so it's not the focus of the comment. If it's a particularly embarrassing mistake, like spelling the word "genius" wrong, send a private email. People also ought to recognize the difference between opinion and fact. Those with the imperious attitude that their way is the only way are particularly annoying. Some would say, just ignore them, but that's easier said then done. It's funny how one negative comment can offset dozens of complements. Thanks for sharing your humanity Chris. Hi Chris:

Really nice job. Believe it or not, it actually brought tears to my eyes.

My biggest beef is with people who lead with criticism and attitude. After a line like “why did you do THAT?” anything nice they may say is in the category of “you don’t sweat much for a fat chick.”

I especially like the people who’ve never tried (or succeeded in doing what you do (posting a video, writing a book, maintaining a high profile blog) yet they somehow feel they have insight into how YOU should do it.

I’d rather offer 110% of what I know, even if it’s not perfect, than troubling over perfection and offering nothing at all.

I’m not saying I don’t want feedback. I do. But put it in the p.s. so it’s not the focus of the comment. If it’s a particularly embarrassing mistake, like spelling the word “genius” wrong, send a private email.

People also ought to recognize the difference between opinion and fact. Those with the imperious attitude that their way is the only way are particularly annoying. Some would say, just ignore them, but that’s easier said then done. It’s funny how one negative comment can offset dozens of complements.

Thanks for sharing your humanity Chris.

]]> By: Kate Lister http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-21063 Kate Lister Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:26:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-21063 Hi Chris: Really nice job. Believe it or not, it actually brought tears to my eyes. My biggest beef is with people who lead with criticism and attitude. After a line like "why did you do THAT?" anything nice they may say is in the category of "you don't sweat much for a fat chick." I especially like the people who've never tried (or succeeded in doing what you do (posting a video, writing a book, maintaining a high profile blog) yet they somehow feel they have insight into how YOU should do it. I'd rather offer 110% of what I know, even if it's not perfect, than troubling over perfection and offering nothing at all. I'm not saying I don't want feedback. I do. But put it in the p.s. so it's not the focus of the comment. If it's a particularly embarrassing mistake, like spelling the word "genius" wrong, send a private email. People also ought to recognize the difference between opinion and fact. Those with the imperious attitude that their way is the only way are particularly annoying. Some would say, just ignore them, but that's easier said then done. It's funny how one negative comment can offset dozens of complements. Thanks for sharing your humanity Chris. Hi Chris:

Really nice job. Believe it or not, it actually brought tears to my eyes.

My biggest beef is with people who lead with criticism and attitude. After a line like “why did you do THAT?” anything nice they may say is in the category of “you don’t sweat much for a fat chick.”

I especially like the people who’ve never tried (or succeeded in doing what you do (posting a video, writing a book, maintaining a high profile blog) yet they somehow feel they have insight into how YOU should do it.

I’d rather offer 110% of what I know, even if it’s not perfect, than troubling over perfection and offering nothing at all.

I’m not saying I don’t want feedback. I do. But put it in the p.s. so it’s not the focus of the comment. If it’s a particularly embarrassing mistake, like spelling the word “genius” wrong, send a private email.

People also ought to recognize the difference between opinion and fact. Those with the imperious attitude that their way is the only way are particularly annoying. Some would say, just ignore them, but that’s easier said then done. It’s funny how one negative comment can offset dozens of complements.

Thanks for sharing your humanity Chris.

]]> By: Bill Masson http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-11419 Bill Masson Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:51:10 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-11419 Hi Chris, Congrats The first time is always a bit of a flunk, I think everybody needs to remember that we are all susceptible to nerves. For me video is a bridge to far, maybe later on down the road once i get my plastic surgery paid for. NOT! Hi Chris, Congrats
The first time is always a bit of a flunk, I think everybody needs to remember that we are all susceptible to nerves. For me video is a bridge to far, maybe later on down the road once i get my plastic surgery paid for. NOT!

]]> By: Bill Masson http://www.chrisg.com/getting-things-wrong/#comment-21062 Bill Masson Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:51:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=712#comment-21062 Hi Chris, Congrats The first time is always a bit of a flunk, I think everybody needs to remember that we are all susceptible to nerves. For me video is a bridge to far, maybe later on down the road once i get my plastic surgery paid for. NOT! Hi Chris, Congrats
The first time is always a bit of a flunk, I think everybody needs to remember that we are all susceptible to nerves. For me video is a bridge to far, maybe later on down the road once i get my plastic surgery paid for. NOT!

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