tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30224618.post901892224206276332..comments2023-10-01T05:32:19.823-04:00Comments on The Mind's Language: The Anti-Promotion SnobberyNeerajahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813033087957007755noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30224618.post-33735013123724230762014-01-30T20:28:47.937-05:002014-01-30T20:28:47.937-05:00Russel said that succinctly: "The whole probl...Russel said that succinctly: "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russel<br /><br />And I certainly hope that in the end, quality will shine through the fog of self promotion... although right now, my cynicism is clouding that hope! <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Suvasinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09963023848467186077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30224618.post-37266850741276849692014-01-30T15:28:24.193-05:002014-01-30T15:28:24.193-05:00SS, thanks for being the voice of calm reason, yet...SS, thanks for being the voice of calm reason, yet again :)<br /><br />I agree and understand that I can't coast through life without ever talking about what I have to offer. <br /><br />Competing for a job does require one to talk about themselves - there's no getting around it. It just bothers me when self-promotion gets indiscriminate, dishonest and unnecessarily exaggerated. Talking of resumes or cover letters, mine is always pathetically bare-boned - just stating facts and providing information. I'm inordinately obsessed with using only those adjectives and sentences about me that are verifiable, because my "conscience" overreacts. After all, there are recommendation letters too :)... but expecting the entire world to follow my philosophy is ridiculous too. So, now that I have vented (yet again), I will turn a blind eye and be quiet for a good long period ;)<br /><br /><br />Neerajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813033087957007755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30224618.post-75726892198377030792014-01-29T23:29:58.829-05:002014-01-29T23:29:58.829-05:00I can't help laughing and empathizing simultan...I can't help laughing and empathizing simultaneously. I can so imagine you pissed off enough to have written this :). <br /><br />I do agree for the most part. To add to this though, every time you or I apply for a job or write a cover letter, what are we doing if not self-promoting?<br /><br />I'd say 99% of what most of us do doesn't solve global poverty or other pressing issues. We do it for our loved ones and ourselves, to fill our emotional/ intellectual/physical etc. needs. So why should self-promotion be any different for those that do it? <br /><br />As to the "who cares what I/ you think" question, who aren't you? Obviously people around you (me included :)) value what you have to say. Others just have their own circles, as trite as they seem. <br /><br />Maybe it's just that I'm jaded enough to turn a blind eye or laugh at such ventures for the most part. As my mom would put it -- "Water finds its own level". You have yours, and they have theirs :)SecondSighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197882820971051607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30224618.post-34794490129547979012014-01-29T12:49:47.440-05:002014-01-29T12:49:47.440-05:00Thanks for your comment Karthik! Haha, leave it to...Thanks for your comment Karthik! Haha, leave it to you to succinctly condense my rambling into one meaningful sentence :)<br /><br />yeah, I guess that's reality. Everyone needs to do some amount of marketing just to get noticed. But my idealism still lurks in a corner of my mind :)Neerajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813033087957007755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30224618.post-72621803785126401422014-01-29T11:21:47.398-05:002014-01-29T11:21:47.398-05:00I agree with most of what you say here. In general...I agree with most of what you say here. In general, I find that most of the half-baked people are busy promoting themselves, while most of the talented ones are busy 'improving' themselves :) <br /><br />But I do think that that even the best products always need some amount of promotion/marketing. There is just so much clutter that they would never be just discovered'.Karthikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468152567449655366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30224618.post-814717036049709192014-01-28T19:26:48.176-05:002014-01-28T19:26:48.176-05:00I hear you Suvasini! You are not alone. Sorry it w...I hear you Suvasini! You are not alone. Sorry it was bit much of a rant, but I would have exploded if I didn't vent and rant. <br /><br />I know what it is to come from a family where no success is enough! I have never ever heard my dad use any superlative beyond "good". And that "good" is really hard to earn! No wonder I'm riled up when people brag senselessly.<br /><br />I agree how disheartening it is to see people buy all the empty noise. But I always believe that such emptiness can't sustain long enough. It might temporarily get people's attention, but without any backing of serious quality and substance, it won't last. I just have to believe in it to retain my sanity :)<br /><br />On the plus side, if ever there was one, I have learned a lot about how to promote things that are worth promoting! Their strategies are pretty neat when put to good use :)Neerajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05771903291361206507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30224618.post-80824128315980156522014-01-28T19:00:02.195-05:002014-01-28T19:00:02.195-05:00Whoa... that was a rant but I so loved it! :)
T...Whoa... that was a rant but I so loved it! :) <br /><br />The reason I say so is because in this world of one-upmanship, I am often irritated and saddened to the point of depression by people and their superlatives about everything including themselves. <br /><br />Having been brought up in a family where excellence was always elusive and thus no success was success enough, this 'modern day' attitude of self promotion really gets to me. However what affects me more is that it actually works. Instead of disregarding such 'noisy empty vessels', I often find people paying them undue attention, giving them credit and more opportunities. I can see how and why people would self promote to this extent but I fail to see how everyone else fails to look at the quality of work or intellect underlying it. <br /><br />That, to me is more disheartening, especially because it leaves me wondering if I am the only person being overly "critical". <br /><br /><br /><br />Suvasinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09963023848467186077noreply@blogger.com