Nobodies don’t fear that sharing knowledge and experience will diminish them.
Nobodies must impress only clients.
Nobodies pause to learn the why so the how is successful.
Nobodies move easily with the currents of change because change doesn’t threaten.
Nobodies take clients personally as well as seriously.
Nobodies take risks so clients reap the rewards.
Nobodies are writing the case studies, while others are waiting to read them.
Nobodies embrace the wisdom of crowds (there are a lot of nobodies).
Nobodies build the companies somebodies buy (Flickr, MySpace, Weblogs.com come immediately to mind).
Nobodies get to decide who is a somebody.
Such is the gift of insignificance.
You might like this quote from Robert Fuller's upcoming book, All Rise:
"Nobodyland isn't really such a bad place, so long as you aren't trying to get out. You can do a lot of good work there, and since you're out of sight, you are free to make mistakes, explore new ideas, and develop them until you're ready to try them out in public."
Posted by: Elisa | April 26, 2006 at 12:21 AM
Welcome, Lauren!
Posted by: Linda | April 17, 2006 at 06:59 PM
Mr. Eggerston left me an comment (http://12commanonymous.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/04/wasted_space.html) on the 'Wasted Space' post on my blog, Communicators Anonymous...I think I have a deeper understanding of the purpose of the group and would love to contribute. I am a Nobody.
Posted by: Lauren Vargas | April 17, 2006 at 04:19 PM