I also thought this show was fantastic. I approached it hoping that it would be funny, but I was surprised to discover what a great lesson it was to leaders. How important it is that leaders don't lead without taking into account the perspective of those who are being led. I missed the end of the episode, so I didn't get to see how it turned out, but I definitely plan to start following this show.

"People get abortions or don't get abortions because of long term support (or lack of support)."
"My opinion is that this ad did nothing except create controversy."

That's sorta the line of thought which I was following. I would love to hear the perspective of someone who believes that this ad (or one like it) could be successful in changing a person's decision to get an abortion. I suppose that supporters of this ad would argue that if only one person who was going to abort their baby decided based on this ad to not go through with it, then the ad was successful. I tend to agree with that, but I'm interested in the overall effectiveness...particularly in that the thing was so darn expensive.

Hm what are you thinking regarding the influence of personality type? Not sure I know what you mean.

Hm yeah I guess I was mostly thinking in terms of motivations. Like...when I look at blogging do I do it because I legitimately want to start stimulating conversation, or do I do it because I want people to think I'm smart? In reading your response (and I've seen many others say this), it seems like success is more humbling than ego-building. That's sorta my intention in writing this post, that is, to get us (read: myself) to work toward avoiding considering recognition as the main goal of blogging.

I think that that response of being humbled can easily turn to pride, though. Can you relate to that at all?

Care to go into any more detail about that? What kinds of things have you experienced since creating your blog? It'd be sweet to hear your thoughts!

Hey Alan. I went ahead and emailed you a response to this comment. Feel free (you or anyone else) to follow up with another comment on this subject (and definitely feel free to email me back!).

Great idea for a weekly post! I actually had no idea they put out some books for free. Pretty sweet.

Here's the deal: I was initially not really all that interested in having you write a guest post for my blog, Jon, mostly because my blog isn't that high of a priority in my life. After seeing 545 other people ask for a guest post, I have reconsidered--mostly because I'd be absolutely awed if you could write anywhere near 545 guest posts. So I'd like to humbly submit my blog for the very bottom of the list. That is, if you can manage to write 545 guest posts, you can write a post on my blog about how you wrote 545 guest posts. Oh, and my blog's at http://www.letsmovetothemoon.com . Good luck on your blogging endeavors!

I really like the theme. I've gotta get playing around with it myself. Not sure if I'll use it as my main blog's theme just yet, but I really do like the look of it.

Haha and that's not to mention the fact that you used a table-based layout. Nice.