Think about happiness

Been reading a lot of messages in self-praise, and been thinking


  1. How smart can you be, if you need to tell everyone so?

  2. How popular can you be, if you need to tell everyone so?

  3. How successful can you be, if you still need to tell everyone so?


And;

  1. How happy can you possibly be, if all you do is tell people how smart, popular and successful you are?

Old fashioned may not be a bad thing sometimes - good 'ol modesty still has some value I think. Yes, I know Google search doesn't favour modesty, but still :)

Cheers

Posted by Rajesh on November 11, 2009 11:56 PM |

Comments (4)

Shefaly:

Add "busy" to that list, my friend :-)

Posted by Shefaly | November 12, 2009 12:09 AM

Jyoti Bhargava:

Aren't social media channels--twitter in particular--actually promoting this trend of pushing people into making such announcements (read 'conversing with communities')? Where were the avenues to be heard this closely earlier? Some of those being watched are enjoying all the attention and want some more ;-)

Posted by Jyoti Bhargava | November 12, 2009 12:47 AM

RajeshAuthor Profile Page:

Jyoti - yes, but ultimately credibility is a function of what others say about you and that has much greater value than self-praise, which I consider very wannabe. A little, sometime works but I, me, myself all the time doesn't.

Posted by Rajesh Author Profile Page | November 13, 2009 7:52 AM

Sandip:

You hit the nail on the head.

Posted by Sandip | November 16, 2009 8:18 AM

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