Before I started blogging I use to be a introvert. But since then I have had to learn how to socialize online. Blogging has teached me some communication skills that I did not have before I was a blogger.
1. It teached me to communicate first.
When you start blogging you will soon notice that you have to be the first one to start a conversation on someone’s blog before making friends with them. They cant start the conversation because they have no idea that you are there.
2. It teaches you not to be afraid of having your say
Sometimes we think we can really say what we have to say. Or give our opinions. Maybe you have are nervous that you dont sound relevant or fit in. Low self esteem.
Blogging will teach you how to overcome that. When you say something irrelevant you wont have to look 100’s of people in the eye and feel like a total mishap. With blogging everyone will just ignore your irrelevant comment. This gives you the chance to learn how to fit in a conversation instead of being the odd one out.
3. Blogging can teach you that you dont have to take all the crap that comes your way.
Maybe apart from blogging you always get picked on at work or by colleagues but blogging will teach you to stand your ground. When someone is on your blog trying to destroy the peaceful enviroment you will have to shut them up. This learns you the skill of standing up for yourself and shutting people up that does not contribute to the growth of your communication skills.
4. Blogging can encourage you
For someone with a real low self esteem blogging can be a great way of increasing their self worth. All bloggers suck at blogging when they start. But someone with a low self confidence will just fit in with the rest of the new bloggers and if he or she tries to communicate the chances are that they will be received friendly, this will build their confidence to communicate and they will start to enjoy being social on and offline.
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January 29th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Nice encouraging post mate, to the point.
I feel we all develop our own true “blogging style” over time and it makes reading each others articles more interesting ay?
Compliments on the new theme for Fromtheold, tis looking top notch!
Justin.
January 30th, 2008 at 8:27 am
I agree with all this but I would like to add that blogging has also taught me to respect other people’s viewpoints. I realise now that I am not always right (just most of the time).
This is a nice post and worth a Stumble.