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I have passwords, nearly the same one for everything.

I think that a lot of the fuss about passwords is silly. Except for my money stuff none of my secrets is very important.

Here is a great article more for the stories that are in it, the personal ones, and oh my god the artwork. Beautiful. One great moving portrait for each person.

The Secret Life of Passwords.

I would not be hard to hack.

But you need a lot more than a password to get by most doors. ATMs need cards. They flop at the slightest error. "Go see a teller". And so on.

I am not about to print mine here. But I do think that a lot of the fuss is about constructing artificial importance for one's self.

Labels: computers, Self Absorption

Image search on Google this morning.

Mug shot from Oklahoma.

Rugby Union player.

Coroner of the JFK assassination.

Famous composer and jazz pianist. He is working in the Carlyle Cafe of the Carlyle Hotel where I often had supper in NYC. You can barely see the famous murals by Marcel Vertes, nursery rhyme figures.

Canadian photographer. Look at his stuff.

Labels: Self Absorption

ESTEEM

I am a long time skeptic of the 'self esteem' movement.

I do not subscribe to the fact that low self esteem can be remedied by false praise or 'positive reinforcement'. I am not even sure that it should be.

When I was a trainer, the concepts flowed into the rooms where I taught.

I wasn't too sympathetic with the excuse (as I heard it) of low self esteem. I still am not.

There is no doubt that there are many kids and adults who have low self esteem. Nor, is there any doubt that a lot of kids and people have too much.

My observations support my hypothesis that it is a lot easier to deal with low self esteem than the high.

Arrogance, entitlement, selfishness, ego-drive; all seem to go with a strong positive sense of self. In fact undue, unearned praise creates this condition.

But, I lost the battle and quit talking about it although, one on one, I will still take on any one who I hear whining and complaining, usually blaming someone else, for how bad they feel about themselves.

This article is interesting as it breaks some of the sacred icons of the esteem movement (and yes, it is a movement and a profitable industry).

The Inverse Power of Praise

I can identify with their contention about 'smart' kids.

I was a smart kid and was labeled as such.

I invested in it. It became my identity.

They even told me (against the rules and conventions) my IQ (mensa) and what it meant.

It froze me.

I began to fear failure.

The kids in this study are me.

Maybe that is why I am so sensitive to this cockeyed notion that you should pump everybody up. There should be no differences. All that.

Interesting.

Labels: kidtime, Self Absorption

NEW LOOK

New Blogger offers the possibility of a new look.

I just stuck my foot in the water and it felt too hot but I will try again later and see if I have the courage to continue.

Labels: Self Absorption

NEW BLOGGER

I have finally moved to the New Blogger run by the new owner, Google.

I was in the countdown and did it just before my 'last chance'.

I hate to make these changes. I have been caught in cyber-space a fwe times when stuff got switched or changed. I feared this one. I have over 3000 entries at stake.

But, they made us do it. We were warned.

I had a lot of time to get mentally ready for it.

Today was the day.

So far, so good.

The only thing that I see new new here is the ability to use labels.

A feature of dubious value. I will try to keep it up though I will not go back and label past entries.

Will I?

Labels: Self Absorption