“You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it’s getting raised regardless.”
–Seth Godin

One of the benefits of being a writer is the people you reach. One of my bosses told a colleague, “Miguel doesn’t know the positive change he’s brought to the District…he only sees what remains to be done.”

I shrugged off the remark knowing that it was both true, that the change was inadequate, and that so much remains to be done. Yet, in every position I’ve held, I encounter the same obstacles that make me want to quit and give up. The obstacles are human, not technological to paraphrase some wiser person who said it already (I know I blogged it somewhere).

Still, I can seldom hold others to a higher standard. I fall too easily myself. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised by a tweet earlier tonight:

1. Read ur blog post re: ur app-u said how could u not since it was in SA; just figured I had to be brave & put it out there, esp since in tx!
2. Read it on the due date, ended up submitting mine right at midnight 🙂
3. Well–I often get inspired by ur writing–so here’s to u!!

The unintended consequences of when we try, even when we might fail, can positively impact others. I had no idea my self-deprecating blog entry sharing my effort to apply for something others applied for would have an effect…but it did. Radical transparency can have unintended consequences…why not try it?

The promise of transparency is a new relationship…and isn’t that what PLNs enable us to do? Build relationships?

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