Absolute Blogchain No.12

I take part in a blogging activity known as the Absolute Write Blogchain. It's a process were each participant takes a previously posted blog entry from another person playing in the effort and carries the thread forward with their own thoughts. The results can be entertaining and thought provoking. Shauna at Playing With Words relates her experience with a recent job interview where she successfully competed. Congratulations on the new position.

What stood out was Shauna's descriptions of her efforts to approach the process in a very positive manner and put her best foot forward. It's apparent the effort was well founded and later produced some pleasant, unexpected benefits. By maintaining a fresh and professional attitude after accepting the new appointment, Shauna lived up to the expectations developed by her employers in the interview process. Work is such a big part of our lives, it seems important to me that people really should have a passion for what they do and enjoy showing up for work each day.

I would take this a little further. A friend of mine was discussing the ramifications of management authority and project responsibility within the organization where he works. He had a long term employee working for him that refuses to take ownership in any project to which assigned, yet freely snipes and criticizes the results once the task is complete. In most organizations it is hard to transfer the ultimate responsibility for a task or project, yet there is a wide range of opportunities out there for employees to take ownership in a project and run with it.

In most organizations, the only limit on involvement in a project or task to what a person will assume personally. I have seen few managers get in the way of an employee that has great enthusiasm, an sense of ownership and displays commitment to completing a project. If you think about it, a positive outlook is refreshing to experience and can be contagious. These are the people, projects and outcomes we like to associate. Congrats to Shauna and her great outlook.

On to Kat at A Thoughtful Life!

AW Blogchain No.12

Virginia Lee: I Ain't Dead Yet!
Playing With Words
A View from the Waterfront"
A Thoughtful Life
Gillian Polack: Food history
So, You Majored in Creative Writing; Now what?
Life in the Middle
Finding Boddie – A Simple Way to Snort Your Breakfast
Kappa No He

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Absolute Write Blogchain No. 11

Gillian at Food History says in her post for Absolute Write Blogchain No. 11, "I think this calls for chocolate. Eat it while fully focused and aware of every microsecond of smooth richness, then breeze on over to A View From The Waterfront, to see where this chain goes next." This combined with Jim Melvin's introspection at The Death Wizard Chronicles and a love for chocolate leaves me to make a connection to the waterfront.

If it is a matter of finding a sacred place from which to draw strength, the waterfront is my focus. I suspect the coast holds this importance for many of us. Those of us living on the coast, deriving a livelihood from it, and depending on the ocean for food find that a connection of interdependence exists for us.

We take food from the sea and it provides us a vocation. I had the privilege to serve on the Southeast Alaska Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Council were I learned a little of Native concerns for wild foods and protecting our relationship with the resources. Subsistence is a lifeway and not necessarily just a matter of numbers or management regime. Gathering, preparation, sharing, and respect for natural sources of food is shows that a subsistence lifestyle goes beyond the use a simple term.

Drawing these benefits from the waterfront, we are reminded of the need to give something back to the ocean. A concern for the environment and a concern for all of creatures depend on it like we do is a good beginning. My career focus is in community development and the concept of community is an important part of personal well-being and mental health.

It has been another thoughtful Blogchain from the community at Absolute Write. I appreciate everyone contributing the success of this adventure!

Participants in AW Blogchain No. 11
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Virtual Wordsmith
(The Blog Formerly Known as) Taosbound
Virginia Lee: I Ain't Dead Yet!
Kappa No He
Playing With Words
A Thoughtful Life
Mad About Kites
Confessions of a Fat Chick
The Death Wizard Chronicles
Food History
A View From The Waterfront

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Why participate in an AW Blogchain?

A group of freelance writer's at Absolute Write (AW) have actively participated in what we call the Absolute Write Blogchain. There are many benefits for those that play a part in the experience. We operate under these basic guidelines:

• First person in the chain finds the last post of the last post and takes an element from that to base their blog post on so that the previous chain and this chain are connected.
• Second and subsequent participants in the chain will take an element from the entry before theirs and incorporate it into their post. So for me to post an entry, I need to read yours and find something about your post.
• The last person in the chain takes an element from the post before theirs and from the first post to tie the chain together.

This is the start of Absolute Write Blogchain No.8 and I am writing the first entry based on the last post from ol' No.7 from Techtainment. Razib's post was on the four benefits for writers participating in the AW Blog. Briefly, these included link development, improvement in their Google Page Rank, community interest generated by comments, and the enjoyment of working with the others involved in the project.

I have to second Razib's comments on the writers involved with AW. The interaction, support and help provided has been overwhelming to me. AW defines what a positive community can do for its members. And it's a two-way street, you find there are equal measures of enjoyment assisting a fellow writer, as the relief felt after someone helps you out of a tight spot.

AW is a solid resource for writers. You can bounce a idea off the others, research a question, start a political argument and find a assignment. These are all the things that we need to keep the wheels turning and ideas fresh. Consider participating in AW Blogchain No.9!

The next blog in the chain will be BK_30 at Just A Small Town Girl.

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