tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post5158606732428364132..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: How to Make Friends and Influence PeopleJim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-34053481766626107292009-07-16T12:09:46.978-04:002009-07-16T12:09:46.978-04:00There may or may not be anything harmful in lappin...There may or may not be anything harmful in lapping up the strokes coming one's way here in the universe.<br /><br />But the extent to which that determines relationships - and facilitates manipulation! - is nothing less than alarming. As is the greater insight that, really, very little that happens in relationships is really about you. <br /><br />It also leaves me feeling awfully self-conscious about how and why I choose to offer compliments. Oh, and btw, Erica, I must say I've always admired your joie de vivre, earnest good humor, and ardent open-hearted embrace of the causes you admire and believe in. <br /><br />Was that appropriate? Is this mic on?Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-12311273575485480722009-07-16T11:52:20.808-04:002009-07-16T11:52:20.808-04:00Ha... I bet if I looked really close at my own fri...Ha... I bet if I looked really close at my own friends and associates I'd find something similar. Everyone needs to get themselves in the "self esteem bath" on a regular basis, eh?<br /><br />:-)<br /><br /><br /><br />-- Erica B.ProgGrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241425484095464878noreply@blogger.com