I Am User Generated

I don’t normally just re-post snippets of other people’s blog posts but this quote from Clay Shirky is particularly inspiring. It’s from a larger article on woman’s role in the work place but I find it to be relevant to anyone who is bold, self-confident and out-spoken.

“To put yourself forward as someone good enough to do interesting things is, by definition, to expose yourself to all kinds of negative judgments, and as far as I can tell, the fact that other people get to decide what they think of your behavior leaves only two strategies for not suffering from those judgments: not doing anything, or not caring about the reaction.”