Comments on: PowerPhrase: Dangerous pedestals http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2009/12/10/powerphrase-dangerous-pedestals/ By Meryl Runion and SpeakStrong, Inc. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: merylrunion http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2009/12/10/powerphrase-dangerous-pedestals/comment-page-1/#comment-454422 merylrunion Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:01:36 +0000 http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/?p=2011#comment-454422 It takes a lot of maturity not to get puffed up and deflated. I find myself getting a bit full of myself when things are going well and a bit down when they aren't. It's an Izzie thing and I try to just stay conscious and watch rather than act it out. You're right, Ashley, the foundation is to keep the focus on what matters. Death does that. It strips all pretense away. It takes a lot of maturity not to get puffed up and deflated. I find myself getting a bit full of myself when things are going well and a bit down when they aren’t. It’s an Izzie thing and I try to just stay conscious and watch rather than act it out. You’re right, Ashley, the foundation is to keep the focus on what matters.

Death does that. It strips all pretense away.

]]> By: Ashley http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2009/12/10/powerphrase-dangerous-pedestals/comment-page-1/#comment-454417 Ashley Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:31:04 +0000 http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/?p=2011#comment-454417 It feels that we are often living in a society of entitlement. Celebrity culture is idolized, encouraging people to rise up as far as they can and allowing them to fall. I feel when you loose grip on what really matters, your words seem to rarely match your actions. It feels that we are often living in a society of entitlement. Celebrity culture is idolized, encouraging people to rise up as far as they can and allowing them to fall. I feel when you loose grip on what really matters, your words seem to rarely match your actions.

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