Brainwashed

Brainwashed

Acknowledge The Lizard is about not being afraid to be yourself.  This section of the article talks about how
many people let the reaction of others scare them out of doing or sharing something that they are passionate about.  Godin, the author, says that this fear was put in us long ago by adults who didn't want us deviating from the social norm.  These fears must be acknowledged in order to overcome them.

Be Generous is about willing to give without expecting to receive anything.  I think this is an idea that many people have trouble with in the current economic state.  Even if money wasn't spent in producing something, you still put time into it.  Putting your product out for everyone to have without anything in return is hard to do when there is so much possible potential to make money off of it.  If something is free however, it will most likely be better distributed, and more people will discover it.

When we are posting on our blogs we are acknowledging the lizard and being generous.  For many people, this may be the first time they have shared their work online for anyone to see, or possibly at all.  There is an aspect of fear that you have to get over to allow other people to see what you've put time and emotion into.  There is also a feeling of greed that you have to fight when posting something on our blogs that you would much rather mass produce and sell.  For instance, someone may have really liked the song they just made and would have rather put it on itunes and try to make some money rather than putting it on the blog for free.  The practice of getting over the negative ideas of fear and greed by making our blogs does make us better creative people.