Comments on: What Can’t You See Because You Have Been Looking Too Long? http://www.lizstrauss.com/2007/02/19/everyones-business/what-cant-you-see-because-you-have-been-looking-too-long/ Be Irresistible Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Liz Strauss http://www.lizstrauss.com/2007/02/19/everyones-business/what-cant-you-see-because-you-have-been-looking-too-long/comment-page-1/#comment-5032 Liz Strauss Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:38:29 +0000 http://www.lizstrauss.com/2007/02/19/everyones-business/what-cant-you-see-because-you-have-been-looking-too-long/#comment-5032 Hi Whitmey! You make an excellent pioint about checkliests -- everything we read for that matter. If we don't engage our thinking when we use information to discriminate what will work best for our situation, then we'll end up with something that isn't quite right and doesn't quite fit. It will always be almost there. Thank you, Whitney, your insights always take things deeper and to a more interesting place. Hi Whitmey!
You make an excellent pioint about checkliests — everything we read for that matter. If we don’t engage our thinking when we use information to discriminate what will work best for our situation, then we’ll end up with something that isn’t quite right and doesn’t quite fit. It will always be almost there.

Thank you, Whitney, your insights always take things deeper and to a more interesting place.

]]> By: Whitney http://www.lizstrauss.com/2007/02/19/everyones-business/what-cant-you-see-because-you-have-been-looking-too-long/comment-page-1/#comment-5030 Whitney Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:29:31 +0000 http://www.lizstrauss.com/2007/02/19/everyones-business/what-cant-you-see-because-you-have-been-looking-too-long/#comment-5030 And sometimes it's not just about not seeing something as a result of looking at it too long, sometimes it also can be about not prioritizing things. Your example here is a good one. Someone was trying to make his blog work harder. Somewhere, he saw a checklist of all the things you should have on your blog. Somewhere, he saw a post (here, at Seth Godin's blog, or elsewhere) about having "bananas" on your blog (or Web site). He went through the list, got most if not everything on his blog. Check check done done. Didn't even think about what he wanted to give prominence to -- the checklists make EVERYTHING seem important when that's not the case. Some checklist items are mandatory. Some are good-to-have when the time is right (sometime later down the road). Some are and always will be optional. This is where your PVM service works so well, and why more people need to use it. And sometimes it’s not just about not seeing something as a result of looking at it too long, sometimes it also can be about not prioritizing things.

Your example here is a good one. Someone was trying to make his blog work harder. Somewhere, he saw a checklist of all the things you should have on your blog. Somewhere, he saw a post (here, at Seth Godin’s blog, or elsewhere) about having “bananas” on your blog (or Web site). He went through the list, got most if not everything on his blog. Check check done done. Didn’t even think about what he wanted to give prominence to — the checklists make EVERYTHING seem important when that’s not the case. Some checklist items are mandatory. Some are good-to-have when the time is right (sometime later down the road). Some are and always will be optional.

This is where your PVM service works so well, and why more people need to use it.

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