Comments on: Video Update: Will People Abandon You If You Share an Opinion?

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:31:43 +0000

I think everyone knows we need healthcare reform, it gets politicized when people disagree about the method to go about it.

That said. I think Bill Cosby said it well “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody”

By: Nicolai

Nicolai — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:16:01 +0000

On the expression of personal opinions: “You can’t please everyone, so you may as well please yourself.”

By: Kenn

Kenn — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:50:06 +0000

I love your assistant. She reminds me of our own assistant, who helps my wife and I package and ship her orders (even if he does frequently fall asleep on the job).

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:25:40 +0000

The website is called ChrisGuillebeau.com, not genericpeoplepleaser.com. Everyone online, blogging, social media, is putting ‘themselves’ out there, that’s the whole point. The guy who travels the world and has mastered the art of non-conformity is GOING to have an opinion, it may even be left field! I’d be disappointed if it wasn’t!

Having opinions makes us unique!

By: Leo Gallant

Leo Gallant — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:44:51 +0000

Well said, man!

By: Jon Mills

Jon Mills — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:45:53 +0000

Exactly Chris…

The fact of the matter is, we live in a world that is diverse, colorful and vibrant with difference

Why would we expect people to be anything less.

Heck if we all liked the same things, held the same opinions, and attended the same events, damn this world would be pretty bland and boring.

A lot of it comes down to gratitude of what is, instead of what we think it should be.

Keep up the honest posts Chris

By: Etsuko

Etsuko — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:19:56 +0000

Chris,

So many people have already commented positively and I believe you know what I think about your sharing your views. It gives us (bloggers) courage, hope and inspiration to be bold and be honest.

THANK YOU for this post!
Etsuko

By: Wyman

Wyman — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:19:39 +0000

Chris, I don’t agree with your political views but they are the same as about half the US.
I agree that you should write about what you are passionate about. I enjoy all your other articles so I can just ignore what I disagree with. My wife of 52 years does that with me all the time. You allow us to make comments and I did about socialized medicine. God bless, Wyman

By: Matt Geib

Matt Geib — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:56:07 +0000

CHRIS:

One reason I believe the internet to be such a wonderful place is simply because it affords me the opportunity to meet many diverse & different folks (something that was not possible even 15 yrs. ago). These folks are different than me & that has helped me to grow & expand as a person.

I come from a Fundamentalist, Conservative, Christian backround (I was a Pastor for a number of years as well)….I state all that to say that when I started what I call my “search for significance” 7-8 yrs. ago it was not until I made the decision to question all of my beliefs & what I had been taught all my life, to leave ‘no stone unturned ‘ as it were that I really achieved any significant growth as a person.

You are a person that “Resonates with my heart”…Do we need to agree on every issue & belief? I say no (In fact I am not an Obama man:-)), to me that would be pretty shallow thinking.

Thanks for sharing your wonderful gift of writing with us.

Matt Geib

By: Stephen Pasquini

Stephen Pasquini — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:22:01 +0000

Thank you for sharing your viewpoint. As a health care provider, and an advocate for a single payer system. I believe this is a human rights issue and a moral issue. I just recently became a regular reader of your blog. Although you are right, I too have friends who have different viewpoints, I have to say that you have probably made me more likely to continue to read your blog. It is nice knowing that you are reading the words of someone who cares about people, and although yes we all are entitled to different viewpoints, people are more likely to read, and follow someone who they believe shares the same moral compass. Thank you for taking the time and having the guts to share your feelings about the health care debate. I can only hope that those in congress are also subscribers!