Comments on: Are We a Community?

By: thriveal

thriveal — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:41:13 +0000

Kevin, that is so cool, dude. I need a cup of sugar too.

By: Kevin McCoy

Kevin McCoy — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:35:55 +0000

The more we interact and get to know each other, the closer we get to a “community”. Right now we’re like a new subdivision, a few homes sprinkled here and there, new folks moving in, getting settled and starting to meet their neighbors. Pretty soon (already?) we’ll start borrowing shovels from each other.

By: thriveal

thriveal — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:14:59 +0000

You’re got that backwards. It’s you we are learning from!!

By: Kara

Kara — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:32:59 +0000

Looking at all of these great comments, I don’t think that anyone could doubt the passion – and that we do have context; meaning; and deep, meaningful interactions.

My guess on Spike’s position may be the motivation behind the communities. Are they starting them more for a popularity contest or filling a void, satisfying a need to belong?

If not for this community, I’d be sitting at a fish fry in the retirement community that I physically live, playing dice games instead of learning from all of you.

By: thriveal

thriveal — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:01:00 +0000

Dude, some good points! Might bring this up at the Community Call.

By: Adrian G Simmons

Adrian G Simmons — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:07:58 +0000

I think what Spike may be trying to get at, is something similar I saw Simon Sinek blog about in a post called “True Friendship”. http://tinyurl.com/24v9se7

The gist, is that “connectedness” doesn’t automatically mean “community”. (Though they’re not mutually exclusive either.) And if we’re not conscious of it, the proliferation of social media could erode true community. For example, what does the word “friend” really mean, when everyone you’ve ever casually met is a “friend” on Facebook? (Which is why we’re starting to see services like http://www.Path.com emerge). As Michael Hsu recently blogged, words are important http://tinyurl.com/6c73blm

The true depth of human bonds, is the willing to sacrifice for each other. And those are the type of folk I believe are in the Thriveal community, which makes it a community in the true sense of the word.

“Won’t you be, my neighbor?”

By: thriveal

thriveal — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:37:41 +0000

Preach it, girl! Let’s preach it at the next “Community” Call!

By: thriveal

thriveal — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:33:01 +0000

Dude, preach it! You said it best:

1. Leave our egos aside
2. Build community

spoken very well!

By: Jody Padar

Jody Padar — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:32:43 +0000

Forget Community….We are a “MOVEMENT!” I tossed out the question because I don’t want the thriveal community to get like that. Like any neighborhood, their are good ones and bad ones. We need to make sure we stay a good one…in the high rent district! I want to play on your block Jason and Joey!

By: Chris F

Chris F — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:54:36 +0000

Dude,
Hell yes we are a community!!!
We are a group of individuals with common interest/problems coming together to share our experiences with each other. That is how AA got started, and if AA is not a community, I am not sure what is. I am not up to speed on who Senoir Jones is, but to herd all the blogs into one category is not cool. I may be living on some other planet but I rarely hear the word “community” even used. Forum, alliance, group; I hear of, but not community. I was very pleased to hear you call this a community because the word has major meaning to me. If we can remember to leave our egos aside before we hit the “join meeting” button, we will all prosper from this kick-a$$ process. #changeiscoming