Subscribe to the 2W2aB feedWe are all so polite, you know? Well, perhaps not everyone is polite, but I think that most people walk around with a nice polished exterior.
We try not to offend.
We try not to stand out.
We hope we don't ruffle any feathers or step into someone else's sandbox.
It's all very tiresome, don't you think? Sure we want peace, joy and love - but I only want it if it is REAL. If someone wants to step in my sandbox, I say come on in and make me defend my territory! I might find that it's the best thing that happened today.
I like authentic sass. Sass means we are alive - it means we are provoked - it means we care. Sass is fun.
I know there are cultural differences, but try sassing it up relative to what works for you. Sass brings forth the out loud and animated version of you.
Sass will look different based on our behavioral tendencies. My sass can be a bit jarring because my unsassy state might seem quite sassy to others. I have friends who are so reserved in their expressions that their sass can only be detected with a magnifying glass.
Sassy.
The dictionary defines sass as cheeky or rude. Some sass is rude, but I think sass can also be a beautiful thing.
My favorite bloggers get sassy and the posts that seem to get the most hits and comments are those where I get sassy. You must like sassy too.
We all like sassy even if it's a pain in the rear sometimes - a lively pain. Hey, got a meeting later? Sass it up and be the hero/heroine of the day. Sass up your dinner conversation. Sass up with your boss.
What does the animated YOU look like and what can you do right now to enliven him/her?
Oh how I long for more conversations with sass!
Awesome, Lisa! The word I'm going to use as I develop my values for the expanded Bock's Office (watch for details in 2007) is Audacious. I've loved that word since I read about it in Steve Farber's The Radical Leap. The dictionary says audacious is 1) extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: 2) extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: 3) recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen: 4) lively; unrestrained; uninhibited. I didn't really have to list all the definitions, but I didn't know where to stop - I like them all!
So bring on the sass - and the audacity! If we're not inviting dialogue, we're not learning anything new!
Posted by: Jodee Bock | December 31, 2006 at 06:36 PM
Jodee: I like audacious a lot. There are several words like that that contain energy. By that I mean they evoke an energetic response just by thinking about them. It might be fun to explore those a bit more...
Posted by: Lisa Haneberg | January 01, 2007 at 10:09 AM
Let's do a joint post about the energy of words - and do some sort of informal survey to see what people think about the baggage some words carry with them - and the energy others have. I think sometimes we think we know the meanings of words, but we've been using them ineffectively (in my book I talk about dialogue vs. discussion ... and I've got lots more). I'd love to continue this thought!
Posted by: Jodee Bock | January 01, 2007 at 06:03 PM
Jodee - Sure, sounds fun. I am sure that there are very diverse opinions on baggage versus energy.
Posted by: Lisa Haneberg | January 01, 2007 at 06:43 PM