Summary: Have we become obsessed with documenting our lives online? Have we lost the balance between documenting our experiences and actually living them? These thought provoking questions led Damon Brown on a quest to explore our virtual shadows. In an increasingly noisy world, taking the time to unplug and experience life is more important than it's ever been. So I encourage you to listen and then unplug and reflect on Damon's message Here are few of the highlights from our chat: * How Damon's Background in Traditional Journalism Informs His Work (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cda40dee59f2a8c5fe3e3a7105cd8791.jpeg) * Why Contribution to a Conversation is How You Stand Out Online * The Limitations of Our Current Abilities to Document Our Lives * How Documenting Experiences Pulls Us Out of Those Experiences * Throwing All Your Tools and Maps Away to Discover Your Voice * Why Patience is Incredibly Critical to Your Success * How Enjoying Your Creation Process Impacts Your Work * Identifying the Common Threads in Your Work for Bigger Missions * The Reason to Pursue Ideas That You Have Faith In * Some Killer Tactics on Identifying Your Passion and Creating Demand for Yourself * The Photographer's Eye and What It Does to Your View of the World Tweetable Insights Include: * The beautiful thing about books is that they teach you to be patient (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/K5ODd)) * If you contribute to the conversation you will be found(Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/gxNdf)) * If you're waiting for a reward, you're not going to make it (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/UfF98)) * If you're questioning how long it takes to do something maybe you're' not passionate about it (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/bC9K2)) * The real story is the part of an experience that stays with you (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/3eU6e)) Damon Brown is cofounder of Quote Unquote app, an author, and lead writer at TechHive. You can follow him on twitter @browndamon (https://twitter.com/browndamon). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://ctt.ec/0ADc4) to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes. (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blogcastfm-the-bloggers-podcast/id352721366)
