So I will be part of an educational panel next week with some of the smartest people I haven't met at a conference full of really smart people. The guy in charge of the panel is a modern day genius, but he is also a lot of fun, so the topic is "Why are left handed people more innovative than right handed people?" The funny thing is, this part of the 4 day conference is supposed to be fun, but I am more worried about it than any other part.
Let me back up. So I started a job at a very large technology company about 6 months ago, fresh out of college with a graduate degree in business and a undergrad in engineering. Maybe I will talk about that decision later. It is part of my job to manage the technical conference participation for our group (revenue of over a quarter billion dollars). Pretty intimidating to say the least. I also handle the university interaction, so this noob gets the chance to rub shoulders with some of the most influential people at a Fortune 100 company and occasionally they force me to attempt to talk on the same level. Stupid right?
Back to the story. So this really smart panel leader guy tells me that if there is someone who is not being interesting on the 90 minute panel discussion he will kick them off. Great, as if I needed more pressure. Oh yeah, I forgot the best part. The panel is Tuesday (3 days away), I just learned about it, I am busy as F*** already, and now I am kinda freaking out. Anyways, does anyone have any interesting lines about left-handed versus right handed people? I don't have time to prepare, so I am desperately putting myself at the mercy of the internet by starting my first blog. It doesn't even have to be true, but I would be cool if I could quote someone (a legit someone).
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jiga! i have a blog too!
this is interesting. and exciting! maybe you could talk about the Symbolic Interactionism theory or Self-Fulfilling prophecy. im sure you know what they mean, we study them all the time in my comm classes. but they both talk about how when we are constantly told something about ourselves, we begin to behave and act in that way. in the left-handed people situation, if a left-handed person is told all their life that left-handed people are generally more artistic or innovative or creative, self-fulfulling prophecy and some of Symbolic interactionism would say that their personalities and behavior begin to take that shape. does that make sense? maybe you already knew all this but i figured maybe you could bring this up in your smart people discussion panel :)
now that you are a blogger...i tagged you :) look at my blog. its not gay, i know you will say that right when you see it. it will be fun!
nice blog. you know you could have asked your two brothers about left handed people. kinda late now huh? oneinteresting fact is that george bush senior, bill clinton, ronald reagan, and gerald ford are all left handed...and so are obama and mccain. and left handed people are better overall.
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