Pigweed and I are thinking of a new series for our podcast (something related to churches), and to get a sense of whether I could tolerate it or not, I tried to listen to Joel Osteen’s show. <\/p>\n
I only lasted about ten minutes, and I felt I needed to bend my brain in a more sane direction, so I looked up a video by Sinclair Ferguson (a very sober-minded Scot). In it, he said the following. <\/p>\n
And for some of us who are not blessed with the American perspective on existence but have a Celtic melancholy running through our disposition, and know that our mother would’ve beat the living daylights out of us if we’d ever talked in public about anything that we ourselves have done, you realize that there is a certain discomfort level in [talking about his book]. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There are some things in life where you can’t succeed unless you’re willing to promote yourself, and I’ve long recognized that I have competing instincts in that regard. I can and do promote myself, but I hate it, and I only do it half-heartedly. <\/p>\n
I’ve also suspected that a lot of my reticence to promote myself comes from my mother — who was English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh. So maybe that confirms SF’s comment about Celts. (My reticence also comes from the Proverbs: “Let another praise you and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.”) <\/p>\n
I’ve known many people who, with little talent, do very well for themselves, because they have no hesitancy about promoting themselves, asking for things, etc. <\/p>\n
Since a lot of that probably comes from nature and\/or nurture, that’s yet another kind of “privilege” that’s very important to a person’s success. (If anyone is keeping track.) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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