SeinQuest.com is supposed to be all about your personal growth and self-realization. And I would like to ask you, the user: What features would you like to see on such a site? Specifically, what would help you in your own Quest to grow as a person?
SeinQuest.com is supposed to be all about your personal growth and self-realization. And I would like to ask you, the user: What features would you like to see on such a site? Specifically, what would help you in your own Quest to grow as a person?
At this moment, the user area of SeinQuest.com is still very basic, but once the book is published and I again have more time, I want to expand on this. Right now, you can log in, comment on blogs, create forum topics, and invite friends and advisers. So it is a very basic "social network." But there already are several other social networks (facebook, twitter, linkedin, myspace), so how can this one stand out? How would you like to be engaged in the site? And what content would you like to see?
Here is my take on this: The backbone of SeinQuest will be the material in my book, which is, so I was told by some experts, quite substantial. But there are many other books on personal growth ("self-help books"), and most of them ultimately fail. OK, many of these books are not worth the paper they are printed on, but let's assume such a book is actually quite good--why then does it fail to make an impact in somebody's life?
I think the reason why so many books on personal growth fail is because the user is left to his or her own devices. This is why they are called "self-help" and self-help only works for the most dedicated of people. Most people simply need more help--a helping community of friends, or even better, mentors and advisers. And that's really what I think has to happen with seinquest as well: there have to be user features that let's you access such a dedicated helper community. Do you agree with this?
So one of the things I plan to do, again after I have more time after the book is completely out, is to make all the exercises from the book available online (there are more than 100), and then let the user invite special friends AS ADVISERS which can then comment and help. (The site already lets you set advisers, but I still need to put the exercises online).
I think that would be a good start, but there is probably a ton of stuff I have not thought of here. And that is where I'd like to hear your input:
What do you think should be some features that would help a person on their own personal journey, to help them find and be themselves?
How would you like to engage with your support community?
What features of, say, facebook or other sites do you really like, and do you think would be helpful in the context of personal growth?
Your comments are appreciated.
Be True!
Hanns-Oskar Porr
Author of "The Steps of Essence: How to Live Life Well and Authentically."
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Namaste — I and the Divine in me bow to You and the Divine in You.
~Hanns
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