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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act, but a habit.”
by Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC) Greek philosopher
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I'm at that sweet spot right in the middle 😉
I must say, the migration for me went from Dork, rapidly to Nerd, and finally, in college, to Geek. lol
Yeah… I think maybe I blur the line between Geek and Nerd depending on the social situation. 😉
me too… but I can be a bit of a spaz at times lol
This has been hanging up in my cubicle for many moons.
Curse you, Venn, for reducing my life down to an easy-to-understand diagram! Â Curse you!
I might resemble that chart somewhere.
+Kyla Myers You have three round orbs?!
How did you know, +Scott Cramer?
I think I'm a nerd leaning dangerously into dork.
Shit! I'm a dweeb.
unless I can find an obsession, then I can be a nerd
Am definitely a dweeb. I totally lack the obsession module.
Hahah! I use this chart every semester in English Composition to talk about word choice.Â
Also, I am a total geek!
I'm probably somewhere between Dweeb, Nerd, and Dork.
+Kari Tedrick What about photography?
+Kari Tedrick Star Wars & Doctor Who work for me!
Somewhere between Geek and Nerd. You could call me a Geek+ 🙂Â
+Scott Cramer . I never thought of that as an obsession
I guess I'm a Geek. Â Social Ineptitude doesn't fit the bill (at least I don't think it does.)
Obsession and passion are close…
Obsession lacks emotion. Â Passion depends on emotion. Â At least, the way I would create the fine line.
+Scott Cramer Not close enough for me 🙂 I agree with +Chad Wilson Besides, it's not like I aspire to be a nerd.Â
What's your obsession, Scott?
I would put photography into the intelligence circle.
Hmm… On the obsession side, here's a definition for obsession, "the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc."
As for passion, "any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate."
Obsession vs. passion, "A passion is a strong liking for an activity or something else. An obsession is when you are constantly preoccupied with an activity or something else."
So far as the chart goes, I think "obsession" is being used incorrectly. For my way of viewing the chart, it should be "passion" and perhaps "passion bordering on obsession".
Obsession has some bad connotations when you think of "obsessive compulsive" and "stalkers" and it isn't fair to to label a "Geek" as an obsessive.Â
Now… If we change "Obsession" in the chart to "Passion", I have a problem with "Passion" and "Social Ineptitude" making someone a "Dork".
So… The chart is fun. The chart is also an oversimplification (gee, I found it on the Internet, who'da'thunk!?). 😉
+Kari Tedrick What's my obsession? You'll have to wine and dine me first. 😉
Passion, to me, involves some amount of personal choice. Â An obsession usually over-rides your better judgement, thus why it is sometimes also called a compulsion.
Ergh. Let's not even bring compulsion into this! The diagram needs a few more circles to be really useful and not just silly fun.
It doesn't cover the fact that sometimes passions get obsessive temporarily, like for a specific project or idea, and then compulsion may figure in at the worst of it to get through the obsessive part and get it out of the system before allowing a fade back into passion again. Then again, I could just be crazy. That's a different circle.
crazy is my favourite circle 🙂
Always listen to the girl with a cartoon penguin! FTW 😉
All y'all are obsessing over the circles…
No obsessing, sympathizing at how accurately it is describing many of us.
So Scott, is it an obsession or a passion to continuously enter these  sibling contest?Â
Seriously, with your track record, and Keith's
muggerhugger mask. I fear for your safetyCan not answer without the Crazy circle.
Uh huh.