Mitch Joel recently highlighted the army of clones out there that are all trying to use the same personal brand, thus more or less killing personal branding. He’s dead on. Go search for the number of social media experts on Twitter to see just how much personal branding has turned into Attack of the Clones.…
Ever notice how our society and culture is slowly devaluing certain words, making them less common, making them less important, even though they’re important words? Here are some examples: – Virtue – Spirit – Valor – Moral Virtue’s turned into a kind of sissy word. Spirit’s avoided by an awful lot of people except in…
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” – Edmund Burke Go read this story on CNN about a two and a half hour rape of a 15 year old at a San Francisco high school function as nearly two dozen…
Ever get the sense that life is moving too fast? Ever get the sense that the best days of your life might be gone before you know it? You’re probably right. After all, we’re so bloody busy these days that we’ll walk right by genius and not even notice (go read the story and come…
While a bunch of folks were at Blogworld in Vegas this past weekend, I and a few other intrepid seekers got on a plane at Logan Airport in Boston to head to… Dayton, Ohio! Instead of the Strip, we headed to the Dayton Quest Center for a seminar with Stephen K. Hayes called Evocation. It’s…
In a ninjutsu dojo (like the Boston Martial Arts Center, for example), you’ll find a place of reverence called a kamidana, or spirit shelf. In traditional Shinto religious practices (the native, shamanistic religion of Japan), a kamidana is a place to honor your ancestors and their guardian spirits. In modern times, it’s a focal point…
I had a conversation recently with a friend after she’d gone for a long drive along the lakeshore with her favorite music cranked to 11, and she expressed the rather fervent wish that she could somehow bottle the way she felt, but couldn’t. The thing is, you very much can do so, you very much…
Beth Dunn got me thinking in the comments on my previous post about gender, race, and social media. Blue Ocean Strategy makes total sense and is the easiest way to win in a disruptive environment. You occupy the empty playing field, set the rules, norms, and customs, and make your own game. Newcomers to the…
A tweet from Amber Naslund this morning reminded me of an interesting lesson. @ambercadabra: Ah, o’Hare on a Monday AM. So many friendly people. Ahem. @cspenn: Watch footfalls. It’s an easy way to pass time in crowds. What did this mean? Footfalls are, simply put, how people walk. Some people walk as if they’re gliding…
An interesting bit of Twitter conversation fleshed out. chrisbrogan: 10,000 hours of practice: the magic number of skill mastery. – Gladwell. cspenn: Gladwell failed to answer how to overcome advantages that other outliers have. Only major flaw in that book. chrisbrogan: meaning, in a pool of many 10k folks, what causes one person to rise?…
