Hacking an Event/Seminar

Subtitle: Work smart, not hard I firmly believe that there are not many new ideas. Most ideas are a mash-up and repackaging of old ideas and account for over 90% of innovation. That being said, whenever I see a meeting/seminar that I’m interested in, but am short on the time I go to Google and search the topic. Usually, I find most of the information already present online in readable format which saves me a lot of time I would of taken out... Read More

Why I follow 10,000 People on Twitter…and Why They Follow Me

Subtitle: To catch many fish you need a big net Because people approach Social Media in a temperamental fashion, I feel the need to post this.  On Twitter, the amount of followers one has is a sensitive area.  Social media is such a fickle area that there are not many things concrete.  Social media is situational. I hover around 10,000 followers and I follow about the same.  Some people accept that, some people don’t.  I’ve always... Read More

Longevity

I just looked at my first ‘serious’…that is targeted, blog post I wrote almost 8 years ago. Nothing is a better testament to commitment than showing up.  And that’s what you have to do day in and day out. PERSISTENCE Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the... Read More

Looking for what’s not there

Subtitle:  Carbon copies of carbon copies Imitating success is a great way to learn and implement a proven formula to better ensure your chances of reaching goals, especially if you’re breaking into a market and still have a learning curve to encompass.  There are experts in every field who you can emulate and benefit from by learning from their mistakes and capitalize from their accomplishments.  However, by continuing along this path of... Read More

Uniqueness cannot be Learned

Subtitle: What makes you unique? People approach developing what makes them different (Your Personal Brand) in two ways: they look at what others are doing and modify it, or they stumble on an idea that nobody is doing, and hope to be successful. On the surface neither of these two techniques are necessarily wrong however, they are external ways of looking at things. You cannot learn how to be unique. You already are unique – there is no one... Read More

Copies of Copies

Subtitle RE-RE-RE-RE-RE-Tweet Social media can get monotonous when everyone is doing the same thing.  There are certain principles and techniques that do work, and caution to the brave? soul who dares to diverge.  What I’m not talking about is quite different – be original, be yourself because there will never be another person like yourself.  EVER! I wrote this on Facebook earlier, which turned into a funny thread thanks to the public. Here... Read More

Staying The Course

Subtitle:  Here And Now, There And Later Not writing on my blog, is like not being at home for an extended period of time.  It’s not like I have not been busy though.  Here’s what I’ve been occupied with: Networking:  I hope many of you are not undervaluing meeting people in ‘real-life.’  I’ve been busy adding more influential people to my address book and have been going out and shaking their hands to solidify... Read More