You should be using social media both for business and for your personal life. Here’s why: The power of weak ties. Social capital increases as your connections with others increase. Deep connections with just a few people is less important overall than being loosely connected to a great number of people. Ambient awareness of your [...]
From the monthly archives:
March 2010
I love when someone hires me to do a presentation and tells me, as a condition of the engagement, that they want “everyone to love it.” And by “I love when that happens,” I mean, “Can we please get real?” You don’t know what’s going on in someone else’s head. Managing outputs is not a [...]
I’m still in Philadelphia this morning… And since I can’t post the video that’s on my computer from my iPhone (AT&T, where’s my tethering?!), I thought this classic would tide you over: It’s politics made simple… How to deal with someone who’s inconsistent. Enjoy! Enjoy this blog? Listen to my new podcast, Beyond Social.It’ll [...]
My wife and I just got the bill for our daughter’s appendectomy 2 weeks ago. $21,000. For less than two days in the hospital, an ambulance ride, and a 45 minute, routine surgery without complications. Surgery was about $6,500, anesthesia another $2,000. There was also a bill for $2,500 for the meds. By “meds,” I [...]
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