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Self-Development

This is me on our most recent ski trip. (If you’re reading this in email, click through to see the video.) It’s me, hitting a 5 ft jump. Though I barely leave the ground, I can assure you, it felt like I was in the air for a very long time. The hardest part? Doing [...]

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“Yes.” People don’t know what to do with this word. They think that when someone says “Yes,” it’s a done deal. It’s not. In business, when someone says “Yes,” they always mean, “Yes, if…” Even smart people who understand this concept intellectually still choke when confronted by “Yes.” Let’s assume you’re a digital strategist, and [...]

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On April 18-19, GSMI’s Social Media Strategies Summit makes it to my backyard here in Chicago! I’m completely jazzed about this… I’ve keynoted at 2 previous GSMI conferences, and this time, I get to run a track session. Which I think is fantastic because I’ve found the quality of the tracks at GSMI’s conferences to [...]

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Ugh. I found someone who I thought would be a perfect role model, and I’d been trying to emulate his path to success, but it wasn’t working because he had broader life experiences, a deeper body of work, and a more powerful network—assets I didn’t have. What worked for him left me spinning my wheels. [...]

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Be smart. Be curious. Be supportive. Ask questions. Have fun.       Jason Seiden is Co-founder and CEO of Ajax Social Media, a training company that shows professionals how use social media to work more effectively.

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I spent last week in Vegas. Fun times. Went out one night. Partied with Darth Vader, among other things. At one bar, 3 women came up to the booth where my friends and I were in. We didn’t have to say anything to let them know we weren’t interested; they left on their own almost [...]

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When I used to do executive assessments, people would ask me all the time, “What do you do if someone’s lying to you?” And I’d say, “What do you mean, ‘if’?” I assumed everyone was lying to me. Or more accurately, I assumed everyone was selling a particular point of view. Still do. When I’m [...]

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