Let’s review my experience with United Airlines and my baggage, shall we? I check my skis in Denver for a flight to O’Hare. For this service I pay $25. The friendly gate agent in Denver tells us it’s going to be a full flight and asks for volunteers to gate check their bags. Since I’ve [...]
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I got a question emailed to me by my biggest fan, aka Dad. It’s a good question: Jason: In keeping with the theme of your book and presentations, I find that there seems to be a race toward mediocrity. By that I mean I have noticed that more and more people settle short of the [...]
People make their world smaller and smaller until they can understand them. My daughter asked me why more people weren’t good to the earth. She’s not yet eight, and yet even she figured out that “wasting things is bad.” Why didn’t more people act on something so obvious, she wondered? I told her it’s because [...]
What’s wrong with this picture? Can you believe it?! 22 unread messages?! 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.
Fails, epic fails, and spectacular failure are three very different things. Here’s a breakdown: FAIL n, An idea, either good or bad, gone awry, often due to unforeseen circumstances, stress, or some important oversight, and suggesting of ignorance, intoxication, and/or incompetence on the part of the failer. e.g.: EPIC FAIL n, A bad idea gone [...]
According to Parade Magazine, Martina Navratilova—arguably the world’s greatest tennis player, with a total of 59 Grand Slam titles (18 singles titles; 31 doubles title; and 10 mixed doubles titles)—attributes her success to a willingness to fail. Specifically, she was asked, “What is it that you… have that champions need?” Her answer: “I think the [...]
Live a better story. Or, at least, tell one! That’s what I’m about. I exist to tell stories, shape stories, change stories. You got a story? I can help you edit it and make it better. Maybe fix the ending. On September 9, at 6pm, I’m hosting an event about risk taking and what it [...]
I'm the CEO of Ajax Social Media. We're helping 1 million people shine by making their online stories better. 