I received my first “complaint” about my last post about 10 minutes after posting it. From my partner. Who thought I might want to tone down “fuck it” to “screw it.” Maybe he’s right… maybe not. But the email made me realize just how difficult authenticity can be, because it turns out, I don’t speak [...]
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This deck includes the important points from my keynote presentation “People are Profersonal™.” People are Profersonal™ View more presentations from Jason Seiden 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.
Well, if this doesn’t seal the deal on the idea of the profersonal (TM) world, I’m not sure what will: Researchers haveq found that Facebook’s facial recognition software could be used to identify people pretty easily… Easily enough that they call the technology a de facto Real ID. Translation? There is no hiding anymore. You [...]
It’s old wisdom: surround yourself with people better than yourself. But how? How do you know that the people you’re putting around you are actually better, and not just richer/smarter/better looking? Let’s begin by acknowledging that I actually know how to do this. Here’s proof: Those three other people in the photo? ALL BETTER THAN [...]
Last year, I wrote a post about operating in a “profersonal” world. (Thank you, Willy Franzen.) I have used this term now every single day, multiple times a day, for the past three weeks. I started using this word because social media has finally nailed shut the coffin on this myth people like to believe [...]
Business is always personal. Your job is your livelihood… that’s pretty darn personal, methinks. Yet, it is also professional. You do need to be able to assess situations free of emotion in order to figure out the best way forward! So, it’s both… it’s always both. Always professional, always personal. Always… profersonal.
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