Thursday, September 30, 2010

Twitter Tip - identifying spam



It may be flattering to get your tweet re-tweeted, but show caution in following that person. This example shows that the twitter user has zero followers and is following zero people.


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epoch, beginning, rebirth, epiphany, awakening - The Social Network, the movie

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Monday, September 27, 2010

Focus on what you can give to people in your world, without expectation of what they can do for you

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Look yourself in the mirror. What do you see? Or more accurately, who do you see? This is not a trick question. Of course the answer is you. But do you really know what that means. To me, it means: You are unique, and no one in the world has your unique viewpoint. I am not making this stuff up. Actually, recently someone told me this recently, and I am taking it at face value. Pun intended.

So, be yourself. Be an open book.

How can this be accomplished? And how does this translate into actions?

Here's my personal tenet: Show others your inner self. Be transparent and authentic. Don't care what others think of you; rather, care what you think of them.

Make the choice each day, to be yourself.

Keep it simple.

Focus on what you can give to people in your world, without expectation of what they can do you for you.

Comments?

What's your tenet?



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@GuyKawasaki and friend discuss leadership in a free webinar

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Looking forward to it! I have not seen Guy in person for years. Seeing or listening to him will be quite an experience, not to be missed.

"Free webinar with me (@GuyKawasaki) and Charlene Li discussing leadership. Tues 10 am Pacific. Sign up: om.ly/vbdk", tweet


Friday, September 24, 2010

My New Job Title - Social Media Ambassador, Active Job Seekers of America http://erich13.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-new-job-title-social-media.html

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Finding your blue car - 12 related ideas

  1. Sit down and identify who you are, what you're passionate about, and what your own personal brand is
  2. Need to take control of who you want to be
  3. Be prepared, agile, and ready to move
  4. Overnight success takes 10,000 hours of work
  5. Fundamentally what we love does not change.
  6. We generally don't work to satisfy what we love to do
  7. Having to satisify the need inside of me, equals JUSTICE
  8. To pick your board of directors, pick those who you respect, diversity
  9. Meet with your board of directors regularly, monthly or quarterly. Each meeting should be about one individual. Each meeting should last about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
  10. Goals. Start with the end in mind
  11. Make the goal crystal clear
  12. Have the courage to be who we are. Authenticity
For more about Finding Your Blue Car, see Jeff Kaplan's Your Blue Car community.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Event: Pathways to Success, Sunday Sept 19, 2010

Event: Pathways to Success, Sunday Sept 19, 2010
Four Points By Sheraton Hotel
4900 Duckhorn Drive, Sacramento, CA 95834
  • "Pathways to Success" began as a means of taking ownership of personal relationships.
  • 801 pennies = the # of generations since the beginning of mankind. We used storytelling. We are hardwired to this.
  • The US now uses less than half of its population to make food, so what do we do with ourselves.
  • "Hero to Zero" needs to be turned into "Hero to Superhero" (i.e. You, Inc.)
  • Turn transactions into relationships
  • Sit down and identify who you are, what you're passionate about, and what your own personal brand is
  • Mankind has gone through three stages, food production, manufacturing, and now it's about ideas
  • Ferrari story. A guy fell in love with a Ferrari. Got to know all about it. Made a magazine that made him 1 Million dollars/year
  • Need to take control of who you want to be
  • Be prepared, agile, and ready to move
  • More people die on Monday mornings than any other day
  • We have 8070 hours/year
  • Overnight success takes 10,000 hours of work
  • Fundamentally what we love does not change.
  • We generally don't work to satisfy what we love to do
  • Having to satisify the need inside of me, equals JUSTICE
  • "Never Eat Alone" is about how to create networks for yourself
  • "Who's Got Your Back" is how to create personal success by creating a board of directors of You, Inc., and creating a lifelong learning team
  • To pick your board of directors, pick those who you respect, diversity
  • Meet with your board of directors regularly, monthly or quarterly. Each meeting should be about one individual. Each meeting should last about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
  • 200,000 networks of 4
  • Win, Win, Win (you, me, and both of us)
  • Keep me on the road to success
  • People talk about keeping a "balance" in your life. Balance is Stasis (e.g. death), so don't strive for balance
  • We each have a unique view of the world. So, become that singular leader of that view. "An inch wide and a mile deep"
  • Make your learning team family
  • Everyone in your network should hear from you once a quarter. For example, set up Google Alerts on topics of interest to people in your network. Then, use a tidbit that you hear about, to give to your contact (in your network).
  • Goals. Start with the end in mind
  • Make the goal crystal clear
  • Think of business relationships as personal relationships, as we are all humans. Mirror in business as we act in our personal relationships
  • Have the courage to be who we are. Authenticity
  • When you make introductions, you can ask yourself "Do you want to be in my tribe?"
  • Give them a story that will make them remember you
  • Generosity Pyramid - Generosity is the currency of relationships. Intimacy. Candor. Two-way accountability
  • The highest currencies are: Health, Wealth, and Family
  • Intimacy. For example, NBC sports knows that the personal stories are the currency
  • Working for affected trust rather than effected trust
  • Lego Approach - personal sales force. develop your personal brand
  • Know what you want and dare to ask for it
  • People are opportunities
  • Jeff claims that we all know this stuff, we just didn't know how to put it all together. The "how" is with a framework
  • In relationships, make them successful, use the currency, be relationship scientists (e.g. should people you meet be in your tribe?)
  • Not the leader, but the 1st follower is critical. So make that follower successful, then others will see that. Bring the follower close to you.
  • Oprah and the Black Eyed Peas and the flash mob. Paid 40 professional dancers who each taught 4 people, who taught 4 people, etc. 28,000 people

  • This workshop is a survey of the prior three workshops...

  • Recipe 4 Success
    • Negative thinking, Personal Branding, Blue Car, Executive Presence, Network Management
      • Negative thinking = what three things can I stop doing to increase my productivity
    • CAR = Concise, Actionable, Remarkable
  • Phone Strategies
  • Email Strategies

  • Meeting Strategies
    • Do Your Homework (about your guests)
      • Speeches
      • Facebook
      • Friends of family
      • schools, degrees, prior employment
      • charities
    • Managing the gatekeeper
    • Go with the goal in mind.
      • get next meeting scheduled
      • Gain Physical and Psychological Distance, e.g. get them out of their role, equal the playing field
    • After a meeting, followup within 24 hours, with an email

  • The Rule of 3!
    - Use the rule of 3 to increase your efficiency and progress toward your goals:
    • Learn the material
    • Practice becoming a thought leader/coach
    • Practice lifelong learning team interactions
(the shop teacher rule!)


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Sunday, September 19, 2010

@DrKaplan thanks for including our video (http://cli.gs/HZhvYM) in your Pathways to Success workshop today! www.jeffkaplan.com

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Fair Oaks Chicken Festival @ Village of Fair Oaks in Fair Oaks Çalifornia

Fair Oaks Chicken Festival @ the Village of Fair Oaks

Saturday, September 18th, 2010
10:00am – 6:00pm
Live music (MUMBO GUMBO), Kids Park, Food & Craft Vendors, Microbrew Tasting, and much more!
FREE GENERAL ADMISSION!!

  - Facebook page
  - follow on twitter
  - directions to the Festival



Brought to you by Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District



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Friday, September 17, 2010

AddThis(@addthis) is integrated with Ping.FM (@pingfm). Yippee!!! - Adding AddThis bookmarklet (http://cli.gs/yEt3Am) to all of my browsers
If you don't know who Nick Vujicic (@nickvujicic) is, you GOTTA check him out. Amazing guy @ he brings a message of hope http://t.co/EjcQVwJ

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Tranquility http://twitpic.com/2p2l5g

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

@Tagwhat adds Twitter Places, Your Flickr Photos and more to mobile AR and on-line map http://bit.ly/cCiIth

Monday, September 13, 2010

University Bans Social Media for a Week: http://bit.ly/b2ckQf

Saturday, September 11, 2010

MenuX Incompatible Extension

Trying to install MenuX https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/786/ in Flock 2.6.1 and getting:

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Monday, September 6, 2010

Influencing your web presence - Google Social Search

"your social circle", is based on Google Social Search, which relies on the content of your Google Profile (e.g. erich13)


"Your social circle is essentially a group of connections including these contacts:
  • People in your Gmail (or Google Talk) chat list
  • People in your Friends, Family, and Coworkers groups in your Google contacts
  • People you're publicly connected to through social sites, such as Twitter and FriendFeed, that appear on your Google profile or in your public Google Buzz stream.
  • People you’re following in Google Reader and Google Buzz
  • People who are connections of those in your immediate, public social circle. This means that if you have a friend on Twitter, and he follows five people, those additional five people may also be included in your social circle."