My friend, Catherine White wrote an excellent post For whom the iPhone tolls. It raises the important issue of being able to disconnect from technology – turn the computer off, switch off the phone, hibernate the pad – just for a moment.
It got me thinking – what’s your routine for disconnecting from technology? Is it even necessary? I would love to discuss this with you in the comments below.
What did people respond to in your world this week?
Here’s my list of the top five most retweeted tweets and most responded to questions – with selected responses from friends in this community. Popular themes included: depth v breadth, diamond focus, facilitation and gifts from failure.
I love free services like YouTube, Posterous and Twitter. They have become an important part of the way I operate online. They make my life easier and help me succeed.
But there’s a problem with this increasing dependency – a sting that can cause short bursts of acute pain. Here’s a classic example… Read more…
It’s great to get inspired and motivated by a speaker, book or comment from a client, but it’s even better to harness that peak motivational state to take action.
This can be a real blind-spot for people and I’m keen to share two simple insights that will make sure you take full advantage of your fantastic feelings when they occur. Read more…
Part of a comment made about my long-term success as a business development consultant was the following quote:
“You’ve been lucky. So many people wish they were in your situation.”
To which I responded… Read more…
Where there are great mysteries, there are great opportunities – opportunities to explain, to solve, to discover and to reveal. Take the Internet for example. It has exploded into our lives with a leading-edge that hugs the horizon. In the wake of so much accelerated change comes an ever increasing tail of mysteries and yet-to-be explained phenomena for opportunistic leaders to capitalize on. Read more…
Recently, Trey Pennington wrote a post Developing relationships with a little LESS conversation in which he has started a multi-part review of Tom Asacker’s book, A Little Less Conversation: Connecting with Customers in a Noisy World. Although their emphasis is on commercial communication and leveraging the power of social media, underlying this is the foundation skill of building relationships. Read more…
I love the way latest version products offer new features to enhance performance, capabilities and user experience. It’s always fascinated me to watch an audience coo and gasp as the product evangelist unveils the new, must-have functionality and the drop everything for this bell or whistle. This thinking also applies to us. What if we offered others an upgraded version of ourselves every year? This post gives a way to do that quickly and effectively. Read more…
