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Finding Your Message Can Get Messy
Think about the people you admire. The ones who have a message that make you resonate with them. When they talk, you listen. Do you know their mess? Chances are, if you've admired the message of someone in the past, it's because they have shown you their mess (and what they've learned from it). When Tony Robbins shares how he grew up in poverty with an abusive mother, his story resonates with me, because I grew up that way, [...]
Your Message = Your Mess+Age
Your mess is the most authentic thing about you. Others may copy your style, or your dress, or any number of superficial masks that you wear. But nobody can replicate the lessons you have learned from your own life's difficulties. Your mess is authentically your own, but it's not ready to share with others until it has aged. A fresh mess is repulsive, smelly, and gross. An aged mess decomposes all the foul matter, leaving only the purest artifacts of [...]
Do it 100 times to earn capability and confidence.
When I made a TikTok sharing the 'Do it 100 times' philosophy I learned from Friendly Ambitious Nerd author Visakan Veerasamy, I tagged him in it, even though he spends most of his time on Twitter. There wasn't even anything on his TikTok account, until he made a Duet with my video. Visa's first Tiktok Now he's in the middle of making 100 TikToks. One of the neat things about TikTok is when people Duet someone's Duet, and it [...]
Marketing Yourself book cover revealed!
The design for the book cover for Marketing Yourself is ready! I did not design this cover myself. Dozens of strangers on the Internet designed this book cover for me. For this project, I used 99 Designs. I listed a design project with a $299 prize for winning the contest. Dozens of different designers submitted concepts that matched my creative brief. After selecting the top 6 designers, I picked the best concepts for further revision. Having a team of [...]
New Zoom Apps – play games LIVE with me next week
Next week I will be hosting a live, interactive workshop to use some of the new Zoom Apps recently launched. Care to join me? During this 90-minute workshop, we will: Practice low-tech Zoom games you can use in your own meetings Play Grid games, Chat Box games, Flippity games, as well as Games in the new Zoom Apps Make sure your Zoom client is updated to the latest version, so you can play games with us! Remember, play is [...]
Posting styles on the internet can ((and should)) change
There is no one right way to post on the Internet. The truth is, here at the beginning of the world wide web, we are all just figuring things out as we go. Should you post every week, or every day? On this social media account alone, or syndicate across networks? With so many options, how do you choose how often, and how deeply, to post? For me, the answer always comes down to style. How often do you [...]