Dare to Have a Different Life!

Remember when you were young, changing your indentity was easy. One day you were a soldier, the next a race car driver! Now that you are grown up, what have you become? Is it the person you always dreamed of being? Congratulations, you would be at that top of the class.

Most people never become the person they dreamed of being when they were young. Most of us were pushed into positions because of parents, or circumstances, or because we just got too complacent and took whatever job we could find! But, there are times in everyone's lives they dream about what might have been! They dream of a different life!

Some of us have been able to accept who we have become and that's fine! - if you are happy. But, if not, then dare to have a different life. Make the changes necessary to become whatever it is you have dreamed of doing with your life. Afterall, time isn't slowing down, and you have less now than you did 10 years ago, that's for sure. So, stop dreaming and start planning, make the commitment, and go for it! You will never be truly happy until you do.

Business Social Media

I've been scouring the book stores on Web 2.0 literature and came across Jeffrey Gitomer's book Social Boom. This is a must read for those of us intending to make the most of Social Networking. Gitomer refers to the process as Business Social Media and says that LinkedIn and Facebook are the new cold call. I find his book very useful in bringing out the necessary steps to take to make social media work and I'm excited to get up and running as soon as possible. While I'm not as nibble as many of you in this tech environment, I think I have something to give from the experiences of my life and the beliefs I've developed over the years, so let's all enjoy the conversation and get down to business - the business of social media.

Pay Attention

I read a lot. And doing so, I find more and more people who write, or speak, pay less and less attention to the fundamentals of the English language. Mispellings, comma splicing, slang, racial slurs, improper uses of the word "its", and dangle their participles! Perhaps it's time to call our language "American." Heck, we don't owe any allegience to the English. In fact, I believe Dr. Bernard Shaw was correct in saying that the English and American people are separated by a common language. Now, I don't profess to be perfect when it comes to writing. I probably make more mistakes than I catch. But, before we put it in print, maybe we should ask someone else to read it first. Or, at least, pay attention to what we are saying. Perhaps, if people were to stop long enough to realize what is coming out of their mouths, they might prevent a lot of embarassment later on. On the other hand if what we say, and print, doesn't fit into the English language, then maybe it's time to call it American. I'm for that!