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Dove Experiment Aims to Change the Way You See Yourself
Mashable writes:
Dove posted on Monday a three-minute ad on YouTube that teaches a vital lesson about how we view ourselves compared to how others see us. Trust us, it’s worth your time.
A former forensic artist for the San Jose police department met a series of women and asked each to describe the way they look. He had no way of seeing them behind a curtain. He prompted them to detail everything: hair length, facial structure, their most prominent features. He then sketched each participant from their self-description.
Each woman was asked before the study to get to know one of the other participants. The forensic artist then prompted each woman to describe the other’s face.
via Dove Experiment Aims to Change the Way You See Yourself.
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When You Truly Love Someone…
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How to Know Your Life Purpose in 5 Minutes
My friend Eric Kim at Twylah shared this most excellent TEDTalk with me yesterday. Watch it!
Here are the 5 questions that Adam Leipzig offers…
What do you think? Helpful? Overly simplistic? Tell me…
Here’s a bonus list of my ‘on purpose’ videos…
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We see things out of focus
“When we’re in high-drama mode, everything is a crisis. But that’s often because we need the adrenalin or we’re bored…
…The hardest thing about perspective is it means we need to grow up. Or maybe we don’t. One way to have good perspective is to see the world through the eyes of a child. We innocently report. We accept how others think and feel. If something is had or sad, or we’re scared, we say that. We say how we feel and what we want and need. We know that when we’re tired, we see things out of focus. And when things get too difficult, we either go play in the park or we take a nap. Somehow we know that everything will work out.”
Image source: Justbesplendid. Quote Source: Melody Beattie
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You are more beautiful than you think…
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“We are not built for this.”
Once again, in the face of unthinkable tragedy – this time much closer to home than any of us here in Boston would like – Mark Morford says the thing I need to hear, and that I wanted to say myself.
I’ve asked here before how we humans are meant to deal with the tragedies that erupt around us every day, especially now that we hear about it instantly and relentlessly. Increasingly, trauma happens to us not just when we are directly faced with a tragedy, but secondarily, when we are exposed to constant atrocities in our world.
Says Mark Morford:
We are not built for this. We are not designed, at our core, to be able to absorb, at a glance and a click, a tweet and a ruthless video feed, all the ills and horrors of the world, all at once, all manner of chaos and…
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What Can You and I Learn From the Boston Marathon?
| Many people writing many things about Boston this week. This stands out for me… |
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What Can You and I Learn From the Boston Marathon? |
I have no idea how to keep us secure or how to rid the world of evil, but I just saw a photo that tells us exactly what we can do. Perhaps you, too, saw the picture of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old who was killed in the explosion, holding up a school artwork poster he’d once painted on which he gives us a chillingly clear message:
"No more hurting people."
Instantly he touched my heart — that’s a lesson I can do my best to remember, as can you. While I’d like to think that I’d never intentionally hurt anyone, I know I have done so, more than I’ll ever know. I believe that if each of us follow Martin’s plea at a whole new level, the world will be a safer place.
Let’s begin by contemplating the question, "What do I do that hurts others?" Here’s how I’d have to respond:
- "I know better, so I don’t bother to listen as well as I should."
- "I silently judge others."
- "I don’t always take the time to reach out when I know I’m needed."
- "I don’t remember that others have the answers — they don’t need my good ideas."
- "I interrupt."
- "I forget that I’m loved and appreciated."
I know there’s more, but that’s it for now — and plenty to work on. So, if you’re as moved as I am by Martin, what are your answers to this question? Take just five minutes to make a note of them.
Secondly, ask yourself, "How can I remember not to hurt others?" Keep your responses as short and memorable as possible — make it simple and you’re more apt to remember your lessons in the heat of battle. Here are mine:
- Practice loving-kindness.
- Trust others to have the answers.
- Listen and reflect before I respond.
Please do this exercise — just being moved by Martin’s poster makes little difference compared to remembering his message.
The True Cost of One Single Moment
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The True Meaning of Compassion
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"As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?" ~ Lyndon B. Johnson
It’s precisely the thought we should all be holding near to our hearts this evening—pushing aside judgement, and offering instead the best parts of our most human spirit.
I suspect there will be much information flooding our networks over these next hours and days; and it will be quite easy to fall backwards and into our emotions…causing us to lose our touch with the humanity of this place.
And though, it’s perfectly human to feel such huge emotions—we must remember to use those emotions to help carry forward a much more positive…and much needed change.
We are all just visitors here—all members of the family, ‘human.’
And though, our spirits are all so brilliantly unique—in matters of the heart, you’ll find, we’re not so very much different.
Feedly mobile is fixed!
…and everything is right in my ‘Personal News Aggregation’ universe. For about a week, I was having problems syncing my accounts on feedly and Google Reader and it was really frustrating — especially since it has always worked so well in the past. As you can see, however, my desktop version…
…is the same as my tablet version…
Nirvana!!! :-D
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Friendship Fun
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NOTE: This is a guest blog by the awesome Seona Craig – who’s my Senior Friendship Officer – joining me in my journey to help make kindness trendy! Woo Hoo!!
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How I apply David Allen’s ‘Getting Things Done’ to social media and ‘thought leadership’ marketing…
When I’m teaching social media, I don’t spend a lot of time talking about whether or not social media works for lead generation or thought leadership — that’s been pretty well established at this point. I usually start out my classes by saying that the single most important issue in social media today — especially for my students were who are mostly business owners or traditional marketing professionals — is ‘how do I add social media to my already overflowing plate and still get home for supper?’. Most of the people in my classes are struggling to keep up with e-mail let alone manage a blog, four social networks and an e-newsletter…
As a consultant, every minute that I spend on my own Internet marketing is a minute that I can’t bill to a client, therefore, I’ve had to force myself to become pretty efficient about how I do things like process e-mail, consumer information and published to the Internet. My constant inspiration in this process has been David Allen’s classic work ‘Getting Things Done‘. I recommend it to anyone who will listen. The heart and soul of David Allen’s book is this diagram:
How I apply Getting Things Done [GTD] to social media and ‘thought leadership’ marketing…
Thanks to David’s methodology I use as many containers as I need and not one more. I usually handle information only once — especially if I can process it in 2 min. or less. Here’s an attempt to depict what my thought leadership process looks like:
If you’re looking for a way to become more efficient about how you develop and document your expertise, comment below or use the contact form to get in such. I’d love to talk with you about applying David Allen’s Getting Things Done [GTD] principles to your world…
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I me mine…
The trance of selfing…
You are more than you think
You are more creative than you think.
You are more powerful than you think.
You are more resourceful than you think.
You are more important than you think.
You are more intelligent than you think.
You are more extraordinary than you think.
You are more desired than you think.
You are more polished than you think.
You are more capable than you think.
You are more loved than you think.
You are more loving than you think.
You are more ready than you think.
You are MORE than you think.
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