Facelift?

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Happiness

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don’t put off being happy until some future date.

Dale Carnegie

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David Meerman Scott on the topic of marketing and sales

If you’re in marketing or sales, here’s a podcast that might stimulate some thinking on your part…

How many writers do you know that have written books about space, the Grateful Dead, viral marketing, social media, public relations and more? This is the life of David Meerman Scott, who in marketing circles is probably best known for his bestselling business book, The New Rules of Marketing and PR (which, for many, is the bible for social media in the business world). While he recently issued his latest book, The New Rules of Sales and Service: How to Use Agile Selling, Real-Time Customer Engagement, Big Data, Content, and Storytelling to Grow Your Business, he found out that his previous book, Marketing The Moon, had been optioned by a documentary filmmaker. In this episode, we discuss David’s desire to transition from a marketing author and speaker into the broader and larger space of sales and customer service (a trend that many marketing authors/speakers are following). We also look and how intrinsically connected sales, customer service and marketing have become. David is one of the most prolific writers and speakers out there. His new book challenges business to radically redefine how they connect with consumers (a topic that is near and to my heart as well). Enjoy the conversation…

Get the podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Marketing and Communications Podcast – By Mitch Joel at Twist Image

How "I’m Right, You’re Wrong" Destroys Loving Relationships

I have found this to be true in my life:

People who have a strong need to be right or always win find their capacity to be empathetic very limited. Empathy means looking beyond your own sense of self and being able to experience emotional world of your partner. “I’m right, you’re wrong “mind shuts down the partner on the receiving end – his or her viewpoint is dismissed. And what is usually were thinking, here she is not correct and that’s all there is to it.

When couples disagree, it is often not about right or wrong and what one knows or does no know. It is about realizing that there are different ways of looking at issues and new experiences. Being empathetic, therefore, helps us work out misunderstandings with our partners with openness, compassion, and flexibility.

Source: How “I’m Right, You’re Wrong” Destroys Loving Relationships | Psychology Today

T.G.I.F.: Day After Thanksgiving

Yes, this about sums up post-Thanksgiving in America…

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Feeling full? A mashup of post-Thanksgiving thoughts…

Definitely a first world problem…

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Now consider this:

I read this quote the other day from Independent Senator Bernie Sanders: “There are 492 billionaires in this country and 16 million kids living in poverty.”

Read on: The World Is Starving And I Am Stuffed (A Thankful Lament) by Ron Clinton Smith | Kindness Blog.

Happy Thanksgiving

Wow. Stunning…

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The email message arrived a few days ago. The sender and the location were all unidentifiable. Yet, the message was deeply personal. I read it in the silence of the early morning hours, both hands resting on top of the desk, my breath slowing as my eyes worked down the page.

“I’ve been following your blog since early 2013.  After a series of your “life is a miracle” shares, I felt I needed to reach out. While our core beings are quite similar in that our hearts’ beat, our body temperatures hover in comparable ranges, and our bodies crave food and water, many of us depart from here in our day-to-day existences…

If I’m sitting and looking out from your perch, I would enjoy the view. Married, family, job.  Fridge full of food. A warm house for shelter. Good health. A community of Followers and bloggers to banter with and share…

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Pros and Cons: Thanksgiving

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