Tag: Influence
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Dream Killers
You all know these people. They are the voices in your life that ask you “why?” Why would you try that? Why would you even think this way? Why? I am not sure if you have many people like this in your life. Don’t get me wrong – we need…
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My Klout Influential Topics
I never check my Klout scores. It only means something to Klout people. I recently checked and happened to see my most influential topics. Since I only connect with Twitter and not Facebook, these are topics from just tweets. I’ll list them with a comment or two, and I don’t…
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Status or Influence
Which one is better? Which would you rather have? Think about it! Think carefully about it. I was talking to a friend about this today. We had this conversation about which is better, and I walked away with a much better answer. I think it’s a trick question. What is…
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Action Figures
This morning, I was picking up some creamer for my coffee and some eggs. Right next to the creamer, they had GI Joe action figures. I found it odd that in the dairy section of the grocery store that the actions figures were right next to the creamer. They had…
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Strategist and Tacticians
I posted a few days ago about Strategy and Tactics. I’ve still been thinking about it because of some of the podcasts that I’ve been listening to. Some of the podcasters are Strategists – they talk about the deeper thinking about whatever the topic might be. They can wax intellectual…
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Influencer
If you create stuff, write, play, mold, paint, or pretty much anything that comes from inside of you that you are able to share with someone else – you are an influencer. You can choose the channel, the medium, the media, or the canvas – it doesn’t matter – if…
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LL24: Distributed Leadership
As I described in the opening paragraph of the Leadership Lessons section of this blog, I follow a few blogs on leadership. I came across a post from @metacool (Diego Rodriguez at Stanford School of Business) – here’s his post. His post was on the Circle of Influence – a…
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Need Drama
I have this theory that everyone needs drama in their life. I don’t have real theory to back it up. I haven’t really looked for it, but it seems to me that everyone needs drama. Everyone has drama in their life. No one has a perfect life – well, let…
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On teaching adolescents
I have enjoyed working with adolescents. I have spent alot of time up front – teaching. Whether teaching hundreds or just a handful, teaching students has been rewarding as well as entertaining. I’ve prepared lessons and curriculum for students. I’ve taken classes on it; I’ve researched and studied in order…
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Cultivating Leadership
I came across a cool blog – in fact, it is called MetaCool –http://metacool.typepad.com/metacool/innovation/. The title of the post was – instead of managing, try cultivating. It was a great post. Diego Rodriguez used the metaphor of cultivating a garden – how one can cultivate innovation instead of managing.…