Category: Influence
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Listening to a Hashtag
So I don’t normally take a look at the “explore” feature on Twitter. Seriously, who has time? I mean, I can barely keep up with the amount of followers that I have – and I like to at least have tweet conversations with them. Those with thousands upon thousands aren’t…
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Expert and Expertise
I was listening to some experts chat yesterday. It was interesting to hear them talk about how it was possible to have expertise in something, but to also be horrible in the actual experience of it. You can have expertise, and not be an expert in it. Does this make…
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20 Year Friendships
Do you have any of those? You know – those friendships that began when you looked way skinnier and was much younger. It’s those friendships that you’ll basically have for the rest of your life. If you’ve stayed friends for 20 years, you love each other enough to be friends…
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Critique Your Own Work
I heard this concept today. I quite liked the idea. It was said of a popular artist today who had written a book and took the time to critique his own work. They then started talking about how it was such a mature and humble thing to do. The reason…
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The Gravitas of Affirmation
….is immeasurable. grav·i·tas (grv-täs) n. 1. Substance; weightiness: a frivolous biography that lacks the gravitas of its subject. 2. A serious or dignified demeanor: “Our national father figure needs gravitas, [but] he’s pitched himself as the kid brother” (John Leo). [Latin gravits, heaviness, seriousness; see gravity.] af·fir·ma·tion (fr-mshn) n. 1.…
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I Learn Best
……when I teach. You teachers know what I am talking about. If you have never taught before, you will realize that the best way to learn is to teach. I’m not saying anything new. There have been many people out there that have written about this, and I absolutely love…
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Love Deeply
I was listening to a podcast recently and was struck by this one comment (well, I was struck by the whole thing, but this one comment really stood out to me). If you have never experienced pain, you have not experienced or learned to love deeply. The idea is that…
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Social Flying
Have you ever heard about this? Typically when you fly, you don’t talk to the person you’re sitting with. I mean, you might, but for the most part, you just stay to yourself. When I flew to Turkey a few months back, it was a 14 hour flight. I got…
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The Digital Divide
Don’t we live in such interesting times? Never before in history has anyone had the world at their fingertips. My iphone can record my voice in a video that can go into all of the world. My blog posts have the opportunity to reach the whole world. Well, that’s what…
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Your Critic Identity
Do you have one? Come on! I know you do. There are a few instances when we put on this identity, and we become the critic. Have you ever been in a room full of girls watching a beauty pageant? Have you seen a bunch of girls watch the Bachelor…
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New Apple Thing
I just read this tonight. I’ve been hearing about it for weeks. We don’t even know what it’s going to be but it doesn’t matter. Tomorrow Apple will announce The New Apple Thing. Everyone knows how it’s going to go. They will sit in the dark and watch someone one…
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What Teachers Do
I have been teaching for a few years now. It has been the most interesting and funny enough – educational time in my life. I’ve spent most of my life in school. I was thinking about What Teachers Do, and there are so many things that teachers do. But the…
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