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The Human Equation Conflict

February 24, 2010

A person considers himself as important and valuable as the sum of his tangible and intangible belongings.
Tangibles
How much money you make, which car you drive, where you live, the clothes that you wear, the food that you eat, the places you visit. If you summed the financial value of all the tangible things in your [...]

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Bloody Knuckles Make Change

December 29, 2009

Thank you, but no. I will not sit down quietly. I’m coming for you and everything that you do that I don’t agree with.
How will some of us be the world changers that we dream of being, if we are going to silently accept everything everyone does?
It’s one thing to let everyone enjoy their time [...]

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The Simplest Social Media Rule

December 15, 2009

Today I guest post at Buzz Marketing Daily, a social media blog run by Carrie Kerpen.
You can subscribe to Buzz Marketing Daily here, and follow Carrie on Twitter here.
Thank you Carrie for letting me write for your very popular blog, it was a thrill and a pleasure.
Do read my guest post “The Simplest Social Media [...]

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Love The Take Off, Not The Flight

November 5, 2009

When you get involved in social media, you see a lot of articles that you “must read”, concepts you “must know”, and things you “must do.”
And they are pretty much true. If you want to compete, you need to know what everyone knows.
It takes effort to take off, that’s when planes spend most fuel.
But once [...]

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The Uninteresting Goal Of Expertise

October 21, 2009

It’s not that being an expert is wrong. You may become one eventually.
The thing is that expertise is no longer interesting enough.
Many are focusing on developing their social media skills, their SEO skills, and many other skills. But with so many people doing it, expertise is becoming cheap and predictable.
This may be fine in a [...]

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Calling Out Doesn’t Work

October 16, 2009

After this post some people told me that I should call out those people that I disagree with. Here’s why I won’t do it:
- There’s a fine but very visible line between disagreeing and calling out.
- People don’t like to hear the truth. The odds that my calling out will spark honest self-criticism instead of [...]

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Chance To Leave

October 13, 2009

Tomorrow I’ll be posting my 100th spark.
I was planning on posting this when I hit that number, but since it’s a guest post and I already made the commitment I decided to do it one day earlier.

First of all, thank you.
For the support, the ideas and the frequent disagreements. Those things keep me going, [...]

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