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We Can Make a Difference but Will We?
A classmate of mine from Miami University, Blake Samic, posted a video of hope and optimism that goes along with my first video post. It is empowering to know that a single person, yes thats you and I!, is able to see opportunities and make changes and improvements. How are we choosing to handle the opportunities that are placed in front of us? How are we making a difference?
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An Unconventional Path to Blog Identity: Nonconformity
After I first started struggling through my blog identity crisis an old coworker of mine @robpederson, sent me a tweet:
“@joebuddejr This might help with your blog identity crisis http://tinyurl.com/d8p8s3“
Obviously, I’ll try anything to figure out this blogging identity crisis…
After arriving at the link the title of the site caught my eye, “The Art of Nonconformity: Unconventional Strategies for Life, Work and Travel” a blog written by Chris Guillebeau.
In his manifesto, a very well crafted e-book, Chris explains how you can change your life to become a full time blogger. He says we will learn the following things:
- How I Became a Full-Time Writer in 279 Days
- The Complete Revenue Estimate for my Personal Site in 2009
- The World Domination Strategy for Establishing Your Brand
- Avoiding the Vampires who Want You to Fail
- Why Adsense (and most other Web Advertising) Sucks
- How to Stay Off the Digg Home Page and Still Get All the Traffic You Need
Now, sure some of these topics apply to my blog, but at this point, I am not a full time blogger – shocking I know. Anyways, the valuable thing in this book is to understand the questions he asked himself to write this. So reading it, I have been asking myself, what questions has he asked to get the results he desired.
The power of introspection is at work. I sure hope I can find my blog’s identity through this e-book!
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Check that PDA: Do You Have Tech Etiquette?
Today I was reading a bit about tech etiquette over on Alexandra Levit’s Water Cooler Wisdom. One thing that drives me nuts is the inopportune times folks pull out a blackberry, palm, iphone or whatever other productivity device of the day happens to be.
A good nugget of wisdom is this:
“Think of your PDA as a crossword puzzle. Anywhere it’s acceptable to work on a crossword puzzle, it’s OK to check your PDA.”
Will Schwalbe, author of Send: Why People Email So Badly and How to Do It Better
Do you have a good story about a PDA getting pulled out? There have to be some great ones out there. Do share!
Also, with Thanksgiving on the horizon, is it ok to check your PDA at Thanksgiving dinner? Or during the Lion’s game? Or during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
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Match your Personal Brand with the Right Attitude
I ran into a bit of a snafu today at lunch. The waitress was unbelievably rude. Every conversation we had generated a response from her in a tone that showed that she was annoyed by us. She vocally expressed her annoyance when she asked about separate checks, she also displayed it when someone asked for a side of ranch. It was a terrible experience and one that extended lunch to be an hour and forty minutes.
Every time you choose an attitude it affects those around you. Let’s make sure we are picking attitudes that show the world our own personal brands in the right light! I want everyone to know that I am interested in what amazing things they do and can do!
I know that Matt does magic, and Kevin plays poker. Each of them are incredible at it too! They ensure they pick the right attitude. Matt puts his magic shoes on and is welcoming and friendly. Kevin sits down at a poker table and makes sure he is focused and confident. They pick their attitudes to match their brands so that they appear positively to their respective audiences.
Does anyone have any ideas as to how can we make sure that the attitudes we choose are affecting people in a positive way?
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Back to Fundamentals: Measuring Goals and Objectives – 1
Two months ago, I laid out my goals and objectives with the intent to revisit them occasionally and measure my progress. I will measure myself against each goal in a Achieved, Partially Achieved, and Not Achieved scale. Have I hit my goals over the past two months? Lets take a look together.
Analysis of My Goals:
Meet one new contact each week
I met several folks over the past eight weeks. From going to Nigeria and meeting a dozen new contacts to going to several parties at work I was able to meet enough new contacts to achieve my goal: Goal Status – Achieved!
Write a post at least once a week
So over the past 8 weeks I wrote 5 posts. Sure I have more drafts in wordpress than I can edit fast enough, but hey, its all about that publish button! Seems like an area to improve in for me. Since I got over half way to hitting this goal, ill be generous and give this goal an in-between status: Goal Status – Partially Achieved
Be involved in the local online community
I worked with Daniel Johnson Jr. in August to come up with a new location for the quickly growing New Media Cincinnati meet-up group. Wifi was a must so that narrows the search quite a bit. But we came to consensus on Buffalo Wild Wings in Hyde Park! Free wifi, great food and a wonderful group to get educated about new media. The next meeting is on September 20th from 2-4p. Come check it out! Goal Status – Achieved!
Teach at least 2 people the ins and outs of social media at work
Well, I must say that I did teach social media to two Nigerians. I also spent some time teaching my mentee at work about how to use an RSS reader to create a customized newspaper. However, this is a goal that needs reworked. I didn’t set a time frame for accomplishing this goal. So in the coming months, I wish to teach at least two people per month. Goal Status – Achieved!
Conclusion
After two months, I have achieved three of the four goals I set! Also, I reworked my last goal to include a time frame. It has been great the past two months thinking constantly about my goals especially knowing that I would revisit them in a public forum and be held accountable to YOU! I wont let you down the next time I revisit my goals. Next time I measure vs. my baseline, I will take a look at my objectives.
What do you do to set goals? How do you measure and then action them?
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