Is it just me or is now a rather strange time. I feel partly mentally exhausted, no idea what day it is, what normal life is like, feel so much uncertainty, rather lost, but also have this strong sense of optimism, this feeling will be over this sooner than we think, that normal will hit us fast, and this will just feel like a collective strange nightmarish blurry nightmare we disembody collectively ourselves from. That our greatest feeling in the future will be regret of what we didn't do. …see more

You know you work in marketing when you spend 20% of your time doing your job and 80% explaining your job. #marketing #culture #socialmedia

In 1947, the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) was formed by African American realtors in America who were not allowed to participate in existing real estate professional organizations. 70 years later in the City of Charlotte ,  Keller Williams Realty, Inc.  realtor and NAREB member Brenda Hayden is lauded by her colleagues for her recent victory as the first African American female President elect of the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association  (CRRA) She follows in the footsteps of Roger Parham , the first African American CRRA head. At the October 2017 meeting, Charlotte Crown Realtist Association  President M. J. Watkins (below right) presents a plaque of appreciation to CRRA President-elect Hayden. Charlotte Crown is leading the field for African American realtors in energy, enthusiasm and commitment.  #NAREB #realestate #KellerWilliams #realtors #CRRA #CharlotteCrown …see more

Nobody is unreachable on social media these days... BUT that doesn't mean your idols will respond to you. So here's the trick 👇 1) Engage in their content so they become familiar with your profile image and name. 2) Send them a custom connection request with a compliment on a recent achievement or piece of content. 3) Initiate dialogue! Don't forget to engage with their community in comments on their content to grow your own audience. I have connected with a lot of All Stars and "Verified" folks because of this strategy, and you can too 😊 Which thought influencers do you admire and would you like to connect with? Drop them below and maybe we can make an intro for ya. Cheers! #ThoughtInfluence #SocialMedia …see more

200 000 followers on LinkedIn!!! I can't express enough how grateful I'm to YOU who constantly share your insights, opinions and give me feedback. Without you, The Medical Futurist and its Institute would be nowhere. So, dear LinkedIn Community, thank you! #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #fromchancetochoice …see more

On a much less serious note: Cheers’ Norm Peterson, a new performance-focused sneaker and his exercise routine ...

I spend a lot of my life wishing we had more older people in our industry and I continue to think this way, but we also need way more young people on company boards. The average age of an S&P 500 director is 63, up from 61 in 2007, nearly twice as many board members are over 75 than under 50. The world isn't changing that fast, but to get those wise enough to see change in context but young enough to realize the profound shifts in the modern world is essential. Many companies seem lost these days, they look fearful and naive or complacent and ignorant. Some young people to endlessly challenge old thinking would be a huge help. ( and yes, diversity of all types is needed, gender, race, background, expertise, way of thinking but that's another post ) …see more

The big opportunity in consulting is representing the voice of normal people/ consumers, not representing the voice of the CEO. Yet no companies orient themselves this way because it’s harder to sell. People want to buy teams that are paid to serve them.

"Our #strengths can be our downfalls ". We understand our strengths, and much is said about playing to our strengths. But like our muscles, if you overuse them they cause problems elsewhere. So know where you might be misapplying your strengths. For example one of my strengths is a #willingness to jump into problem-solving mode. But often this disempowers the other person, it might be better to let them attempt to solve on their own rather than offer the solution to fix it. …see more

Progress and success require deep reflection and action. This is a great read. Kudos to Sashank Rishyasringa & Gaurav Hinduja for sharing this. Wishing you a great 2020.

קרה אסון! כבר יומיים המעליות בבניין שלנו לא עובדות. כבר יומיים שאנחנו עולים בממוצע 6 קומות (בשביל נוף של ים צריך לעבוד). כבר יומיים שאנחנו נותנים כיף במדרגות לחבר׳ה של אפל (היוש) ומתלוננים יחד על האימה. מזל שאנחנו שומרים על כושר באימונים קפדניים מדי יום. והיי מה רע מדי פעם לעשות תחרות במדרגות עם הצוות? Yodan Rotholz ניצח🥺 אנחנו יודעים למצוא את הכיף בכל דבר, רוצים גם? דברו איתי #צרותבהייטק #appsflyer #dreamteam #hire …see more See translation

I was a salesman snob. Like many people, I always looked down on the concept of “#selling.” It seemed like something lower than me. To some extent, selling appears manipulative.  I was wrong. And for the past 25 years, all I have been doing is selling. Selling products, selling services, selling businesses, selling myself. Sometimes I have been manipulative. And sometimes I’ve sold things I’ve had such passion for that I practically gave them away just to get the message out. And often, it was very much in the middle: I needed to sell something because I had to pay my bills. I wanted to make sure my family got fed. But I can say that over the past 25 years, I’ve sold hundreds of millions of dollars of stuff. That stuff being everything in Pandora’s box that I had to sell just to stay alive.  When I thought of what worked for me, here’s what I came up with:  http://bit.ly/2B1moUT …see more

I started my first podcast “The James Altucher Show” in January 2015. I started my next one “Ask Altucher” (a daily podcast) a few months later. It was me answering questions with a guest host and we ran about 300+ episodes. Then I started another one (inspired by Quora!) called “Question of the Day”, which was three times a week that I did with Stephen Dubner (co-author on Freakonomics). We ran for about a year. Altogether, I’ve had about 30 million downloads, give or take. I forget. I say this to maybe establish some credentials but also to show that despite this, I know next to nothing about whether podcasting is breaking out and I suspect nobody else does either. So I'm going to tell you everything I actually DO know about how to start a podcast show & how to double your downloads: http://bit.ly/2tPoyz0 …see more

Look forward to answering any questions you have on #ScalingUp , today on Twitter between 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Direct your questions using #scalingup to @vanikola. …see more

When was the last time you saw someone completely BLOW IT on social media? Remember that eager young graduate, cursing like a sailor on Twitter, announcing their new career with NASA? The post gained visibility and NASA withdrew their offer. Or Roseanne Barr's racist remarks when she tweeted "on Ambien" - yikes! You should be taking your digital reputation very seriously. It can MAKE you millions, billions, trillions... or it can BREAK any future career opportunity... According to a global survey by Deloitte... ⚠ Reputation damage is the No. 1 risk concern for executives ⚠ 88% are explicitly focusing on reputation risk as a key business challenge ⚠ 53% of decision-makers have eliminated a vendor from consideration based on information they did or did not find I have a guilty obsession watching social media faux pas and creative brainstorming how to use the media attention to their greatest advantage. What's one memorable social media faux pas? How do you think they could have PREVENTED the reputation crisis? Well, having me hold a social etiquette and personal branding workshop is the first step... Having me on-call for PR crisis management is the next! #DigitalMarketing #SocialMedia #PRManagemnt #PersonalBranding #ChantelShares …see more

Data shows the biggest reason relationships and marriages fail is MONEY. Not adultery, not kids... MONEY! In celebration of Valentine's day and LOVE, this week's Ask Mr. Wonderful episode is all about men, women, and money!!

I'm obsessed with the science of persuasion. It's useful for selling, negotiating, debating, arguing (or de-escalating an argument), psychology, and even standup comedy. Here are 21 techniques that I had to use last night in a debate I was in. From "shaping" to "inverting" to "hollow man" to "labeling" and more. #persuasion #debates #voting #garyvee #negotiating , #sales #election2020 …see more

Got this gift box from Hired, Inc. several weeks ago. Thanks for the 🍾! It's always great to see new recruiting solutions that put talents and employers at an equal playing field. Great work, Mehul Patel Janina Seoane !

It's weird how many people have opinions based on what they've read and group think. Reading things you don't agree with is great fun. As is challenging your own assumptions.

REMEMBER: You can't build a product that's only slightly better than the existing solutions. Your product must be 9X better to escape the inertia of using the incumbent solution. #Hooked #Behavior #Psychology #Design …see more