So honoured to be on this list of TopVoices in India! Thank you all for reading, watching, liking, commenting and sharing my posts. Thanks to you, my work is getting noticed and I may get the opportunity to make content for millions who may not have the means to have a phone, let alone be on LinkedIn....my real mission. …see more

How do you revolutionize the credit card? Like this. I am SO INCREDIBLY PROUD of the Venmo team for delivering such an innovative and delightful product for our customers. There's a lot of great press today about the Venmo card, and rightfully so. All the credit for that (no pun intended) goes to the team. Thank you for everything you've done to ship an amazing product. #paypal #venmo #dayone …see more

One study revealed that the average American spends 5.5 hours per day on leisure. That seems high, doesn’t it? Perhaps you’re thinking there’s no way you have that much free time. But think about this for just a moment 👇 Add up all the time you spend browsing the web, watching TV, and doing other miscellaneous non-work related tasks. This is the ultimate irony of distraction. We go through life in a frazzled race, accomplishing few of our priorities, and then when we do spend time on leisure, we don’t even enjoy it. I recently had the chance to speak with HADLEIGH FISCHER on Resilience Agenda Radio about the root causes of distraction, how to stay productive while working from home, and more! I’ve included a link in the comments section below! What’s something interesting you learned in the episode? #Indistractable #Values #WFH #Research #Leisure …see more

‪What a powerful image... This is Patrick Hutchinson carrying an injured counter-protestor to safety at a Black Lives Matter protest.‬ ‪“I just want equality - equality for all of us. At the moment the scales are unfairly balanced and I just want things to be fair - for my children and my grandchildren.”‬ Image: Reuters …see more

Could your urge to check emails — instead of finishing that major project — be a response to an uncomfortable emotional state? It's easy to stumble down a rabbit hole when we consider the action work-related, such as checking emails, scrolling through Slack channels, or searching for something on Google... However, if these seemingly beneficial actions take the place of something else we intended to do, they're also distractions. The truth is that distraction comes from within, and time management is just another form of pain management. Check out the link in the comments for a video I recently made with Big Think on how “Understanding the psychology of distraction can help you stay on task.” After watching, be sure to share your thoughts below! #Indistractable #BigThink #InternalTriggers #HumanBehavior …see more

‪“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage” - Anais Nin #wednesdaywisdom #hope #leadership #AfricaRising ‬

#BlackLivesMatter We at SoGal Foundation just launched a SoGal Black Founder Grant for black female/non-binary entrepreneurs. As a start, we partnered with Winky Lux and Bluemercury to offer 4 grants in June, and we’re hoping to grow this grant. Applications take a minute and are taken on a rolling basis; grantees will be chosen at random. The idea is that black founders don’t need to prove themselves to us. Please share with people who need this. …see more

So fun to be featured in the latest piece by LinkedIn. Who's that hunk on the old-timey corded phone :)  This one is awesome because experienced marketers on LinkedIn share their insider tips - the advanced stuff that most aren't thinking about.  I highly advise checking it out if LinkedIn Ads are part of your toolset.  Big thanks for Jason Miller  and Grace MacDonald  for including me in the rockin' lineup. …see more

Had a few people reach out to me saying that my #LinkedInAds session at #Inbound filled up and they couldn't sign up. Great news! They gave me a second session again this year. If you're wanting to sign up and attend, it should show on the schedule for that Thursday at noon by this afternoon. Excited to see you there! P.S. to the other #LinkedInNerds , LinkedIn is going to have a pretty large presence at the show this year. I'd love to introduce any of you to the partnership team. …see more

Let’s have a healthy debate 👇🏽 Entrepreneurs vs. Business Owners. What’s the difference? Are they the same thing? #justQ 🖖🏽🖤 #businessowner #entrepreneurship …see more

All the fear you have is inside your head. We repeat like a mantra... “Nah I can’t do it” whispers the inner-you. “I don’t want to be salesy”, but what if you showcase your value. “I don’t want to brag”, it’s not that - you can be proud of what you achieved. Or do what I do, surround myself with cheerleaders who will help promote and introduce me with cred. I love my peeps like Diana Nguyen , James Shadrach and Bobby Umar . “They will think I’m boring”, it takes time to tell your story, but telling it is a lifelong craft, the important thing is to start and keep sharing and refining your story. We have a tendency to be like an Eeyore, and we unconsciously train our brain and mind to limit ourselves. This negative mental filter impacts how we respond to the world, act in relationships, and think of and talk to yourself. In other words, it creates your reality. Don’t listen to your inner Eeyore. When he complains, stop, breathe and rewrite the narrative. It’s the same with video, the first step is scary, and there’s a lot of challenges. But after you do video, everything else like speaking in public is easy. Agree? #stringtheory on #minds #inspiration #storytelling #business #motivation #personalbranding #video101 …see more

What does COMMUNITY mean to you? A newsletter I follow, SpeakersLoft, provided a bite-sized overview of The Art of Community by Charles Vogl. "If you want people to listen to you, you want to teach. If you want people to become better together, then you want a community. The latter has a price-tag; you pay with giving up control." I want people to become better together. If that's what you're into, let's connect and build our communities together to make something bigger, stronger, and more impactful. Amazing community builders: Brian Schulman , Candyce Costa A IDM , Tim Alison , Julian Smit , Amy Perkins , Tabitha Cavanagh , Ginger Johnson , Toni Bubb ~Professional Lover of Life , and of course the dynamic duo Lacey Abbacchi and Tony Abbacchi ! Who are your favorite community builders?! Let's turn these connections into a movement to enhance our lives. #community #collaborations #socialmedia #digitalmarketing #LinkedInCreators #LinkedIn #socialselling #sales …see more

I'm getting SO excited for my FIRST TRIP to TORONTO for a few events! I'll be speaking on this expert panel: How to Master Your Digital Reputation I'll dish up the info that took me from crafting a hobby in my small town of Waunakee, WI to speaking across the WORLD and reaching new levels of income and financial security - all within one year! Anything can happen with the right strategy. Your digital reputation MATTERS. And you can WIN FREE TICKETS! Just like this post, tag five folks that can't miss this event, and share it to your community - I'll choose two lucky winners next week! Will you be there?! I can't wait to meet you! Cheers! Chantel #Toronto #TorontoEvents #Sales #DigitalMarketing #Personalbranding #DigitalReputation #ChantelShares …see more

How many influential business leaders have you seen nix a little bit of fun as a waste of time and energy? This article from The New York Times is a refreshing reminder that "guilty-pleasures" are good for you. “A guilty pleasure is something that we enjoy, but we know we’re either not supposed to like, or that liking it says something negative about us. That negative thing often ends up being an association with categories of identity we disparage and marginalize in society. Consider what separates sports and reality TV. The idea of someone apologizing for watching the NBA finals sounds silly, but the implied apology when someone says, “Ugh, I know ‘The Bachelor is awful but I can’t stop watching it” is normalized." The Journal of Media Psychology conducted a study proving that playing a video game or watching a movie or television can restore some psychological resources and reduce stress. 🦄✨🦄 Yesterday I indulged in lemon bars, the purchase of a jacket covered in rainbow sequins, wearing my favorite pair of unicorn slippers while watching Dynasty on Netflix. #NoGuilt 🦄✨🦄 BONUS READ Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good #MentalHealth #Leadership #Happiness #ChantelShares …see more

"It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then." - Alice in Wonderland Chantel Soumis 🌟 #leadership #chantelshares …see more

I appreciate you... but this delicate immune system prefers to meet you via email and zoom right now. Wash your hands and stay healthy! #socialdistancing #workathome #notwelcome …see more

You're doing it all wrong, friend 😱 Don't write the title first and ship out the story afterward... START with the story. That story will shift and change as you write it, dropping in new keywords that offer an additional impact. Let the topic guide your narrative and build your title after. Make sense? Cool! Now go apply this tip and watch your Click-Through-Rates climb 📈 Stay strong, Chantel Soumis PS - If this tip was helpful, I'd love to know! Drop me a message and let's connect! …see more

Promising trends in health and wellness for 2019 #healthandwellness #health #fitness #wellness

My Doctor is a Computer Turns out, new Artificial Intelligence (AI) computer systems performed better than radiologists for finding and diagnosing breast cancer. Globally, there are about 2 million new cases a year, and more than half a million deaths. About 33 million screening mammograms are performed each year in the United States. The test misses about 20 percent of breast cancers, according to the American Cancer Society. Unlike humans, computers do not get tired, bored or distracted toward the end of a long day of reading mammograms. And, they have great bedside manners! Selected Excerpt: “There are many radiologists who are reading mammograms who make mistakes, some well outside the acceptable margins of normal human error.” …see more

At the second attempt, I managed to do Dante Labs ' COVID-antibody test. Well done: I'm not a robot after all! It was a close one though. I could only draw some tiny droplets of blood with my wife's helping hand, who stabbed me so that the spear almost came out on the opposite side. The result: I have no antibodies. Such tests might be useful (or even required) before travel or returning to work. I think this shows how at-home lab tests will stay with us even after COVID-19. They are convenient, fast and tests provided by good labs are just as accurate as regular ones. I'd definitely choose this method over having to go to a clinic/lab in person. #PortableDiagnostics #DigitalHealth #COVIDtest #AntibodyTesting #COVIDtesting …see more