One of my favorite quotes of all time was uttered by legendary animator Walt Disney: "You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you." There's a lot to be learned from that sentence. As you go through life, there will be no shortage of persons telling you what you need to improve or what you can do better. You could label all these people as haters and simply ignore them. Or, you could do what Disney did: You could use that negative feedback to make you better. (Read more on why this advice is so valuable in today's column.) #EmotionalIntelligence #BestAdvice #leadership #management #PersonalDevelopment #BusinessIntelligence #careers #empathy #EQApplied #MakeEmotionsWorkForYouNotAgainstYou …see more

Manage your attention by identifying your top four distractions. Awareness always proceeds action. Loved this tip? There's 98 more! Access my free 99 Productivity Essentials here --> https://lnkd.in/edddZYr …see more

Moments of joy often require that we are fully present to our life and not merely reacting to the deluge of calls, emails and to dos that come our way. - Carson Tate

2018 is here! Purchase the WORKshop to get intentional about your 2018. The WORKshop is a step-by-step downloadable guide to help you get clear on your priorities and make those important choices about your most valuable resource, your time. http://bit.ly/2iWWD0k …see more

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This past weekend, SPARC 501(c)(3) Nonprofit welcomed the first cohort for our Social Impact Bootcamp! The scholars had the opportunity to network with industry’s leaders and attended workshops. Throughout the next three months, the scholars will embark on a journey of personal growth and tackle a social issue that their community is facing through their Bootcamp Project. SPARC will be awarding one of our scholars with a scholarship to help fund their social impact project and college tuition. 🌟⚡️ Orientation Day wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our mentors, speakers, volunteers, and SPARC team! Here were some sessions that we covered this weekend: Lunch With Tech Leaders: Sonia Sng Valerie C. Manav Gupta Leading With Empathy by David Guerrero Your Power Word & Resilience by Marney Randle Effective Communication by Ngoc Tran Developing Routines & Good Habits by Jessie Salas Shout outs to our SPARC team, mentors, and volunteers: Jessie Salas Leilanie Martinez Kevin Pang Florence Kwok Irene Alisjahbana We’re expanding our team and programming for the latter half of 2019. If you’re interested in volunteering, mentoring, or being part of our team, please reach out! 👉 📧 …see more

The internet of things is just the internet used properly. Like going from batteries to mains power sockets. It's not a thing, it's the lack of false barriers to a thing.

Just started Sam Altman's How to Start a Startup and learning a ton already. Looking forward to finishing up the series in the next couple of weeks. A few of my favorite insights so far: Power of love: "Very few startups die from competition. Most die because they themselves fail to make something users love." Advantages of being young/student entrepreneurs: (1) new ideas and (2) opportunity to meet co-founders. #lifelonglearning�� …see more

Advice from the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on what it takes to write well. #writing #blogging #communication …see more

A lot of companies these days are essentially like buildings constructed in the wrong place, with the wrong foundations. We think that interior design will stop people from noticing. We'd rather have chats about new sofas and new wallpaper, than face the idea we've got existential problems that need deep rethinking. Department stores simply do not need to exist, banks need to accept it's customer experience, not vaults that matter. Car companies need to accept car dealerships are increasingly unhelpful. TV companies need to rethink the rules and opportunities of entertainment. People think of digital transformation as the refurbishment business. People think transformation is like "home decor" shows where you know a month after the camera crew leaves the hacks, the workarounds, the sprayed on silver, have worn off and reality hits you. It was exciting, it looked better, people seemed happy but the issues remain. Digital transformation needs to move from refurbishment to the construction industry. A way to build the construction you should have, in the place you should have, and to then plan the migration between the two. It's not cheap, it's not fast, it's not easy, but for some companies it's essential Often a startups only advantage, is that it starts from nothing …see more

We've long had "retweets are not endorsements" & I wish we could find a way to express the viewpoint... "Sharing this single article from a single publication does not mean I, in any way, 1) Agree with the Publications general stance on anything, let alone everything. 2) I support the Writers views on anything else or the writer as a person 3) It does not mean I agree with everything in the article 4) I'm just sharing because it's a useful addition to our understanding, it contains information worth knowing or perhaps presents a viewpoint worth seeing and using mental dexterity to try to understand. But instead, in these charged times, one seems to be jumped on for anything. …see more

This piece confirms what I've felt for a long time. Data and models and the people who make and interpret them provide such an insanely PRECISE output, that people think they must be CORRECT. When instead they are wildy inaccurate, they rely on awful assumptions and don't account for many variables. These people are somehow claiming to be able to predict the precise number of people who will get Covid in each county in the USA for the next year. Reminds me of climate change models that somehow claim to predict the weather in 50 years time in each city. But I do still love how the NYC presents data and how their website is so beautiful and interactive. https://lnkd.in/eeaEYr5 …see more

My book about how we're living in the most complex time ever, where we've not really got to grips with what technology means for retail, rights and global business is out now* *as an ebook everywhere **as a physical book in the UK ***But not out in the USA April 28th **** Or the rest of the world (varies)  ***** As an Audio book sometime later when rights negotiated. www.digitaldarwinismbook.com …see more

My NYC event for the curious, quirky, interested and interesting is taking shape. Come and buy tickets. 28th July.

Few things make me feel as warm inside as the Forbes Welcome screen. Glad to see some modern media companies understand the importance of a monetizable welcome mat.

Budget for Amazon making quality show with the New Yorker - $1,000,000 Budget to label show to make anyone want to watch it or be able to discover it- $0.

I've got zero idea when I watch TV today, what shows are broadcast, streamed, SVOD, VOD, stored locally and played or AVOD. What is vastly interesting and important to many industry people has no meaning to the audience. Time to embrace new behaviors and help me find what I want to watch.

Brr, I nominate @ Carla Johnson  for the @ Marketo  #Fearless50 -- who do you nominate?  https://lnkd.in/dR84KRz

"If you want to be a big company, you have to behave like one, even when you’re small. It’s never too soon to start building a strong culture around a big vision and implementing the processes and procedures that will help sustain high growth." - Maura FitzGerald https://lnkd.in/ddEaXC3

With the #globalpandemic still going on, a lot of #smallbusinesses are focusing on the basics. Some brands feel that lofty ideas like purpose, #sustainability and culture have to go on the back burner for now. But Sofiya Deva says that's a mistake. …see more