All kids have tremendous talents and we squander them pretty ruthlessly. ~ Sir Ken Robinson [tweet this]
Going through my old bookmarks, I found this brilliant 2006 TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson. In this incredible TED Talk, he argues that the public education system across our planet is designed to kill creativity.
In his 10.29 minutes of funny, engaging, and powerful TED talk, Sir Ken Robinson argues that we've been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers.
Anger is not a feeling any of us desire to have. Yet, getting angry about things and situations is very natural not just to us as humans, but also to the animals. But trouble happens when we say or do things while angry. Most of the time, after the fact, we have regret.
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I have also said and done things in anger which I am not very proud of. I am sure you can recall incidents from your past that probably makes you feel the same way. The worst part is – we know it’s not good and yet, we lose control.
Having a well-recognized and exclusive brand identity in the marketplace is the ultimate desire of every company, every entrepreneur.
A strong brand identity adds tremendous power to the sales and marketing efforts for every business, in every profession. Therefore, all businesses strive to achieve this goal. Technology has made this a level playing field.
Let’s discuss what it takes to create a distinct brand identity by leveraging the power of social media to create growth.
For a business, it is critical to plan the strategy to portray the right image to your target market. As a business, you want your company to set itself apart from the competition. You want consumers to buy your product and services. This requires a unique brand identity that your consumers can like, trust and remember.
WordPress plugins are the reason why WordPress has become the most popular content management system today. If you ever need to add any new feature of functionality to your blog powered by WordPress, most probably you will find a suitable WordPress Plugin with one simple search.
Recently, I visited a friend who has just started to blog. He requested me to review his blog. To my amazement, though he has installed a premium responsive WordPress theme, his blog lacked almost all important plugins.
If you are like my friend, just started blogging using self-hosted WordPress and still figuring out various options, this post is for you. I want to share some basics of setting up your blog, installing and configuring important WordPress plugins. Let’s get started.
The need for an effective way to manage our goals on a daily basis is huge. Using an effective and managable To Do List for this purpose is necessary more today than ever, considering our hyper-active and busy, complex lifestyles.
Our days are filled with distractions calling for our attention from all corners. Technology makes it possible for us to do multiple things simultaneously. However, it also creates ample opportunities for distractions to prevent us from achieving what is important, yet keeping us busy all day.
I’ve personally noticed that I can spend days working super hard, being busy all day and at the end wondering, “What did I really accomplish?” But I also know that this is not just me. Most people feel the same way when they do not plan their days.
If you travel on business or on trips where you need to be in meeting rooms or conference halls for discussions or training that runs throughout the day, probably free Wi-Fi has been one of your concerns to begin with.
I usually attend business conferences, motivational seminars and entrepreneurship events that run through the weekends. Usually we go in a group and we all have 3G devices, just in case Wi-Fi is not available at the venue.
Do you follow some traditions that do not make sense logically? If you are like me, you do at least a thing or two just becuase everybody else is doing it, even though you may not be happy about it.
Looking through my old notes, I found this story which symbolically represents many old traditions that we follow without paying any attention to why we do what we do. Let’s start this conversation with the story straight.
10,000 years ago, a farmer watches while his crops start to wither under the sun. The earth now baked dry with no signs of rain. This is unusual. He is worried knowing not what to do.
One morning his wife catches a black snake, kills and cooks it for breakfast. Later that week the rains come and the crops are saved. The farmer is very happy.
The network marketing industry has flourished consistently over the years, and increasingly more people now own and operate a network marketing businesses. It is fascinating to see how industry has transformed itself with the advent of social media and the internet.
However, I believe, people who do not understand the principle of adding value to others, can’t make it. Those, who aren’t honest, can’t make it. Those, who don’t know what they are doing, and do not take time to learn and grow, can’t make it either.
Recently a gentleman booked an appointment with me to have a free 30 minute consultation using my Contact menu. He wanted to discuss his personal branding needs.
Social Media and the use of the social networking websites in day-to-day life has brought success and happiness to some and frustration to others. There are many aspects of the online world that is confusing to many people and that is the topic of discussion in this post.
A good friend of mine who doesn’t use social media and online world as much as I do, explained to me his frustration with this whole online thing and asked me if I had any resolutions to these problems.
I came across a very interesting article today on DumbLittleMan.com that talks about the importance of following a proven system of success and why such systems should be followed to the core by those who seek success.
The author cites very good reasons to when he suggests why one shouldn't get "creative" to invent a new system. It is a very good article with great examples.
However, I have some reservations against the theory of just following the system without being fully convinced about it and here are my examples and reasoning:
