Archive | December, 2009

Be The Tree That Bends

I have been thinking about a story one of my yoga teachers tells. It goes roughly like this, there are 2 trees growing by a river, a very large broad tree and a small supple tree. The large tree mocked the smaller tree laughing at their differences, relishing his comparative strength. The small tree smiled [...]

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Listening Better – What We Need To Do in 2010

My cousin Jesse told me this summer that I need to listen more, hear what people are saying and avoid being condescending. Somewhere along the line I lost some of my sensitivity, my filter, that keeps me from acting like a know it all. This was hard to hear, because it was personal and honest. [...]

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Go Local – Each One Teach One – We Are The World

Continuing a theme started a few weeks ago at the local Cleveland Social Media Club, I’d like to share what I see coming in social media and the world of social and professional networking in 2010. I start from the idea that there has been a settling in the market with some very clear winners [...]

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Make New Friends but Keep the Old

One is Silver and the Other is Gold… After advising you to get rid of some friends, I want to make sure you make some new friends. Susie is a 2009 friend who randomly entered my world of FaceBook. For the first month I debated hiding her as she posts a lot of links. Each [...]

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