It’s great being a goofball. It’s even better being a goofball with a guitar. But it’s completely AWESOME when you can be a goofball with a guitar with a friend and business colleague at an industry event.
As I recently wrote about, my summer has been a busy one, and it started with the Direct Selling Association annual conference in Miami. Many of you already know of Jen Fong, the social media expert of the direct selling industry (as well as frequent commenter and guest poster here at MiP). But did you know she’s got the ghost of Pat Benatar hiding deep within her soul, and it came rushing out at the DSA’s Got Talent event at the convention this year?
In mid-December 2010, I had an idea about crowd-sourcing a free marketing ebook with some of the coolest, most original marketers I know.
In early February, it launched, and has been downloaded almost 1,000 times.
That’s cool and all, and I’m extremely grateful to everyone who has helped out. But there’s more to this story. And Lisa Robbin Young took the time to pull back the curtain and ask me about it.
Now she’s making this audio available to you for free …. for the next 24 hours.
So, listen to my Small Biz Super Summit interview starting now.
While you’re at it, be sure to sign up for the links to the other featured guests over the next few days. It’s sure to be awesome stuff.
One of the best things I’ve done this year is join a men’s bible study group that meets on Friday mornings. Now, bible studies are no stranger to me; if there was ever a church boy, it’s me. But in the past few years, I haven’t had a regular bible study where you really dig into the Word and connect with a group of guys. So that’s what I’m doing now.
This past week, as I was simply talking about God with some guys, I realized that the simple act of talking alone was transformational. Then it got me thinking about how writing, teaching and buying are very similar.
What I mean is that what we do can very much influence, even determine, what we think. And since none of us take to change easily, it’s important to realize we can use certain tools and approaches to make change easier. Here’s what I mean by that:
Regardless of how much you try to resist it, you can’t help but get reflective this time of year. Sure, it might be driven by the idea of a new year giving us the proverbial clean slate to build from. Or it may be a state of shock emerging from the holi-daze wondering how you could possibly be this fat, this broke and this far off where you thought you’d end the year.
Take your pick.
But in the spirit of thinking 100% about me, I thought I’d look back on 2010 and see, on a professional level, what themes emerged that neatly wrap it up.
Input. Someone must’ve drilled me with a g
Pardon me while I get a bit self-indulgent over the next few days.
Yes, I’m totally in a reflective mood as 2010 closes down. So I’m slowing digging into some of the data-licious morsels that my site’s analytics are unveiling to me, and thought I’d pass them along. This one’s a no-brainer, although it’s amazing how what you think is gonna be popular and what actually is are always two very different things.
While we’re at it, here are the top posts from 2009, if you’re interested.
A recap of the first Ignite Dallas event. Talks on social media, leadership, charity and high heels.
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