Watch this short and touching video. The performance is from students of a music school that teaches music to the blind. The Southern California Conservatory of Music is the only place in the country that offers a braille music curriculum to teach musicianship of the highest caliber to blind and visually impaired students. It houses… Continue reading
Date Archives → March 2009
When you are desperate…
People notice when you are desperate. I received this email from a friend’s email address. I know that she didn’t send it. All I have to do is to click the message and all my friends will get a similar message. The company can now claim that they are seeing a huge surge in the… Continue reading
10 Ways to Interrupt Others
Photo Courtesy: kdborden86 on Flickr [Pardon the in-built sarcasm. Sometimes I like to have fun too] Here is the list. Please feel free to add to the list. We both know that there are MANY more ways to do this. 1. Just say that it will only take a minute of their time and squeeze… Continue reading
9 Ideas about "How NOT to Overwork Your Network"
With everything that is happening in the world, the focus is on how to get the most out of your network. This is the right question to ask but if you stretch it a bit you might “overwork” your network and cause trouble for yourself. Here are ten ideas about “how NOT to overwork your… Continue reading
Behind the Scenes: Social Media Marketing Industry Report
My friend Michael Stelzner never ceases to amaze me. When I met him at San Diego, he was talking about creating a Social Media Marketing Survey. The report, called the Social Media Marketing Industry Report, was released on Tuesday and I had the opportunity watch how Mike and his friends worked hard behind the scenes… Continue reading
Newsletter for the week of March 8, 2009
Hello This week was a special one. My book “Upbeat” was sent off to the printers on Wednesday. It will be released on May 1st 2009. That’s almost a year after I embarked on the project. About a dozen people have seen the book evolve from a concept to a complete book. Special thanks to… Continue reading
Mini Saga #30 – The Opportunity
Photo courtesy: LeSpring123 at Flickr **Warning**: New Buzzword Alert Stage Capturing: Taking advantage of somebody else’s stage for your advantage (without permission from that somebody) Enjoy the story: The Opportunity Tim sent a note to a few dozen friends promoting his new book. One of the recipients, Bob quickly responded to all promoting his own… Continue reading
Upbeat in Production
Rajesh Setty weaves together pragmatic and even familiar insights into a new playbook for what is turning out to be a game that none of us have ever played in our careers! From the foreword by Russ Fradin, CEO of Sungard [buy amazon=”http://www.amazon.com/Upbeat-Cultivating-Attitude-Thrive-ebook/dp/B00512PMLO/”] Please sign up for my newsletter here:
Newsletter for the week of March 1, 2009
Hello: This week was busy. Sometimes a week zips past so fast that it seems unfair. This week, I will talk about competence and also include a quick article titled “10 Quick Ways to Lose Credibility Online” If you like the newsletter, kindly forward this to someone who might like it and m hope is… Continue reading
Guarantee please!!
So many people send me new books and I am sure they hope that if I like the book, I will spread the message about the book. Sometimes I will write about it in my blog, send out a note to my newsletter subscribers, tweet about it. Sometimes I recommend this to companies that are… Continue reading