Your ability to influence the world has nothing to do with your fame or follower count.
Now, on to this week's ideas...
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"When was the last time you reviewed your social media profiles? Not your feeds or your stats, but your actual account profile pages — the ones people look at when they decide whether or not to follow you?"
When it comes to social media profiles, most of us take a "set it and forget it" approach to them.
The changes included to adjust my cover images to reflect my brand instead of my branding, add a Start Here highlight to my Instagram page, and create a pinned tweet designed to drive engagement instead of promotion.
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"If you really believe that a few things are exceptionally valuable and most other things are noise, then you will automatically, naturally start to change your behavior. It's about what matters most to you in life - it's not just about less, it's about essential things."
This isn't about minimalism, it's about focus - and it's a must-watch.
He explains how to apply essentialism to the things you own, work you do, and way you spend your attention.
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"During difficult conversations, it's important to be extremely concise. Aim to describe your observations, feelings, needs and requests in less than 40 words. Using more words suggests you're justifying your needs, and this decreases their power."
Your willingness and ability to engage in a tough conversation can make a huge difference in your work, company, or life.
Dave Bailey explains how to have a difficult conversation including the importance of recognizing the difference between observations and evaluations, emotions and thoughts, and needs and strategies.
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"Imagine if you could be the 'popular kid' among your clients and customers — and get them to give you business on the back of that popularity. You can get to that level faster than you think."
It turns out one of the same things that makes kids popular in high school can make your business popular among potential clients and customers.
Gary Vaynerchuk shares his "high school party" marketing strategy, which revolves around using Facebook ads and social media content to attract an audience and invite them to an exclusive event you host.
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"I spent well over $100,000 in the last five years in a quest to optimize health, maximize productivity, and install systems to ensure peak performance. In the process, I have purchased and tested hundreds of products, programs, apps, and services, unearthing the critical few that actually make a difference."
I won't bother explaining it in more detail because I know you're already curious to check it out.
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"While there are only so many first days of anything on the calendar, what matters is finding and emphasizing days that are personally meaningful or motivating to you — like a birthday, an anniversary, the start of an event or activity, or a religious occasion. Highlighting these as opportunities sets you up to feel that burst of motivation more frequently."
You don't have to wait for your birthday or New Year's to benefit from the motivational boost that comes from a fresh start.
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"During your day, journal every time you transition from one work project to another. Write a few sentences in your journal about what you just did, and then a few more sentences about what you're about to do."
It might seem like adding another task to your plate would decrease your productivity, but this post suggests the opposite may be true.
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"With tech moving as fast as it is, old things are quickly getting replaced by shinier, newer, often more complex things. But not everyone's jumping on board—and some who've been on board are choosing to jump off in favor of what worked for them in the past."
One of the best ways to figure out where we're headed is to look beyond the obvious trends in our world right now and find the ones beneath the surface.
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"Procrastination isn't a unique character flaw or a mysterious curse on your ability to manage time, but a way of coping with challenging emotions and negative moods induced by certain tasks — boredom, anxiety, insecurity, frustration, resentment, self-doubt and beyond."
The cure for procrastination isn't to get better at managing your time - it's to get better at managing your emotions.
Charlotte Lieberman interviewed a series of experts about why we procrastinate and discovered the root cause of procrastination is an attempt to avoid negative feelings She also suggests several ways to overcome your procrastination habit.
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"The more we focus on the future, the easier it is to overlook the value of our past."
Our lives are a reflection of the choices we make and the choices we make are influenced by what we give our attention.
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