40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind post written by: Marc Chernoff Email Asking the right questions is the answer… It’s not the answers you get from others that will help you, but the questions you ask of yourself. Here are 40 thought-provoking questions to help you refresh and refocus your thinking: Please share your thoughts with us in the comments section below. if you’re interested in reading even more inspiring, thought-provoking questions.Title photo by: Helga Weber For all other photo credits please refer to ThoughtQuestions.com If you enjoyed this article, check out our new best-selling book. And get inspiring life tips and quotes in your inbox (it's free)... Petervan's Blog
Why Great Leaders Are in Short Supply - James S. Rosebush by James S. Rosebush | 9:06 AM March 30, 2012 We’re living with something of an irony right now regarding leadership. On the one hand, the topic has never been more studied and written about; my recent Google search for leadership research by academies and institutes returned some 375,000 hits. On the other hand, we are experiencing a dearth of leadership in society. We see fewer prominent leaders who seem genuine and highly capable, and many who have been compromised, deposed, or defeated. From my own perspective as someone who has had a front-row seat to leadership over a few decades, it isn’t so much that today’s leaders fall short of the capabilities or character leaders had in the past. Privileged access to information. Is it any wonder that the Web became the greatest fear factor of every dictator? The reflected glory of their institutions. Are institutions truly less noble, or is it that they, as well as their leaders, are subjected to more relentless scrutiny?
Jay Deragon, Social Media Strategist: B-B & B-C, The Convers {*style:<b> <b>From 2000 to 2005 I was Chairman of XSVoice, </b>a mobile application company that provided technology for live and on demand audio broadcast to mobile devices. We partnered with Sprint/Nextel and provided services to such media companies as NASCAR, Disney, ESPN, hundreds of internet radio stations, provided Homeland Security Alerts, Comedy broadcast, Horoscopes and a host of other premium mobile content. XSVoice was bought by a public firm in Jan of 2006. <b>From 1992 to 2000 I was Chairman of a management consulting firm </b> which performed strategic consulting services for numerous firms in a variety of industries globally, many of them Fortune 500 Companies. <b>During the .com boom I started several web initiatives and sold them while working with some of the best internet starts that are still successful today. <b>To see more about me go to My Linkedin Profile: <b>\ </b></b> <b>Business is a journey. </b>*} {*style:<b><i>, Sr.
10 Ways to Motivate Anyone I am often asked about how I keep employees inspired and productive. It's an essential question since companies today must accomplish more, with fewer people. The most successful start-ups must be lean, nimble, and fierce. In a nutshell, you should hire bright, energetic, innovative employees. Then offer them the right incentives--the ones that will impact their personal brain and personality types--to keep them mentally and emotionally invested in doing their best. It's impossible to talk about motivation without mentioning Drive, a book by best-selling author Daniel Pink. Pink believes Google's "20% time," in which employees may spend one day a week on whatever they want is a shining example of how allowing intrinsically-based motivations (a sense of accomplishment or purpose) can flourish. There's no question that intrinsic motivation is essential. That said, there is no cookie-cutter approach to motivating your people. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Thanks to Thought Leaders « Dachis Group Collaboratory | Social Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States and a few of us on our global team thought we’d take the opportunity to recognize some of the people who have influenced our thinking. Jeff Dachis Outside of the near constant wonder and amazement I get from watching DJ Lance on the children’s TV show Yo Gabba Gabba! with my daughter Ruby, I’m truly thankful for the inspiration I get from my parents, family, and my talented team. While there are so many smart entrepreneurs, a few that come to mind like John Malone, Marc Andreessen, and Elon Musk inspire for vision, tenacity, and operating focus while others like Philip Kaplan, Ev Williams, Tony Hsieh, Jason Calacanis inspire for building companies on ideas people can be truly passionate about. David Armano I stumbled into the world of social media almost by accident—but there were what I consider to be the pioneers of thinking that helped me shape my own thoughts. Bryan Menell Ellen Reynolds Little known fact – I’m thankful for mommy bloggers.
100 SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERTS TO FOLLOW ON TWITTER Tags: Lists, Twitter 100. Chris Rau Las Vegas, Nevada USA Chris Rauschnot is a web 2.0 and social media expert. 99. 98. 97. 96. 95. 94. 93. 92. 91. 90. 89. 88. 87. 86. 85. 84. 83. 82. 81. 80. 79. 78. 77. 76. 75. 74. 73. 72. 71. 70. 69. 68. 67. 66. 65. 64. 63. 62. 61. 60. 59. 58. 57. 56. 100 Professors You Should Follow and Learn from on Twitter | Ass June 1st, 2009 Although most people think of Twitter as a tool for communication, networking, and marketing, it’s also a great resource for education as well. By following professors and other educators, you can get learning straight from the source without even having to step into a classroom. Business Follow these professors to get a business education. @Nouriel: Nouriel Roubini is a professor at Stern School, NYU, and a Chairman of RGE Monitor, as well as a web entrepreneur. Marketing You can learn about marketing, on Twitter and off, through these professors. @Debbas: This professor of marketing is a social media expert and founder of promotional items and printing. Finance Follow these professors to learn about finance and economics. @PaulKrugman: Check out @PaulKrugman to learn from a professor of Economics and International Affairs, as well as a New York Times columnist. Technology These professors offer knowledge in technology and beyond. Communications & Media Science & Math Liberal Arts
The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers 1. Ben Bernanke for staving off a new Great Depression. Chairman, federal reserve | Washington The Zen-like chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve might not have topped the list solely for turning his superb academic career into a blueprint for action, for single-handedly reinventing the role of a central bank, or for preventing the collapse of the U.S. economy. "Those who doubt that there is much connection between the economy of the 1930s and the supercharged, information-age economy of the twenty-first century are invited to look at the current economic headlines -- about high unemployment, failing banks, volatile financial markets, currency crises, and even deflation. Mark Wilson/Getty Images 2. for reimagining America's role in the world. president | Washington But in truth, he is both. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images 3. for being the brains behind Iran's Green Revolution and the campaign of her husband, opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. Political scientist and Reformer | Iran 4. 5. 6. 7.
Ray Kurzweil: The h+ Interview | h+ Magazine Surfdaddy Orca & R.U. Sirus December 30, 2009 A 3-way conversation with the brilliant and controversial inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil needs little or no introduction to most h+ readers. Principal developer of the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first text-to-speech synthesizer, the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition, Ray has been described as “the restless genius” by the Wall Street Journal, and “the ultimate thinking machine” by Forbes. Ray‘s writing career rivals his inventions and entrepreneurship. Sponsored by the Singularity Institute, the first Singularity Summit was held at Stanford University in 2006 to further understanding and discussion about the Singularity concept and the future of technological progress. RK: Absolutely. R.U.