Why Mari, Chris and Sean Are Easy 2 Love

First impressions mean something to somebody, but they don't
mean a thing to me- I'm into people for the long haul, NOW,
having said that; if they seem cool, my tendency is to try
and see if they might turn into a style fit for networking?
If you don't know what a "style fit" is (don't worry, odds
are you think you know, guess what, odds are, you don't but
that's no big deal...smile and breathe...:-) ) and a style
fit is very important to your success.






Mari Smith is a wonderful leader, an amazing source of
tremendous knowledge and, Mari has a magnificent sense of
humor which comes out in her methods. She really does
impress me with her style. Mari makes many, MANY; great points
about how to succeed with social media networking, and, did
I mention, Mari has a fantastic sense of humor?







Chris Voss first impressed me when we got crosswired in a bad
mixed up misunderstanding where I got (and this is rare) hot!
I thought that some folks were really runnin' me into the
ground ( sometimes - rarely - but sometimes, that can happen-
and we'll talk about business as war in 3Deep) and I mistook
that Chris was one of them. But here is what impressed me-
this incredible leader, this super courageous guy, who has
a list of multiples of thousands who consider him worth
taking in, called me to make peace. Look I don't care what
you say about successful people, Chris has shown me over time
that he: 1) Really knows his stuff, he knows this technology
and I listen to him about it. 2) Chris isn't afraid to get
very personal, to touch out to people, and that's exactly the
right way to be. 3) Chris has a sense of humor- and it's not
the negative type that the world pushes, it is, cool.

Sean Donahoe - cannot say enough about Sean- he is one of the
gentlemen of the social media business, and Sean bothers to
pay attention to how his people are doing. Sean gets back with
you, not an autoresponder, and even though Sean is in charge of
a network that is vast, international, and full of super charged
energy- Sean will take the time to get back with you, and that
matters huge. As to knowledge, Sean puts out new material in
a very regular fashion, and when he does, I just sit back with
my mouth open in wonder because Sean is so right on, so cutting
edge, but so clear about how to do it. Sean is a truly incredible
leader, a great trend spotter, and a fantastic visionary of the web.

These three, Mari Smith, Chris Voss and Sean Donahoe easily earn
your respect, you really ought to check them out, my personal
guaranty to you, my word to you is, I've checked them out and they
are rock solid to the person, honest to the extreme, they are
the real "stuff" that will help you in social media networking.
My task with you is even more intense, but this article isn't to
talk about drd4u, and 3Deep, those will come with time for you,
this article is to talk about these wonderful individuals who
contribute so much to the business of social media networking
and to your success as you join us. To say that Mari Smith,
Chris Voss and Sean Donahoe are leaders is true, to say that
they are inspiration at it's finest, is my personal note to you.

And on the cutting edge as we have promised...3Deep is getting
done and we are checking out a presenter named Shawna Schuh -
Shawna seems to have it together on YouTube, and I've watched
some of her presentations they are excellent.

As always - more to come...

Check out Brizzly? Hmm, not sure? Check out the video

Adam Ostrow's blog "Mashable the Social Media Guide"
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process at: Ostrow's blog

This video also brings some clarity to the situation
and beneath a link to sign up if you'd like?



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The View from TED

Always wanting my Morningside folks to be in on the latest
and greatest thinking, don't let TED get past you, it's the
best in the world, sharing what they have experienced. What
can a Christian bring to such? Paul would say that we are
obligated to represent our thinking in with the thinking that
seemingly eclipses ours, which we know, cannot be, for it is
of God and His Christ, ergo, we must, first, grasp what it
is that they are saying, in other words, don't be intimidated
out of learning from them, and then, when we see where it is
far away from the truth of God; help steer them back to the
truth which we know is God. So with that in mind, let's check
out this challenge and see what it might bring our way:



We have much to share on this, so, don't stay silent and shy,
dig in, leave a comment, let your voice and soul be expressed
so that everyone can learn and grow together.

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Now- the absolute - Now

You may have heard of the 80/20 rule- it gained popularity
some years back when Stephen R. Covey wrote his masterwork
"7 Habits of Highly Effective People," mentioning the way
that this works out. 20% of the people are the ones who
generate growth, possess wealth, and basically are in charge,
the 80% are the observing grumbling sideline type who aren't.
You are reading this, let's presume you are at least headed,
toward the 20%, if you aren't already there. Which means
that this opportunity would be one you would cherish:

Here are the benefits, first, a bestseller is in the offing,
just the title alone as been number one on Google since December
of last year, and you, should you choose to become one of the
supportive types; would get a signed copy, hot off the press.
First come, first serve. Not only that, but, as soon as you
choose to become a supporter, you can gain access to monstrous
amounts of training valued at over 1900 dollars with folks who
have taught me so much. Aren't they cool to make such offers?

In the mix also is this little tidbit basket, behind every person
who generates something extremely wise and observant, like our buddy
Pareto (the author of the study) the statistician; we can all learn
from the 2 of 10 times that a tidbit comes out, such as this from
the wonderful work by Jack Canfield - "Success Principles":
"The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery
that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of
their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."
-William James Harvard psychologist (Canfield- pg. 187)

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Why - and- Why Now?

If you read success materials, and I try to, and hope you do;
you usually see some inspirational item about starting, or,
doing it now? Have you read such? Do you usually feel like
that's right? You should start now, and, sometimes you even
are in the midst of doing something? So it's a good feeling but
an odd feeling, since you are already in the process? Can you
identify with that? This brief set of thoughts comes from a
deeper and more extensive work called "keyhole success," which
is due out soon; my hope is that you will find it useful and
also, truthful and even helpful. My sense is if you read this
and smile, that's fantastic, if you read this and smile deeply
and warmly, shucks, you might donate some bucks to keep me
eating, and if you read this, smile deeply and warmly and share
this with some others...WOW...who knows what could happen?

Why, is a challenge for us at all times, in my youth it was how
my mom let me know she was in charge, "Why!" got met with, "Because
I said so!" Which might have been followed with - a sound effect,
how about, THWACK! Remember such, wow, those are warm memories.
Why is a challenge for us at all times, as teenagers our dates
are usually wondering, "Why are we going there..." My hope is
that there is a good reason, my fear is that frequently the
reason may appear good but it isn't? Why moves up in intensity
as a challenge to us at all times, as adults we begin to want
to earnestly explain the need, to explain and even comply with
the urgency of a given task that requires the question, why?
Why is so good for us, that it is often not wanted; we just
don't want to hear it, ever experience that, and yet, just as
surely as we feel that way, what comes at us? Ah my, someone
invariably will ask, "why?"

Many times we don't know, why- and so at that moment we go
into the next phase, which is, now, why now? We feel like
it would be better, and certainly better for us, if we didn't
have to deal with it right now? Ever feel that way? If you
have, consider what follows, it's meant as a compliment.
Every person knows what makes them happy, they just sometimes
forget to recall it. Let's focus on that for one second more,
every person, knows what makes them happy, they just sometimes
forget it, or forget to recall it. Here's the point in picture
form; chocolate makes me happy, it's known to do that; heard
there is actually a certain chemical in it that does help
lighten a heavy mood- were that true, it makes sense because
chocolate makes me happy. Especially good chocolate, the sort
that has no heavy after eating twang, but has a nice, smooth,
warming glow to it. Know the stuff? Usually sold at a
specialty shop, usually costs a bit more than the typical
candy isle stuff, but usually it is also worth it, would you
say? When my mood is really not where it should be, if
there is some of the chocolate around, my mood can get better.
You may have something that has a similar effect on you,
hopefully without the calories? Now comes the fact of this,
in the past, when something important involving my personality
would be in the mix, if my mood weren't exactly fantastic,
it hadn't occurred to me to eat chocolate, today it surely
has, and does. The result? Better results, why, more smiles-
and why now, because the new smiles are needed.

Curious about the step that makes the difference, curious
about why? Curious about why now? Fantastic, leave your
comments and your questions and the author will get back to you.



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Knowing Who

In the brick and mortar world of business you get to meet
folks and see their body language, facial expressions,
how they dress, how they handle themselves, how they present
themselves in a group or personal environ. Those are
great keys to behavior and trust and sales. Those physical
keys are lacking on the web where physical is mixed with
virtual making the outcome less certain through email
than a smile across the table. Thus in the world of
virtual there are some things which a person ought to
get out in the open early in the process of making business
deals, one of these is, who you are dealing with.

Who you are dealing with, is more than a title, titles
are, in the virtual world, easy to come by, and tend to
be functionally defined. A Vice-President of marketing
may be one of hundreds spread out all over the globe; with
no power, finances or clout to carry out contracts or
negotiations. This differs drastically from the brick
and mortar world where Vice-President's of banks and
other transacting businesses are empowered and have the
ability to affect financing. First aspect of establishing
the "who" process then, might be looked at as, don't pay
attention to the title, instead, test out the title of the
person, can they do, that their title suggests? How
is that to be determined? Can they enact contracts? Make
payments, and transact business? This is easy to determine
from many different sources, almost without fail, if a
person can transact contracts they have the credit line and
use of card to ensure such; so it is easy to verify that
they do. What if they don't have such? Then it becomes a
bit trickier, but still can be determined, if you are looking
at a large business transaction and you want to be sure
as to who you are dealing with, why would it offend them to
ask to see a copy of the articles of incorporation for their
business? Almost every business has such, and I can guaranty
you that a person who is genuine about who and what they
are won't have a problem reflecting such to you.

If we can't depend upon the title to key us as to the
vitality of the person we are dealing with, what can we
use? In some sense the vernacular, the method employed in
their communication can tell you a great deal about a
person. What sort of language do they employ? Do they
seem to be in command of good faculties in terms of projects
and completions? Are they timely- when they tell you
they are going to be getting back with you, do they? Do
you sense in the dynamics of their web presence, which
is their web site, a trustworthy feeling? Do they
give the impression of having the same sets of values
toward the transaction or communication that you do?

There are deeper and more lasting items of a person
that you cannot always access in a virtual way. Where
a person comes from, their upbringing, their education,
their belief system, their way to taking care of things,
these are all items that we like to gather in person which
in a virtual way may not be as easy to obtain, and in
the speed of the virtual transaction, they may not be
necessary. We should also interject a note of caution
here as to the degree of the transaction being considered.
A minor purchase requires little consideration, whereas,
when one is contemplating a major transaction, larger
in scope, having the ability to gather more realistic
data can be important, if not, essential.

Is it possible to separate who a person is from their
gender? We live in an age where gender is diminished as
to it's importance, other than, to indicate only that their
exists a difference between male and female- yet, in an
age where the lines which marked the distinction of gender
are becoming increasingly blurred, in the virtual world,
the distinction must be understood. Non gender specific
names are important to bring on the question "pardon me
for asking but are you male or female?" You may get a
response about any number of things, from, the item
requested, to, "none of your business." At this point
in the transaction, you have to decide, is this a person
that you are comfortable dealing with? Also bear in
mind that because gender confusion is present in the
virtual world, men can be presumed to be female, and
vice-versa; so ti is best where it is possible to try and
determine which gender you are dealing with; especially
if you are handling a gender sensitive issue. It is not
easy to add this to the conversational line, and
frequently forms on the web which are filled out will
include the question as to male or female, when moving
into that process, it makes sense to make sure that
is filled out on your inquiry form, and it makes the
further conversations easier when it comes to this
very important item.

We've looked at the defining characteristics of a person
online from the standpoint of what they do, whether they
are effective in getting back to you, if they appear to
have the ability to complete the transaction, and letting
the nature of the transaction being contemplated determine
the depth of background type information that we would
gather. We've also brought to light the difficulty of
gender in the virtual world and that it is important if
it can be determined but that finding out the gender of
a person is not an easy thing to do- the old saying is
that one should employ the "Porcupine principal" in this
endeavor. That is to say, "how to Porcupines make love?"
Very carefully. In all virtual transactions the nice
elements of the physical are missing for the logic and
sense of the dealing must be heightened accordingly. The
speed and ease of use for communications of email and
blogs and chat sessions must be considered in light of
the topics within this realm of who we are dealing with.
If you have specific questions regarding this please make
use of the comments section following this article.

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It Makes Sense

As you are working on your network of contacts and people
that you communicate with; doesn't it also make sense to not
only enjoy the time you get to spend with them, but also to
use the technology to help you with the process? It is in the
using of the technology that we want to ask you if it doesn't
make good sense to keep track of things that matter to your
network connections.

We often speak of who, what, when, where, why/how as
the five W's of effective communications and networks, so that
who is involved, what and when they are involved and where
they are involved from, are all worth noting. When you can
note particulars about people and use the system to keep track
of those types of information, you can help those people feel
that you are connected to their lives. Such connection helps
them feel an interest in your behalf. By using the system you
can effectively help others with such effects. An example of
this is the birthday note which arrives in the email. While
most people aren't that excited about it, my sense is that it
is nice to receive a note saying "happy birthday."

If you've received such a note, maybe you'd like to contribute
to the overall learning of this group by saying if it was a good
experience? Hard to imagine it not being good? Until the
next get together, in a few days, let's think about how we
might use the technology we have to secure good stuff to
share with others...

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