The Obvious?
Nice to have a professionally shot video of my keynote at State Of The Net 2012 in Trieste earlier this summer. In it I go into some of the themes of my book and get a bit more philosophical than I usually do.
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The Obvious?
I really enjoyed the process of writing my book Organizations Don’t Tweet – People Do and miss getting my teeth into longer form writing. I have a six week tour of Australia coming up in October and November with lots of time possibly spent in hotel rooms so I am tempted to use that time to focus on writing another one.
Last time I warmed up by reading books about the craft of writing and I am doing the same again, this time focussing more on how to self publish in various forms. I fancy writing a series of shorter more targeted books and publishing them on Kindle or iBooks.
The topics I am toying with at the moment are:
How to become confident at writing about your work
How the social web can save 25% of the cost of doing business.
A new business literacy for a new business world
Any suggestions as to other areas of the use of social in business that people would find useful for me to cover or areas of my first book that you would like me to cover in more depth?
The Obvious?
“When we talk about settling the world’s problems, we’re barking up the wrong tree.The world is perfect.It’s a mess. It has always been a mess.
We are not going to change it.
Our job is to straighten out our own lives.”
~ Joseph Campbell
The Obvious?
One of the main benefits of saying what you think in a public place like the web is that you attract people to you through your opinion and ideas. All of my work comes through word of mouth or through people having read my blog or book and getting in touch. The most obvious benefit for me, and one I feel grateful for every day, is that I get to work with likeminded people who are seeking the same sort of things as I am. By writing about the possibilities the web affords us to make the world a better place I attract people who want to make the world a better place. Every day I get to work with people who are really intent on improving things and doing so through better management practices and empowering people. As a result my days are mostly spent with really nice people doing really important things.
This is what I believe is available to everyone. Writing about what you do, why you do it, and the possibilities you see to improve the world around you has never been easier or more effective. If you work in an organisation and have the possibility of internal blogging or its equivalent you get to influence others and be seen to be someone who knows what they are talking about. You have more opportunity than ever before to shape the world around you.
Obviously doing this in the confines of an organisation can be more problematic than it is for those of us working independently. You may have a boss whose view of the world is very different from yours or you may be in a very structured environment where your opportunities for influence are limited. Even in these circumstances, and even if your ability to say what you think in public is limited, say it to yourself! Keep a private blog. Write your ideas down for your own benefit. Explore what is possible and set out your thinking in writing. It will help you to work out what you think and what you can do about it and then when opportunities arise, however small, you will be in a position to make the most of them.
Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
What you allow to grab your attention is really grabbing your life (your time). Your success in life is often not about what you say “yes” to…it is about what you say “no” to. It’s your “No’s” that provide you the time to achieve your “Yes’s”.
Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
Success is really contagious. When you are around successful people, you naturally pick up their words and behaviours…it’s contagious. If that’s so, then being around unsuccessful people can do the same, but in the opposite way. (Your people choices are key!)
Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
Everyone gets frustrated at times, and if we do nothing about it; everything begins to frustrate us. The key is to find those positive ways for us to vent our frustration. What’s the best way for you?…and then use it when you feel you need it.
Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
The source of many disagreements, both in business and at home, are within the assumptions…and they often never fully get expressed. People then keep arguing over a point that can never be resolved without understanding each others assumptions first. The assumptions are the starting point of everything.
Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
You can learn a great deal about others by observing how they respond to criticism. As you rise higher in your career; the criticism only increases, as your decisions and actions are more visible to others. Successful people take the best (and use it to improve), and then forget the rest.
Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
A happy and successful life is often about what we choose to embrace and take hold of, and also on what we decide to let go. Far too often we carry around “excess baggage” of things we should have let go of a long time ago. Remember, letting go begins with deciding it doesn’t matter.
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