Communication, Relations and Social Media Frustrations. SocialBling founder, Stephanie Michele blogs about best practices in social networking and relationship building. More →
New blog posts might be few and far between in the next few months as I am concentrating on writing a book. And what a process that is…I am learning alot. In the meantime, I wanted to post something for everyone to look at. This butterfly followed me for a bit on a walk yesterday, [...]
Six Questions to Ask Yourself BEFORE You Travel the Social Media Road:
The Dale Carnegie institution conducted investigations that found only 15% of person’s financial success is based on their knowledge and/or technical skills. The remaining 85% is based on human engineering – the ability to create and build relationships.
The biggest mistake I see people make [...]
Do we understand enough about the present to predict the future? I get asked almost daily to reveal what I believe the future has in store for social media development. I find this topic strange because we barely understand what is happening now in social media. Undoubtedly those of us claiming any kind of expertise [...]
In the middle of a busy travel schedule, positive psychology expert, Shawn Achor took time out of his day to talk with me about the science of happiness. Shawn started studying happiness as a undergrad at Harvard. He has spent the past several years researching and teaching at Harvard University on the subject of positive [...]
(Credit: Chris Matyszczyk)
Thanks Chris, I am hearing what you are saying.
From the article, “Why People really do care about Privacy”
Chris Matyszczyk is an award-winning creative director who advises major corporations on content creation and marketing. He brings an irreverent, sarcastic, and sometimes ironic voice to the tech world. He is a member [...]
Do you ever wish you could think differently or inspire others to do the same? Here are my top 10 thoughts. What are yours?
1. Thinking mutually benefits everyone.
2. Social etiquette trumps social caste.
3. There really is nothing to fear but fear itself.
4. Positive thoughts equal positive actions.
5. Love is all we need.
6. A conversation is [...]
The right to bear arms and exploring new territories seem to have a long history of courtship together. It must be basic human nature to fear what is unknown and prepare for conflict. I see and experience this fear over and over again in social media as this formula seems to be prevalent:
Computer keyboard- face [...]
If a programming genie gave me three wishes for a Facebook or mobile phone application, I would ask for only one: A Noise Discernment application.
Here’s what the application would do:
1. Allow user to preset goals and interest; any information coming in is filtered and screened based on settings. Settings can be changed at anytime.
2. Application [...]
I went to see the movie Avatar over the weekend. It is way too easy to criticize the movie. There is so much in it, yet one could also argue what was there was not enough. As I blog, what I am about to say might sound hypocritical: There is a lot of “noise” in [...]
There are thousands of studies about the power of energy. Our thoughts and feeling shape our lives and create the overall energy we stay in, if you want to increase positive energy you have to consciously make the decision to think positive thoughts. You have to treat negative thoughts like weeds growing in a garden [...]
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