This video is great, 90 seconds and you realize that there are times when you shall disconnect from the virtual world.
Commercial From Thailand- Disconnect to connect
Source: Beautiful Commercial From Thailand – Disconnect to connect.
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I came across an interesting TED video in which Christopher McDougall asks: Are we born to run?
Christopher McDougall mentions Tarahumara, the running people, tells an interesting story from a marathon race and talks about how humans hunted before weapons were available.
Christopher McDougall: Are we born to run?
VIVOBAREFOOT has a radical concept for their shoes:
No heel, no midsole, no arch support, no gimmicks! VIVOBAREFOOT encourages us to move as million years of evolution intended – barefoot.
In their Barefoot section is information, including an ebook about “Proprioception: Making sense of Barefoot running”
Interesting facts about the foot:
With 200,000 nerve endings, 33 major muscles, 28 bones, 19 ligaments; the human foot is a biomechanical masterpiece.
I’m interested in barefoot walking and running (in shoes like these) but I’m not ready for that yet. Decades wearing shoes has to be unlearnt and I believe that’s best done gradually.
Read more about Vivo Barefoot:
Vivo Barefoot: Is This the Best Shoe for Learning to Run and Walk Barefoot?
Vivo Barefoot: Bare your soles with ethical trainers
Putting Vivo Barefoot Shoes Through Their Paces
A friend on Facebook posted a link to Webby Awards Founder and Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain (see video below). Brian Solis talks with Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker and Webby Awards founder, about her latest film “Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death, and Technology”.
It’s a very interesting conversation about being connected, about independence and interdependence. It’s also about our choice about when to be connected and when to disconnect. Key words that I noted are engagement, connectedness, change, dynamics, tribes, context and curators.
The concept of connectedness goes well with My 3 Words for 2011 (Trust, Connect and Grow).
The video – Tiffany Shlain and Brian Solis.
A friend on Facebook posted a link to Adele – Rolling In The Deep, I watched it and got really hooked. I have played it many times.
Just like with Emmylou Harris in Six White Cadillacs, the possibility to listen to the entire song made me go and buy it on iTunes.
Video: Adele – Rolling In The Deep (Live)
I am a fan of Emmylou Harris on Facebook which had a link to Emmylou Harris: Six White Cadillacs on YouTube. It’s a great song (see video below) and after watching it several times I bought the song at iTunes.
I found First Listen: Emmylou Harris, ‘Hard Bargain’, free streaming on NPR of the entire CD, through Timber and Steel.
Free listening is great marketing. I had no intention to buy the CD but after listening several times to the NPR stream of it I ended up buying five more songs (six in all). That would not have happened could I not listen to them first.
Video: Emmylou Harris in “Six White Cadillacs”
I came across Guy Kawasaki on the Art of Enchantment (see video below) where Brian Solis talks with Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist of Apple, about enchantment which is the title of Guy’s latest book. It’s a very interesting conversation, 28 minutes long and interesting all the way.
Guy Kawasaki talks about the important three pillars of Enchantment:
• be likeable
• be trustworthy
• have a great service/product/idea
During the conversation about enchantment they talk about companies such as Apple, Zappos, Virgin Airlines, ATT and Verizon. An interesting comment from Guy about Apple, “they are an antisocial company.”
When talking about social media like Twitter and Facebook they mention it’s all about “me” with us in the center, as in social MEdia.
Key words that I noted are influence, empowered, intention, emotion and relationships (with customers).
The book: Guy Kawasaki and Enchantment
Guy’s book is titled “Enchantment – The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds and Actions”. I’m currently reading it and will be back with a short review.
The video: Guy Kawasaki and Brian Solis on the Art of Enchantment
I am interested in the concept of barefoot running and walking. While looking for information about barefoot running I came across this video about the Tarahuama, the running people. It’s amazing which distances they are able to run.
Video: The Tarahumara – A Hidden Tribe of Superathletes Born to Run
It sounds so simple, just Do Nothing for 2 Minutes, but it’s not always that easy to just be.
Two minutes is a very nice break, don’t touch the mouse or keyboard because then it starts over. Enjoy your break!
This post is copied to my new blog The Wise Owl.
I was going through my notes from a seminar with Steve Schiffman called “Always be closing.” One thing Steve mentioned was “You must sharpen your axe!” which lead me to search for the story that goes with that phrase. I found two different ones.
John, a woodcutter, worked for a Company for five years but never got a raise. The Company hired Bill and within a year he got a promotion. This caused resentment in John and he went to his Boss to talk about it. The Boss said, “You are still cutting the same number of trees you were cutting five years ago. We are a result-oriented company and would be happy to give you a raise if your productivity goes up.”
John went back started hitting harder and putting in longer hours but he still wasn’t able to cut more trees. He went back to his Boss and told him his dilemma. The Boss asked John to go and talk to Bill. “Maybe there is something Bill knows that you and I don’t.”
John asked Bill how he managed to cut more trees. Bill answered, “After every tree I cut, I take a break for two minutes and ‘sharpen my axe’. When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” This question hit like a bullet and John got his answer.
Source: Sharpen your axe
Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job with a timber merchant, and he got it. The salary was really good and so were the work conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he was supposed to work.
The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees. “Congratulations,” the boss said. “Go on that way!”
Very motivated by the boss’ words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but could bring 15 trees only.
The third day he tried even harder, but could bring 10 trees only. Day after day he was bringing less and less trees.
“I must be losing my strength”, the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on.
“When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” the boss asked.
“Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees…”
Source: The Axe Story
Moral of the story: Working hard is not enough. You must continuously sharpen your axe of knowledge, skill and expertise.
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