links for 2006-10-16

• Business Card Tips: Create Customer Value
  (tags: business cards gbsbs becky mccray gnm videocast tips)
• Lessons From The Power of Nice
  Very nice article about...the power of nice! Imagine that you can learn to be nice.
  (tags: nice books)
• Successful Blog - If You Want Me to Care, Tell Me Who You Are
  Excellent lesson from Liz Strauss: "Write an About page that introduces you. It’s sets up your brand and starts our relationship. It makes that first connect between us as writer and reader. We’re all so busy and anonymous sources are unreliable at be
  (tags: blog about intro)
• Work from Within: Reaching Out to Others on the Path
  GREAT article that I got shared in my comments: "So, to all the lonely careerists of the world -- if you want to break out of stronghold of loneliness, if you want to find your community, reach out." Very awesome advice!
  (tags: relationships entrepeneur solopreneur)
• Josh Hinds' Motivational & Inspirational Journal
  Inspiration from Josh Hinds: "I’ve heard it said before that if you want to be successful you’ve got to learn to be uncomfortable at times. I think there’s a lot of truth in that statement." Be uncomfortable today.
  (tags: uncomfortable success)
• Make The Most of U - coaching tips, thoughts, views and reviews on being the best you can be.
  Amazing quote here about being the light. Read it, love it, live it!
  (tags: light quotes)
• Allen&Nichols - Profit from humor: Lessons from Mayberry
  Genius way to connection to people via a quick acronym: "Click also is an acronym for a way of service to others that reaps for us those many rewards. Here is the acronym"
  (tags: acronym click relationships)
• Mavericks at Work Blog
  The new book by Bill Taylor and Polly LaBarre has a great companion blog.
  (tags: fastcompany billtaylor blog mavericks business)
• Casual Fridays » Blog Archive » Respect for People
  Dustin shares a truth: “Respect for people is respect for people. If he’s that way with you, then he likely doesn’t respect customers or his own family either.” Do you agree?
  (tags: truth lifehacks respect)
• How To Start Anything « Daily Thoughts for Business Podcast
  Excellent podcast. How to start ANYTHING. Remember: the time will NEVER be right. Very nicely done!
  (tags: timing podcasts)
• Leading Questions: Why Talent Isn't Enough
  A bit of genius from Ed Brenegar: "When you lose that sense of team, and along with it the character of self-sacrifice, then it becomes difficult to win on talent alone." Think about THIS the next time the Yankees don't make the Series, or your team comes
  (tags: talent teamwork business management leadership)
• How effective teams implement core values « Stronger Teams Blog
  Great stuff from Blaine Collins: "The trainer reminded us of a classic model used by effective teams to implement core values into their daily practices. The model is called B.A.S.K., which is short for Behavior, Attitudes, Skills, Knowledge."
  (tags: teamwork bask training)
• Slow Leadership: Telling the Truth About Work?
  Great stuff from Slow Leadership: "Here are some excerpts from an amusing, if pardonably cynical, posting from execupundit.com entitled: "Workplace Myths (Lies)." Sadly, they ring all too true." Truths indeed.
  (tags: truth leadership business)
• Business Networking Advice: Guy Kawasaki Interview - Entrepreneur, Author, and Speaker
  Here's a nice 2 question interview with Guy Kawasaki about business networking. I especially love his idea about how to make business cards more useful. that's an easy thing to do. I won't tell you, you must click in!
  (tags: networking business+cards guykawasaki)
• Joyful Jubilant Learning: A New Definition of Success
  John Richardson does a GREAT job of defining the journey to success.
  (tags: success vision journey discipline learning jjln)
• Joyful Jubilant Learning: The Simplicity Cycle & Learning
  Awesome stuff from Dan Ward: "The Simplicity Cycle is a graphical exploration of the relationship between complexity, goodness and time. I developed it to counter the all-too-common assumption that an increase in complexity always means an increase in val
  (tags: simplicity learning time)
• The Body Ho'ohana
  Very interesting article about our new community at JJLN.
  (tags: jjln community ho'ohana)
• Pro PR » Blog Archive » A case study of a viral post
  Very interesting article: "HP’s Eric Kintz has posted a case study blogging viral marketing effects that is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding social media."
  (tags: viral Blogging connecting)
• Steve Farber: 3rd Book is in the works!
  (tags: farber leadership book)

Comments

[DUST!N]

Thanks for the mention Phil.

You're reservoir of information and wisdom. Thanks for the resource you're creating.

[Blaine Collins]

Wow Phil, links to two of my posts on different sites. Thanks!

I don't know how you cover so much terrain on the net, but the path you leave sure is nice for the rest of us.