Trust.
T=r+d.
Let's repost an offsite piece, it's relatively easy-on-the-mind.
In comment to a recent piece chez-Fogg, about Alex Mandossian, is this:
Flimsy excuse to post, but it does add value and I do need the publicity, so here goes…
Whilst no fan of Mandossian's entirely gauche over-the-top 'look at me, I'm wunnerful' bio… (compare that link with the gently self-effacing charm of Cool Hand Luke's 'We're successful because we don't take ourselves too seriously.'), the man writes some good stuff.
Before moving on, lesson #1 here is: 'to impress, don't try to'—an example of which is your own relatively understated and altogether more intelligent 'For more than 20 years I've been an editor, writer, speaker, mentor and coach.' Good man.
As you linked to his weblog, the current entry 'Who Knows You? (The Power of 'Connecting')' is highly worthy of mention…
In it, Mandossian makes the worthy point 'not all connections are created equal—your success is significantly determined by the quantity of quality people who you know and who know you'.
Cue lesson #2… That's something too many NM-ers sadly miss in their drive-by efforts to 'teach the world to sing' [obscure reference to long-forgotten '70s Coke commercial] and recruit 'any & all' with the typical 'never mind the quality, feel the width' approach.
Upping the ante for lesson #3 (and all these 'lessons' are 66-99 air-quotes), it also provides an in for me to again rather-gratuitously link to more of my own stuff—the current entry 'Who loves ya, baby?', in featuring this clip from favored slaphead Seth Godin, is apropos: 'The goal is that you're well known. Connected. A click away. I wonder if there's a more useful measure: who trusts you?'.
Thankyou and good night. ;-)
Entirely self-serving of me, it does at least make a couple good points and it'd be silly to not include it here.
And, 'don't miss it'… that thumbnail includes a vital message.
Filed by g on May 22 2008
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