Nov 02, 2014
How DARE you!!??*
*Not be awesome?
Fear is a terrible motivator.
Love Matters. Love Lasts.
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Awesome is NOT a Private
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Challenge and Inspire
• product of a creator’s passion
• evoking surprise and delight
• reflects the essence of (their) creation
@awesomefound
[The Awesomeness Manifesto]
Four Pillars of Awesomeness…
• Ethical Production• Insanely Great Stuff• Love• Thick Value
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/09/is_your_business_innovative_or.html
What’s Your Superpower?
[Four leaf clover]
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• Maximize Chance Opportunities
• Listen to Lucky Hunches
• Expect Good Fortune
• Turn Bad Luck to Good
1. be kind and fair to
everyone.
2. don't worry whether or
not anyone likes you.
3. help people.
4. ask.
5. act. (get excited and
share it)
http://pistachio.posterous.com/lauras-rules-0
laura’s rules6. love yourself.
7. love others. (try radical
forgiveness)
8. gratitude for everything.
9. hope is your only hope.
(and fear is your only worry)
10. be present.
“learn to not be afraid of who you actually are.”
http://pistachio.posterous.com/lauras-rules-0
“Use it Where You
Think Best”
-IBM ThinkPad Commercialsbrowser • SMS • IM • RSS • blogs • widgets • desktop • mobile • clients • websites • subscriptions • listening tools • blog tools • plugins • visualizations
Build Value.visibility
relevance
relationships
social capital
community
ideas
trust
research
marketing
networking
customer
service
traffic
news
sales
SEO
“Only connect.’
-E. M. Forrester