I CAN

What are you believing about yourself, right now? Are you believing you can…or you can’t? Do you think you have what it takes to succeed?

Someone once said, “Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough.” Are you able to do better than “good enough?” Are you able to keep trying, even when you’re losing?

You know what? Sometimes we lose. That’s just the plain truth…we lose. BUT we are not losers. Every loss helps you become the winner you are destined to be.

Michael Jordan put it this way, “I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot . . . and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

Twitter Powers

“The earth seemed to move with me. I found a new source of power and beauty, a source I never knew existed.” Roger Bannister

In my last post I gave you some great websites and blogs to follow and learn from to help you get a strong foundation on Twitter. In this post I am going to show you Twitter Powers and begin the “how to get Twitter Powers” process.

Remember what it was like in high school or college? Learning was actually a lot of reading. Well, to learn about Twitter Powers you have to start learning from some real Twitter Powers. You need to study what they’ve done…and what they’re doing…NOW!

This will mean doing some reading. Are you up to it? If so let’s start.

These Twitter Powers are by no means the only people on Twitter you can learn from nor are they the only ones you should learn from. BUT, if you study them and what they have done and put some of it into practice…POOF…you’ll be the Twitter Star we talked about last time.

Tweet Night

“Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'” Charles M. Schulz

Love it! That quote by the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip hits home on so many levels. The one I'm going to talk about here is trying to be a Twitter Star overnight.

I'm sure you've read the DM's (direct messages for all you twitter neophytes) touting "Get 1000's of Followers - Click Here". When you click on the senders profile you notice they have 129 followers. I guess they haven't done the "Click Here" part, yet.

Like all things good, you may have to wait a while to become Twitter Star. Unless your name is Beyonce, or Ashton, or Ellen, or Kardashian you probably aren't going to set the Twitterverse on fire overnight.

37 GREAT Success Quotes

I know many of us spend “some” time thinking about success on a regular basis. Several people have asked me for more of the Success Quotes I mention from time to time. I have put together 37 Success Quotes which I really like and muse on.

They are in no particular order, so #1 isn’t necessarily the best nor is #37 the worst. Please don’t complain about where your favorite is on the list…they are random.

I know there are many more I could have included but this list also is not exhaustive. It’s simply 37 Success Quotes which I like. If you have a quote you like on the subject of success, share it. I’d love to see some I have never read. Here goes…

1. "Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success."
   Thomas J. Watson
   
   
2. “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”
   Bill Cosby
   
   
3. “Success is dependent on effort.”
   Sophocles
   
   
4. “Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted”
   David Bly
   
   
5. "Success is a journey, not a destination."
   Ben Sweetland
   
   
6. “If there is no wind, row.”
   Lain Proverb
   
   
7. "The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore."
   Dale Carnegie
   
   
8. “A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself.”
   Jan Christiaan Smuts
   
   
9. “Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.”
   Jim Rohn
   
   
10. "God gives every bird a worm, but he does not throw it into the nest."
    Swedish Proverb

I Am Not Ashamed

Some people tell me that I am going to lose followers and hurt my business because I tweeted about prayer. Actually I tweeted about praying for a sick person but I get the point.

I would like to say this:

10 Ways To Say Hello

I thought I would get deep with this post and give you "10 Ways To Say Hello." Here goes...

1. Hello
2. Hi
3. Howdy
4. Wassup
5. MEH
6. Halloo (Estonian)
7. How do you do
8. How you doin'
9. Shalom
10. Hola

Personally, I like the "head-bob to the back" but that's just my opinion.

Yes...there are MANY more ways to say "Hello". Unfortunately my "10 Ways To Say Hello" list only had room for 10.

Sorry!

If there is a demand for it, I can do a bigger list.

Adios (that means good-bye).

Keep Believing

Social Media 201

So I'm in Seattle this week for Social Media 201, an exciting, mind-blowing experience and chance to learn from some of the best in Social Media and marketing. I am humbled and truly blessed to involved with such great people as those putting on this event and those speaking at this event. I am truly honored to know them and be associated with them.
This whole experience has been one of serendipitous cosmic alignment, the likes of which you would have to be an eyewitness to fully appreciate. We have come together from all over the nation to meet at the Microsoft Executive Conference Center, many of us meeting "face-to-face" for the first time, having an intimacy as friends and collaborators which developed because of the very Social Media we're here to talk about.