By Peter Mosley Reposted from Credit Cards Canada As we head into the holiday shopping season, retailers are hoping that we are ready to spend some money. It looks promising:…
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From my old buddy and good friend (Ex of MAGIC – Macintosh Awareness Group in Canada) Paul Schreiber
My friend Jeff Potter, author of Cooking for Geeks, will be in Toronto next week: http://www.cookingforgeeks.com/
This is a fantastic book–I had the opportunity to proofread it earlier this year, and learned a ton. But don't take my word for it:
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I've worked really really hard on my latest project – a crowd-sourced survey of Twitter users. I've sweated over it and worked it and edited it and it's ready to go. My plan is to use Twitter to get Twitter users to join in and share their insights about themselves. Then in the true spirit of social networking, I'll share the results.
The survey is done, and I find myself unable to push the GO button because I am afraid. There, I said it. I AM AFRAID.
- I am afraid that nobody will complete the survey
- I am afraid that nobody will retweet my posts
- I am afraid that I'll annoy my followers if I talk about it
- I am afraid that my voice is so very tiny that nobody will even hear it, and that will hurt
Where did this fear come from? Since when did I become too polite and too timid to "Just Do It". I think it must have something to do with using a personal brand instead of a corporate brand. It's MY NAME on this project. If it fails, it's all on me. It's like that feeling when you throw a party and for 30 minutes before people show up you are convinced nobody will.
Or is this a Canadian thing? Too polite and too timid to "Just Do It"? Is that why Nike is not a Canadian company? But I digress.
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