A theory about heroes

If you watched the Super Bowl, you probably witnessed the emotional moment where US Airways super-pilot Sully was recognized as a hero, then seconds later, Jennifer Hudson sang the national anthem.   In that moment, two tear jerkers occurred: A world recognized a hero (Sully) and Hudson bounced back from her personal tragedy to rock the …

Stop thinking

Yesterday, I turned a few friends on to Eckhard Tolle's The Power Of Now.  The author, a really deep thinker, has a simple argument that is life changing: You are not your mind.   To rock my friends' outlook on life, all I needed to do was play them about three minute of Tolle's narrative …

Check out: Saving The World At Work Book Brief on BNET

Late last year, I went to San Francisco and taped a video book brief at ZDNET for BNET. We taped for an entire morning and they invested a great deal of effort bringing the final clip to life. It just came out today, and the video is wonderfully produced. Check it out to fully understand some …

Scarcity is in your mind: The Ellen Story

I noticed that thousands of people hit my blog yesterday when I posted about the Law Of Abundance.  There's something in this message that resonates with the times.  So, I'll share a video excerpt from one of my book tour talks:  Together, We Make A Great Stew  Together, we make a great stew! from No …

A new place to fully sample new indie CDs

Yesterday I discovered a radical new online music service at CMJ's site. It's called Lala, and it allows you to stream ENTIRE albums at high quality for FREE.  On CMJ's site, for example, when you visit the CMJ Radio Airplay chart, every single album is available to listen to in its entirety.  This really beats …

A New Era Of Responsibility: Words as a tipping point

Obama’s inaugural address may be the tipping point, creating a national movement of responsibility at home, in the market and at work. In his address, he called for "A New Era Of Responsibility". In my new book, I declare that a “responsibility revolution” is at hand as tens of millions of consumers are starting to spend …

“We have shoes!” — How anyone can create a Ripple

If you came to any of my speeches on the book tour, you likely heard me tell the Timberland story from my new book (Saving The World At Work).  I've uploaded a video clip of that story, told at the Catalyst conference in October. Let it inspire you to make a difference TODAY, and create …

Nick Morgan on Obama’s Big Speech: A Review

Today was a historic day and Obama likely gave a talk for the ages.  Many pundits will pontificate about this talk, some will make sense, others will wax silly. To really figure out what went right, wrong and otherwise with Obama's Inaugural address, I conducted a phone interview with Nick Morgan, my personal speech coach …

Tweeting with impact via Tiny URL

Someone recently asked me if you can make money on Twitter (or Facebook).  At first, I shot back, "only indirectly, by developing a following that drives personal brand awareness." In other words, your Tweets (or status updates on Facebook) keep you top of mind with your social network, and sometimes you add value through your …

An old school Yahoo video: Timinem does “Startup Stan”

In 2001, I produced a short video for the Yahoo sales conference. http://vimeo.com/2844214At the time, our business was in decline and we all came to work with that "Deer In the headlines" look. It was tough.  I never received more emails from coworkers.  Layoffs were coming, our dotcom customers were imploding.  It was just like …