Category: From My Experience …
My Secret Formula to Smiling
OK … so this is not my typical blog post, but then again, there’s nothing typical about me anyway! A question that people keep asking me is how come I’m always smiling. I never actually thought about it until the day a good friend of mine, Youmna, quoted “When Harry Met Sally” […]
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5 Indispensable Lessons in Consulting
If you’re following up on my blog posts, you would have probably noticed that it’s been over a month since my last post – the reason is I’ve been busy … busy learning on the job! I wanted to share my recent lessons with you my trusted reader Lesson #1 – Not […]
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Personal Branding – It’s all about Humbleness
One day, a boy went to visit his grandfather at his farm. He used to enjoy sitting at grandpa's rocking chair and listen to him tell stories. That afternoon, the boy admired the tall standing wheat stems as they danced with the soft breeze. But to the little boy's surprise, some of the wheat stems didn't share this wonderful dance; they were bent towards the ground as if with grief. He asked his grandpa why these stems were sad. With a soft smile, grandpa explained that these wheat stems, bow down in humbleness and not in sadness, for it is those that bear fruit … the ones you see standing tall are fruitless!
This is how the priest at church concluded his sermon a couple of weeks back – however, when he had told it, he didn't explicitly refer to humbleness, but it struck me as too loud a message to ignore.
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Personal Branding – Once You Pop, You Can’t Stop
Do you recall the Pringle’s old slogan: “Once you pop, you can’t stop”? Its intended meaning was that once you pop off the top of the Pringles can, you can’t stop eating – this is very similar to Personal Branding. Actually, while I was doing my research about the slogan, I came across a smart come […]
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Singing Your Way through Social Media
It’s no secret that I have another passion beyond marketing, one that is the very mere expression of my soul – I sing! If you have been following me on Foursquare, you might have noticed that the places I frequent often are those that offer Karaoke! Yesterday night wasn’t any different – […]
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The Nail that Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down – NOT!
Q6H586USQUT7 “Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors them with difficult choices” – this is what Amin Maalouf said in his infamous book “In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong”. I […]
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Social Media – The Game of Online Domination
This post was inspired by a conversation that was raised on Twitter with @correlationist (aka Prince) when I was contemplating a new topic for my next post. I was also inspired by reading a post by Jeff Sayer entitled Flocking the Stream. The conversation was about the new streaming platforms emerging like […]
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I think, therefore I am – Not Anymore!
By now, you’re probably used to my style, let’s just say, I don’t necessarily conform with the norm. In my previous post, I tackled the idea of Social Media and the element of need related to Maslow’s Hierarchy. I received a lot of controversial views with regards to stage one and two […]
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I am THE BOSS of ME!
As of Thursday, January 8, 2010, I am the boss of me! I’ve heard that expression a million times before but I never understood its true meaning. Beyond the basic idea of self-employment, there’s a hidden thought behind those three words. Let’s break it down grammatically – “I” is the subject and […]
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Empower them with Knowledge!
In light of my previous blog, I wanted to further explore how we always give little attention to our internal customers and we end up blaming them for our failures! Yes, I’m talking about the sales team again. I’ve been working in marketing for several different across my career and I have […]
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Marketeers – You FAILED!
If you are reading this post right now – it’s one of 3 reasons: you’ve subscribed to my blog and you’re sort of stuck with reading it since you got it via email! you are usually interested with what i have to say as a marketer, you were insulted and intrigued by […]
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