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13 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - Sleep and Your Product... · 0 replies · +1 points

Helpful post! But what I really want to know, does anyone really sleep with a smile on their face like that? It should have had the guy with his mouth wide open and a puddle of drool, that would have been a much better representation of a good night's sleep!

14 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - The O’Reilly Tools o... · 0 replies · +1 points

Some of my key takeaway quotes from the conference:

- "You have to have something unique & valuable if you want to get a premium price." ~ Bob Pritchett, Logos
- "Dive into these new waves (verticals), because if you don’t someone else is going to steal your entire business." ~ Bob Carlton, Libre Digital
- "The consumer is saying "if you don't give me what I want, I'll consume some other media." "It's a competition for attention." ~ Bob Carlton, Libre Digital
- "“The 12:1 ratio - promote other peoples’ stuff 12x to every 1x you promote something of your own.” ~ Chris Brogan
- “New e-readers are fake Kindles, with dreary gray screens and then that “weird guy” from California gets up & talks about the iPad.” (loose quote) ~ Chris Brogan
- “Transformation occurs in the margins.” ~ Dominique Raccah, SourceBooks
- “The medium is not the message.” ~ Arianna Huffington
- “Books don’t end in print or with the printed page, they are conversation starters.” ~ Arianna Huffington
- “E” as we know it today will be obsolete in 5 years. It will be new and better." ~ Skip Pritchard, Ingram Content Group
- On how it feels to be an author in the digital age “Tied to the front of a runaway train where the driver has suddenly had a heart attack.” ~ Philip Pullman via Peter Collingridge, Enhanced Editions

My recent post "“The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. It is immoral because it seeks to..."

14 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - Book Notes: An Intervi... · 0 replies · +1 points

Great interview, thoughtful meaty responses from Mr. Godin. The "TCOY Bargain" is really not a bargain at all for the one doing the work, because they are selling out, giving up on their passion and opportunity. However, we accept that it's a bargain because it allows us to skirt our fears. This is not just true in our professions, it's also true in our relationships with our spouses, kids and friends, our entire vocation if you will. A linchpin gives beyond the organization, they pour themselves out, many times at their own expense. This is what I strive toward, and this was helpful to remind me of my responsibility to not sell myself short for the short-sighted "bargain" of the status-quo.

As for why I want a copy of this book, I'd love to have a physical copy on my shelf to give to the next "linchpin in the making" that I meet, and to compliment the Kindle version I just downloaded for my iPhone.

14 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - Religion—in the Wors... · 0 replies · +2 points

Hey, they are serving fried and bbq chicken, that's gotta count for something:-) But, does anyone really take these people seriously? I know they're out there, but not in great numbers, I think the larger tragedy than burnt bibles are bibles that are never read.

14 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - Google Reader in Plain... · 0 replies · +1 points

Have you tried using Feedly? It's a skin for Google Reader and is the best tool I have found for RSS, with built in Twitter linkage, recommendations, connectivity to Gmail for ease of sending articles to people and more. It is a Firefox add-on, but I have found a workaround to making it work in Safari. Highly recommended, it changes the RSS experience for sure!

14 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - Is It Time to Declare ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Excellent post!!

14 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - The Importance of List... · 0 replies · +1 points

Actually Nathan, with 8 out of 10 households in the U.S. connected to the internet (comScore), demographically speaking there is very little difference. :)

14 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - The Importance of List... · 2 replies · +2 points

Mike

I agree with you wholeheartedly on the need for listening to your consumer! As I thought about it relative to this particular survey, I was wondering if you felt like those reading your blog make up an objective consumer panel? I am guessing a fair number of your readers are involved in publishing at some level or another (authors, editors, publishers, etc.). I know they are consumers too, but my guess would be they're not unbiased ones.

Then again, I don't have the profiles of your readers and could be way off base (wouldn't be the first time) :-)

BTW - sad to see that my vote didn't win :-(

14 years ago @ Michael Hyatt Blog - The Necessity of Obsta... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks again Mike. This reminded me of a quote from a book I'm currently reading called "Mending the Soul" by Steven R. Tracy - "After enduring incredible suffering, Paul declared that through all of the abuse, Christ was sweeter and stronger in his life (2 Corinthians 4:8-18; 12:10). God always desires to heal our brokenness and to use it as the very nutrient to draw us into a deeper experience of joyful intimacy with him and to give us an opportunity for more fruitful ministry to others who are also broken (Romans 8:17; 2 Corinthians 1:4-6)."

14 years ago @ This Changes Nothing - Tumblr Quote · 0 replies · +1 points

Good words Brian, thanks!

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