I have been reading Ravit’s blog for years – I Will Teach You To Be Rich
I am a firm believer that in order to sell something (anything), you need to tell a story. By telling a compelling story, you are drawing the audience in.
Here is a video by Beth Comstock, Chief Marketing Officer and SVP of GE: You Have To Tell A Story, Before You Can Sell A Story
By the Author Simon Sinek who wrote “ Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action”
Sheryl Turkle, a MIT technology and society specialist and author of Alone Together, presents the impact of technology and how now we are all connected via our devices.. but yet we are still alone. Being online is “easier” than being physically present.
It is an interesting video. Watch.
Today my friend sent me an article from Wharton titled: One Woman’s Advice to Another - It’s Always Time to Speak Your Mind
The essence of the article is that women typically do get what they want because they do not ask for what they want.
I can relate to this article as I am sure many of my female contemporaries can as well.
Here is snippet from the article that rang true to me “The book concluded that girls are taught to be others-focused, that women settle for the salary they need rather than fighting for the amount that they are worth, and that women often struggle between being too assertive and not being assertive enough. The book also said that women don’t ask for what they want or feel they deserve because they are fearful they won’t be liked, whereas men perceive asking as a fun and exciting game of strategy with little downside.”
I recommend you read the article in its entirety.
I think that this is an important watch for both parents and future parents growing up in our generation.
As an adult with ADD – I can really relate to this video. I have always stated (unscientifically) that we could probably trace the increase of ADD in my generation to Sesame Street.
Sesame Street was the first TV show I watched – and it was geared to attract my attention for brief periods of time and then jump onto another topic keeping me highly engaged.
My main issue with Sesame Street is that it was my first educational setting and it instilled within me a need for short bursts of information and a hyper stimulated experience to keep me engaged.
This video just emphasizes the enormous divide between student and educator. Educators are not trained to deal with overly stimulated children and children need to be medicated to focus. Medicated during their formative learning years- does this frighten you like it does me?
Watch. Please.
