State of Mind Coaching & Training

Welcome back to Friday Shout Out. On Fridays, I highlight some of the Web and Social Media Messages I enjoyed giving a hoot about. Whether I retweeted them, starred them in Google Reader or used them as a resource in a blog post, you can now follow those I re-sourced, re-purposed, and referenced.

First, from this site.

On Monday, I talked about the Greek figure of speech, paraprosdokian.  Paraprosdokian is a very common part of humor.  I referenced these three websites, but I found many more useful results in Google (ambiguity of “many more useful results” intended for humor and is not acknowledged as a paraprosdokian.)  I referenced Grace O’Connell’s Paraprosdokian and Graden Path Sentences, Michael Hacker’s Paraprosdokian, and Heather Hollick’s Shoeless Paraprosdokian. 

Grace’s website is titled, Grace O’Connell’s writing in Toronto.  She writes fiction (short and long).  Her blog is the place where she writes about books, the writing process, and all the ups and downs of a literary life.  She states that thoughts and comments are always appreciated.  Lot’s of great stuff there.

Michael’s website is titled, Silent Schwa just like normal schwa, only quieter.  I’d like to point out he is originally from Iowa, but has lived all over the the United States and Asia, and currently resides in the Valley of the Sun.  He’s been a language nerd for most of his life, and his site is his online sketchbook of all stuff languagey.  (At least all the stuff that interests him.)  Anyone from Iowa is a friend neighbor of mine of similar origin as me. 

Heather’s blog is titled, It Seems To Me.  She would like to welcome you to her little corner of the world.  This is the place where she muses and rants on things that interests, intrigues or annoys her.  She places a high value on diversity of thought and counter opionions so it is important to her that visitors there provide your own feedback and reactions to the ideas presented.  And, I quote, “Your input is expected.”  There, she said it! 

Now, on to my Google Reader Starred and/or Shared Items.

You’re going to love Report: YouTube Promotes Smoking As Tobacco Industry Posts Without Restriction (housing RotorBlog.com), authored by Megan O’Neill. That’s where I found the following Youtube video. Enjoy this, then visit the original article site for the other video that accompanied the Flintstones video.

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Welcome back to Friday Shout Out. On Fridays, I highlight some of the Web and Social Media Messages I enjoyed giving a hoot about. Whether I retweeted them, starred them in Google Reader or used them as a resource in a blog post, you can now follow those I re-sourced, re-purposed, and referenced.

First, from this site.

On Monday, I talked about subordinate clauses of time, like “before.”  I referenced Doug O’brien’s Blog to do so.  His post was only about that, which he called time presuppositions.  There, he lists some simple spoon-fed examples.

Dan Pink made my blog, again, with my take on his autonomy talk.  I used it in context, as I often do, with the classic sales management line, “Either I work for you, or you work for me.”  I can’t believe the lack of articles on this operating philosophy.  I guess I’ll just have to me the big fish in the little pond for this Google search!

Thanks Tom Vander Well, for inspiring me to write Did Someone Say Kiss This Guy.  Boy did I have fun writing this one.  I tied a movie metaphor to things that sound familiar and single channel communication.

Now, on to my Google Reader Starred and/or Shared Items.

Posthumous Tweeting – No More Tweets In Heaven by Anita Nelson at Model Supplies.  “Juxtaposition: What if you had scheduled tweets very far in advance and then you died before the tweets had completed.  Your tweets would go on after you did, like Billy Mays commercials. Speaking from the great beyond. Leaving a tweet legacy.”

And, this video to boot!

What is Logos and Why is it Critical for Speakers?  by Andrew Dlugan is a really great read, and not a quick read.  Spend a moment on this one.  You’ll be glad you did.

Lisa Braithwaite made my day with Comic Sans and Helvetica Walk into Bar

He even talks about S.A.O.D.! Severe Acronym Overload Disorder.  He must have read my RSS This ASAP!

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Welcome back to Friday Shout Out. On Fridays, I highlight some of the Web and Social Media Messages I enjoyed giving a hoot about. Whether I retweeted them, starred them in Google Reader or used them as a resource in a blog post, you can now follow those I re-sourced, re-purposed, and referenced.

First, from this site.

On Friday, I wrote, Tech to Replace Talk.  In it, I referenced Steve McKee’s article, R.I.P. Travel Agents. Or not.Steve is the president and founding partner of McKee Wallwork Cleveland, an award-winning integrated marketing firm that helps stalled, stuck and stale companies return to (and stay on) the growth curve.

In Wednesday’s post, How Not to Care if They Buy, I said there’s a “yes” behind every “no.”  Frugal Joe expands this to the other side of the register when you are buying. 

Thursday, I was ecstatic to find Mark Suster had written on social proof recently, and applied it specifically to fundraising.  He is a walking talking example of how to apply this if you know his story. 

Now, on to my Google Reader Starred Items.

Anna Farmery brings reciprocation back into the limelight.  Amazingly, she ties reciprocation to the palindrome, “refer.”  Read on, reader. 

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Welcome back to Friday Shout Out. On Fridays, I highlight some of the Web and Social Media Messages I enjoyed giving a hoot about. Whether I retweeted them or wrote them into a blog post, you can now follow those I re-sourced, re-purposed, and referenced.

First, from this site.

Siddhartha Herdegen is at it, again, with another great article.  His thoughts on why people haven’t gotten themselves to write or blog, yet, is something I’m going to beg him to lend me when I do a program on Blowing Out the Inner Blogger.  He even slipped a little Robert Cialdini in there!  Great post.  Great Post!

Speaking of not blogging often. In Monday’s Smart Start à la Carte, I referenced Hypertrope.com to define antistasis because it was a great post.  And still is.  That post was from October 2005!  See, rhetoric is timeless.  So, just now, I click on the header to get to the home page.  I thought I pushed the wrong button ’cause it just refreshed the same article.  Turns out that was the only post ever written!  I couldn’t have planned for the timing of this in relation to the first article I Shouted Out.

Okay, I really didn’t plan this.   The following links lead to posts that I struggled to use when talking about selling wine.  But, as fate would have it, they fit perfectly into today’s created-as-I-go theme of  Blowing Out the Inner Blogger.  Just when you’re about to think your writing won’t appeal to anyone, read the these articles’ points; “Who cares—only your liking counts. Just do it” and “Do you like everything everyone does?  Of course not.  So take the plunge.  Give yourself permission to play.”  So what if these two articles are about wine and quilts, I’ll pretend I’m Billy Madison peeing my pants so it’ll make it okay for you, alright?

Now, on to my Google Reader Shared Items.

How Do You Pronounce Ghoti?  Read it and watch the video so you won’t be saying, “I am an English major, and take great pride in my grammar and spelling skills, but this session always does me in.”

The fallacy of no competition. Even I have caught myself saying this one.  Read this and get a grip on yourself.

And, last and certainly not least…tweets.

RT @ketelsen #GardenGruntTip: there’s never a good time to pull weeds..but right after it rains is the second best time < nice #autophasia

@JadeHandy You can`t get into community colleges right now. They`re all full. -Suze Orman on Today Show today < gl #autophasia

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Welcome back to Friday Shout Out. On Fridays, I highlight some of the Web and Social Media Messages I enjoyed giving a hoot about. Whether I retweeted them or wrote them into a blog post, you can now follow those I re-sourced, re-purposed, and referenced.

First, from this site.

Seems I was all over the board this week.  Starting with the gossip site Snap Crackle Pop.  Didn’t think I’d be referencing a site like that.  But, oh well.  It fit the onomatopoeia thing, if just for the name.  But the Spinsucks.com’s article about the rise of the Kellogg’s brand is fascinating.  Very relevant to our current era in economics.

One of these days I’m going to write the nemesis of my post on adjectives called, The Dark Side of Adjectives, but until I do, I’ll have to settle for others’.  Others such as lovehateadvertising.wordpress.com’s, standup8times.com’s, and ventureblog.com’s posts on adjectives are good, helpful and insightful, but don’t quite get at what I’m trying to get at. 

Darren Rowse’s & 7 Links post was awesome!  Check out all the comments on his and all the 7 links posts this inspired.  Incredible!  That’s influence.

Seth Godin made it into my posts this week not once, but twice.  No, I’m not in love with him.  He just happened to hit the spot is all.  He’s a pretty smart guy, if you haven’t noticed.  I really liked how he talked around the issue of under promise over deliver in the first one.  It was crafty and is a refreshing way to present a timeless principle. 

Now, Chris Brogan.  I don’t think this is the first time I have posted about Chris Brogan.  His post directly inspired my Loss Leaders post.  And, was the inspiration to revisit the under promise over deliver post of Seth’s.  I like it when someone can help me create a bridge between two never-before-combined seemingly totally unrelated concepts (boy, I’m giving myself a lot of credit here, I know.) 

Sometimes I have to stretch to fit, or at least reword sentences, in order to shout out two excellent resources in one sentence.  I couldn’t not, though.  Paradelle.wordpress.com combined mirror neurons and synesthesia for the first time for me.  And science20.com was an excellent authority on the topic and had these added resources.  

Now, on to my Google Reader Shared Items.

What’s in a Job Title? – The Psychology Behind Proper Job Titles by Integrity HR Human Resources Blog.  Language Hacker Award Recipient Robert Cialdini’s authority principle of persuasion was highlighted.  It was a nice refresher for me.

Staying cool when stealing cars from Mind Hacks by vaughan really caught my attention by surprise.  At first I was like, “who cares about the mind of a criminal,” but then I was like, “what application could I gleen from it and utilize?”  Turns out there is something valuable.  State control.  Mental state control to be more specific.  I’ll probably expand more in a future post, so read this first.

Here’s a no-brainer that apparently is.  Reverse Mentoring the Social Organization from Gautam Ghosh on Human Resources by Gautam Ghosh.  Based on a Forbes article by Rawn Shah Why You Must Network With Your Younger Employees.  Read it in order to find out why.

Like I always say, “Find what works and use it.”

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Quotes that haven’t been repeated enough.

The successful use of metaphor is a matter of perceiving similarities.  -Aristotle, Poetics (4th Century B.C.)

Out of context quote remix:

“…the demand for buffets have become even greater… The quality of food at buffets today is every bit as good, if not better, than most midlevel casual restaurants… [buffets are] not the loss leader they used to be.  -Jeff DiVito

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Welcome back to Friday Shout Out.  On Fridays, I highlight some of the Bloggers and Tweeters I enjoyed giving a hoot about.  Whether I retweeted them or wrote them into a blog post, you can now follow those I re-sourced, re-purposed, and referenced.

First, from this site.

Recruiting Genius of Selling the Sizzle by Dan Tudor is a great article applying Elmer Wheeler’s timeless principles to recruiting.  I quoted Elmer earlier this week and just wanted to give Elmer a huge SHOUT OUT in Compliment Me But Be Specific.

Change Management is Changing the Stories People Tell, by Gautam Ghosh and Abhishek Mittal’s What Is Your Company’s Story? both made it in one of my post this week having to do with personal, professional, cultural and corporate stories.  I enjoyed their takes on a concept I first read in Annette Simmons’ The Story Factor (Amazon link.) 

Labeling yourself is important.  Kare Anderson’s Label Yourself Before Someone Else Does is one of mnay great perspectives from Kare.  I follow Kare on Qwotebook.com as well as her blog posts.

Now, on to my Google Reader Shared Items.

Gavin Heaton is spot on, again, with A Cup of Chaos #41: Old Spice.  He can be counted on for exposing and persuading you to espouse all types of cool hunting game.

Like it or not, you want Influence by the Conversation Agent, Valeria Maltoni.  I have recently added her to my Google Reader and anticipate referencing her more in the future.  Check her out!

Recently added to Google Reader feeds added.

Steve Farber Greater Than Yourself.

Doug Mitchell creates WOW and Moments of Clarity.

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Welcome back to Friday Shout Out.  On Fridays, I highlight some of the Bloggers and Tweeters I enjoyed giving a hoot about.  Whether I retweeted them or wrote them into a blog post, you can now follow those I re-sourced, re-purposed, and referenced.

First, from this site.

A monumentous Shout Out to Jay Heinrich’s and his FigaroSpeech.com.  I recommend everyone read every post.  I try to/too.  His explanation of the rhetorical figure a fortiori is so good, why reinvent the wheel?

Do Lawyers Need Sales Skills?  C’mon.  That’s a rhetorical question if I ever heard one.  If you include lawyers in with the rest of humans and you believe everyone needs sales skills, then lawyers do need sales skills.  Great post by Drew Stevens.

Now, on to my Google Reader Shared Items.

Geoffrey James tackled an oldy, but a toughy with How to Handle “I Gotta Ask My Boss” 

Fortunately, there is a simple way to short-circuit the entire problem, regardless of the source. During your first substantive conversation, ask: “How does your company normally purchase a product or service such as this?”

Better questions lead to better answers.

Brian Clark dropped a bomb on his Copyblogger.com with The Force that Powers Persuasive Content (And 3 ways to Intensify It).  I guess great minds think alike (I linked out to FigaroSpeech.com this week, as well.)  See above.  He got a comment from Jay, but whatever…

In This Economy, I Just Can’t Sell…  C’mon!  Nice work, Jeff!  Has anyone been to the mall recently?!!  Go there and you’ll see how much people are NOT tightening their belts.  Who’s supplying them?  Someone.  Might as well be you.

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Quotes that haven’t been repeated enough.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.  -Seneca

You can observe a lot by just watching.  -Yogi Berra  #simpletruth

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.  -Will Rogers  #paraprosdokian

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.  -Kate Chopin  #analogy  #simile

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Welcome back to my Friday Shout Out.  On Fridays, I’ll be highlighting some of the Bloggers and Tweeters I enjoyed giving a hoot about.  Whether I retweeted them or wrote them into a blog post, you can now follow those I re-sourced, re-purposed, and referenced.

First, from this site.

A thank you and a Shout Out to Chris Anderson for his Long Tail concepts.  I recommend everyone read his book by the same title for business reasons but also for reasons having to do with the Long Tail talents inside us all.

Let’s hear it for Chris Brogan and his website..  He is touted as a top blogger for a reason. If you blog, you can benefit from reading his posts daily. If you need to take my word for it, you must be new to blogging.

Now, on to my Google Reader Shared Items.

Seth Godin knocks one out of the park putting an excitingly surprising quick twist on an old, concept winning.  Visit his blog often for quick bursts of intelligent life.

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Quotes that haven’t been repeated enough.

Can you create a post from anything? Apparently. -Jade Handy #

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Welcome back to my Friday Shout Out.  On Fridays, I’ll be highlighting some of the Bloggers and Tweeters I enjoyed giving a hoot about.  Whether I retweeted them or wrote them into a blog post, you can now follow those I re-sourced, re-purposed, and referenced.

First, from this site.

Steve Roesler has been at the top of my list this week as I am extending and adding to his take on Ten of Robert Cialdini’s 50 Ways You Can Be More Persuasive.  For some reason I was inspired to expand on his briefs just because, and because there were only ten of them.

Now, on to my Google Reader Shared Items. 

A big Shout Out to Drew McLellan for his Father’s Day post.  I wished I had done a Father’s Day blog posting.  I can totally relate.  The video grabbed be by the heart strings.  Thanks, Drew, for sharing.  Really.

How about Learning to Listen from TheLinguist.blogs.com.  This is no joke, you can learn and earn a degree with not much more than a set of headphones now-a-days.  There’s virtually no excuse not to study up on something, anything during “downtime.”  I have taken my own advice.  I literally went several years without listening to the radio in my car.  I only listened to audiobooks.  If you want to know what I studied, read my blog posts.  I have done you the favor of blogging about the best and tossing the rest.

Enantiosis from The Daily Trope.  The who the what, huh?  It’s like ‘what comes around goes around.’  Maybe it’d be more clear if I just said ‘white is the new black.’ 

And, last and certainly not least…tweets.

@dave_carpenter Best ethical sales people are great storytellers. Then there are the fibbers :(

@AngelaTenClay We totally did! Hilarious. RT @BeautyBlitz: Did Artest just thank his psychiatrist? Who else caught that?

@scott_er The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists – that is why they invented hell. – Bertrand Russell < #enantiosis in there somewhere < #rhyme, bang take that! < #onomatopoeia, you pickin’ up what I’m puttin’ down? < #enantiosis, coming full circle is half the battle

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Quotes that haven’t been repeated enough.

If somebody thinks they’re a hedgehog, presumably you just give ‘em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves.  -Douglas Adams  #doseofreality  #conduplicatio 

The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.  -Rose F. Kennedy  #wrongjustwrongonalllevelswrong 

That’s enough mirror quotes.  Let’s go somewhere else. 

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.  -Douglas Adams  #contrast  

We have normality.  I repeat, we have normality.  Anything you still can’t cope with is therefore your own problem.  -Douglas Adams, again 

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.  -Douglas Adams, yet again  #simpletruth 

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher…, or as his wife would have it, an idiot.  -Douglas Adams  #paraprosdokian 

Why am I jumping around like this? 

I refuse to answer that on the grounds that I don’t know the answer.  -Douglas Adams  #reformcliche 

Or, refer back to the previous quote “I seldom end up…” 

I love deadlines.  I like the whoooshing sound they make as they fly by.  -Douglas Adams  #onomatopoeia 

For a moment, nothing happened.  Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.  -Douglas Adams  #justplainsilly 

Couldn’t have said it better myself!  Stick around, folks.  I’ll be here all week.

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Welcome to my Friday Shout Out.  On Friday’s, I’ll be highlighting some of the Bloggers and Tweeters I enjoyed giving a hoot about.  Whether I retweeted them or wrote them into a blog post, you can now follow those I re-sourced, re-purposed, and referenced. 

Converstations.com‘s Mike Sansone is a Titan in the blogosphere and has been since chalk on a rock.  He’s an old-timer who’s a new-chimer.  I referenced his Your “Back of the Baseball Card” Stories as the impetus for New Approach to Practice What you Preach, and, now that I think of it, he inspired Bloggers are Leaders Tweeters are Followers, as well.  So, it may come as no surprise that he’s the brains behind my rise.

Jonathan Farrington’s Blog and Blog for Profit were the sources for Bloggers are Leaders Tweeters are Followers.  I saw them in my Google Reader.  I read them often.  Jonathan’s blog has like-minded posts frequently.  Blog for Profit has a variety of well-chosen writers for social media-type information.

The Grice Club was referenced for Post hoc ergo propter hoc in Thats Not a Good Thing.  And, for good reason.  That’s a inside joke as the blog posts a lot of courtroom rhetorical examples.  I have since added it to my Google Reader and will sleep much better knowing it’s there. (that’s a joke, BTW)

In Twitter, I put a lot of gusto behind @ketelsen from GardenGrunt.com for her most insightful and unintentionally enlightening post about landscaping that transfered beautifully into a near-proverb about building a path where you have already beaten a path.  Something most people are still in the dark about, frankly.  Profound, really.

I retweeted @dave_carpenter who, also, blogs at his namesake.  For Pete’s sake, check it out, already.

Thanks to @bigwags from ownyourbrand.com for retweeting “There is no saying without a double meaning. -African proverb”

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