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Ideas & Mindset

Sean — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:05:58 +0000

Fun post here from Mark (of MyTropicalEscape and TrainForHumanity.org) about big ideas and where they come from.

Why do only some seem to have this mindset?

That’s the key, isn’t it? Mindset. Attitude. Intent.

Mindset affects everything. Mark Verstegen, the founder of our company says Mindset is the start of everything related to performance. Without having goals, the right attitude and a plan for success, you won’t get the results you COULD have. Sure you could have a work ethic that would shame the Amish, but imagine the results if you did it WITH a plan, instead of not having one.

While doing research for work I found the following book by Dr. Carol Dweick from Stanford University:

http://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Success-Carol-Dweck/dp/0345472322/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224874094&sr=8-1

Dr Dweick has a pretty insightful, simple and honest thesis – Mindset determines success and failure, performance, and development. Having a growth mindset (I can always get better) vs. a fixed mindset (I am this good and wont grow/evolve/get any better – i have limits and this is it) is the difference between getting the most out of an experience, job, effort. Being open to inspiration when it hits (it happens to Mark when he is running, when I am driving, when you are…?) rather than being shields-up, closed off, purposefully ignoring that little voice inside that says “this could be better, what if we try this, wow, brainstorm here!”.

She uses examples of Enron (”we are the smartest guys in the room, how can we go wrong??!!??!”) and John McEnroe (”I would have won but “)to illustrate how a fixed mindset can hold us back from ever reaching out potential (or land us in jail) and how leaders like Jack Welch and John Wooden, because of their open, growth mindset changed massive corporations and grew championship teams.

And mindset isnt a persistent state. I am the first person to admit that I have a VERY fixed mindset with certain things like project management and operations (once had a client say to me “you are like a brick wall, you know that?” – she said it with a smile), and a growth mindset with others things like growing talent, dealing with my family and leading my teams. The key is, to recognize the Fixed and deal with it, consciously keeping your mindset focused on growth, on learning, on helping, on being generous and on helping others. Managing is Fixed. Leading is Growth.

My goal now is to work on the Growth Mindset in everything from working out to learning to doing my job and helping out on the projects I believe in. Taking advantage of opportunities, not just taking them. To keep the radar on and listening for new ideas and opportunities and insights, very much in the way that Mark shared in his post. Thinking about how things can change and then changing them (as opposed to maintaining the status quo).

Fixed is safe. Fixed is limiting. Fixed is rigid and unyielding. Fixed means there is no opportunity for growth.

Growth is where it’s at.

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-31

Sean — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:59:59 +0000

#mediatemple sucks #
thanks Mediatemple for dropping like a stone – you took all my sites down you f^ckers! #
Seems like the kinda day where I call up some ska from Pandora… and then bang out some more work #
go kick some ass @AdamBroitman #
@cspenn – if it’s mine, couldya mail it to me? #
@Schnittlich – outstanding list – thanks man – how’ve u been? #
what apps should I get for my iPhone? #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-30

Sean — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

missing the Pulver event near Harvard… work work work… #
@tracysheridan – very cool #
@chrisbrogan relationship b/w brands and users move away from big-to-little & move more towards peer-to-peer (outreach, vrm, lots o’ things) #
waiting for shannon, the only human being to ever work for ATT/CIngular, to get back to me on my iPhone #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-29

Sean — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@KeithBurtis – upcoming.org, meetup.com #
Prison is a series of TUBES! #tedstevens #
thanks @repcor #
The Saw Doctors are playing in Cohasset… woo hoo! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-28

Sean — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@micah – you are a magnificentbastard.com #
@khopper – “We’re new at this (in a good way)!” – not very reassuring #
@khopper – I think “I am going to kill you” would be a more direct promise from Nature… “you are going to die” is a little passive #
@THespos1 – congrats man…. kids having kids… #
@jamesconnors – the ipod and the newstand are your friends #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-27

Sean — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Drunks Dont Lie at MIDDLE EAST was great… just got some really sad news about an old roommate: good times+bad news #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-26

Sean — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@geechee_girl – your ipod has a poltergeist #
brunch, apple store, Stepbrothers, dinner, DRUNKS DONT LIE @ Middle East Upstairs… its like college without the brutal hangover #
video planning doc at 75% – solid plan, could work really frickin well – going home now, happy #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-25

Sean — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@ritters90 – will be in NYC in a couple of weeks – RoganJosh & Butter Chicken is on me #
@ccarfi – soundtrack of my youth… except for the whole drug addiction & rehab thing… I kinda skipped that part #
@ccarfi – http://tinyurl.com/6yt98l – SD’s frontman did 2 solo albums in ‘99… A-F’ing-MAZING live show #
@ccarfi – will play that after the acoustic “Ball and Chain” by Mike Ness… #
@micah – all about sequence and access.. lift, then do the rest – all at once = xrays and/or stitches… and no one wants that #
@micah – stand fold and pull a Captain Morgan #
@JoeAndrieu – whats the name of that performance group you work with in SB again? great story at dinner last week btw #
@eyejot rules… very big fan… awesome customer service… video voicemail from my users will be something we can turn into something cool #
@twittervlog ” incredibly awesome YouTube exquisite corpse game for 50 people” – can’t wait to see this #
@samharrelson – they work pretty well – we are small but growing and they seem to scale well – havent seen a fail whale in 5 months #
@samharrelson – we use usa.net #
@garyvee – what camera do you shoot WLTV with? #
hey twitter – look @ how @seesmic is keeping its community informed with what is going on/downtime… beta=problem solving not radio silence #
@ritters – BRILLIANT #
@ritters90 – getting my iphone next week – WOOT #
@ritters90 – waiting a couple of weeks… can’t stand the “little kids and people talking to the screen” stuff when a theater is full #
@ccarfi – worth every penny… gives me hope for Dr Tiki #
@jaffejuice – thanks for the follow #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-25

Sean — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@ritters90 – will be in NYC in a couple of weeks – RoganJosh & Butter Chicken is on me #
@ccarfi – soundtrack of my youth… except for the whole drug addiction & rehab thing… I kinda skipped that part #
@ccarfi – http://tinyurl.com/6yt98l – SD’s frontman did 2 solo albums in ‘99… A-F’ing-MAZING live show #
@ccarfi – will play that after the acoustic “Ball and Chain” by Mike Ness… #
@micah – all about sequence and access.. lift, then do the rest – all at once = xrays and/or stitches… and no one wants that #
@micah – stand fold and pull a Captain Morgan #
@JoeAndrieu – whats the name of that performance group you work with in SB again? great story at dinner last week btw #
@eyejot rules… very big fan… awesome customer service… video voicemail from my users will be something we can turn into something cool #
@twittervlog ” incredibly awesome YouTube exquisite corpse game for 50 people” – can’t wait to see this #
@samharrelson – they work pretty well – we are small but growing and they seem to scale well – havent seen a fail whale in 5 months #
@samharrelson – we use usa.net #
@garyvee – what camera do you shoot WLTV with? #
hey twitter – look @ how @seesmic is keeping its community informed with what is going on/downtime… beta=problem solving not radio silence #
@ritters – BRILLIANT #
@ritters90 – getting my iphone next week – WOOT #
@ritters90 – waiting a couple of weeks… can’t stand the “little kids and people talking to the screen” stuff when a theater is full #
@ccarfi – worth every penny… gives me hope for Dr Tiki #
@jaffejuice – thanks for the follow #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-24

Sean — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@adamcohen – did they lie to ya and say “1 hour more” every hour or so? Did that to me for 3 days in Detroit – I love it when they do that #
@ericlitman – just ordered my iPhone – expecting big things from your guys #
@CurtMonash – I dont think there is editorial on Techmeme… things that make it on techmeme do some because others are talking about it #
@technosailor – Yankees fan here – i get the hate from both Sox #
@technosailor – camouflage for the next time you come up to Boston? #
Damn you @stevehall and your common sense! How else will I avoid doing my TPS reports if Twitter is down??!!??!! #
@skydiver – “I won’t sit here and let
reporters get totally off topic pitches from publicists who simply
don’t get it” – rock on – I < … #
@micah – it was posted on twitter, but then the fail whale ate it #
@realestatecafe – you are on seesmic (at the end) – http://seesmic.com/v/69ULO5sm2i #
@FirstWivesWorld – I never get tired of women thanking me… um, what did I do? #
@JenniferMorrow – thats why they do video… #
@tiil – http://seesmic.com/v/69ULO5sm2i #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-23

Sean — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@davemc500hats – thanks for the reports… not quite as good as bein there, but still pretty good #
@mmcallen – let me know if you find someone good – i need to transcribe a ton of video #
@RealEstateCafe – you didnt happen to photo any of the slides from the screencasting presentation at Podcamp? #
scary posh baby ginger sporty? @pgsmith2000? #
HOLY CRAP – http://tinyurl.com/5wdtsv – YouTube annotations… lots of ideas – thanks @twittervlog for showing this #
@techcocktail – ask all the attendees to shoot and have a flickr pool? #
It’s curtains for you, Elizabeth my dear #
any podcamp boston 3 folks know where the decks are being kept from the presentations? lookin 4 Steve Albanese’s from screencasting session #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-22

Sean — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@RosePena and @socialpromotion – thanks for adding me to your feeds #
@wbur – tweetup tomorrow? #
hi @KeithBurtis – thanks for adding me to your twitter feed – woodworking fulltime? definitely the plan someday #
@drtiki – you guys did it first re: horrible #
@eric_guerin – screencast a twirl interface as a video into Adobe Conf – would accomplish it, and tear a hole in the time-space continuum #
@eric_guerin – great reccomendation #
@nejsnave – I am so sorry to hear that #
@chrisbrogan but I dig the adobe conference platform- thinking of uses for it here- value=good video, good presentations and a demo (4 me) #
@nejsnave – could be worse… you could be working on Olean or KY Jelly accounts (those were some fun meetings… from what I hear) #
@davidalston – find a way to pump the #tweb2 tweets into the presentation – kept having to jump windows, summize good for search not stream #
@KandaceHudspeth – doin good… Boston is a pretty cool place – hows things there? #
@tweb2 – Advocacy, Authority, Accessible, Authentic #
#tweb2 – Outreach is to companies like networking is to brogan – can’t insert yourself into a conversation, need to join a community #
@KaseyInCharge – the brands that tell stories WITH their customers win #tweb2 #
has Dr Horrible struck the video feed for #tweb2? #
@davidalston – would love to chat with you guys about these, how effective they are… thinking of something similar for my company (< … #
capturing video, writing strat doc, entering content into our new cms, yelling at my accountant via SMS, paying bills, Tuesday #
@sol – the west coast is waking up the Fail Whale #
@Scobelizer – did you guys make a conscious decision _not_ to do transcripts with your FCTV segments? wondering why #
@nwjerseyliz – thanks for adding me to your twitter feed! #
great discussion about old media vs new media @ #pcb3 now this: http://www.newsweek.com/id/147831 myopia = missed opportunities #
@ericlitman… why does this feel like Windows95 all over again? #
working on my video planning doc… inspired by this – http://www.vimeo.com/354711 #
@jimPeake – the best political slogan I have heard in years #
see ya there @bostondave #
my canon hv30 and FCP not playing nice… uuurrrggghHH!!!! #
Paul Westerberg releases a new album – thanks @fark – http://members.aol.com/paulspage/4949.htm #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-21

Sean — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@sawickipedia you are a tease #
@chrisbrogan marketers: listen more, authentic isn’t an angle, tell more stories, speak like a person, their brand is on my terms not theirs #
@chrisabraham – remember The Simpsons episode – don’t eat Fugu at a restaurant that has a map to the hospital on the back of the menu #
my old buddy Mark Nathanson’s band Drunks Dont Lie are playing at the Middle East this Saturday – http://www.myspace.com/drunksdontlie #
@jmoonah – saw a PicLens using Seesmic at PodCampBoston #pcb3 – very cool #
go get ‘em @ccarfi – nice correction #
last week – VRM summit, dinner with Pip Coburn & some amazing folks, PodcampBoston3, Old Media vs. New Media Dinner… exhausted #
@sukifuller – thanks for adding me – great meeting you at podcampboston3 – #pcb3 #
@ccarfi – Dark Knight vs. Dr Horrible? #
@AnnKingman – thanks for the add #
“A lot of guys ignore the laugh… and that’s about standards.” #
@tibbon – PicLens combined with Seesmic is _very_ cool… @tiil showed us this AM at #pcb3 #
where are the decks from podcampboston 3? #pcb3 #
watching Mystery! on PBS – the only weakness my archenemies could use against me #
@SukiFuller & @chrisbrogan – also want more time… not every conf does it to me… some worse than others – #pcb3 was awesome #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-20

Sean — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@geechee_girl – thanks so much for the panel – you and Adam were great #
@dalecruse – check out the hashtag for #pcb3 – lots of updates and “reports from the front” #
@khopper – not expectin that #
great meeting you yesterday @SukiFuller #
@repcor thanks for adding me to your twitter #
Leslie and Adam Zand at #pcb3 #
Leslie Poston talkin about breaking into the conversation at #pcb3 #
@rippleon – share with the group when you figure it out – will need it in a couple of months #
how organizations make decisions – my new favorite discussion at podcamp boston – #pcb3 #
how people form beliefs and how we as communicators work to influence those beliefs – #pcb3 #
educate, entertain, engage – @chrisbrogan on @cspenn #
digging piclens from http://cooliris.com/ – very neat… thanks @tiil !! #
#pcb3 – going to split the next session – cutler and @chrisbrogan are both getting 1/2 of my attention #
@sawickipedi – amen brother #
@RealEstateCafe – thanks for adding me #
@cherot – buncha folks went over to the longwood food court #
@sawickipedia – The Shark is 53? in the running? 4 bogeys on the front 9? its a great story #
thankyou @Tiil – outstanding Seesmic presentation by you and the Seemic’ers at Podcamp Boston – learned a lot, fun conversation #pcb3 #
@khopper see ya there- Let’s commandeer tables at the Longwood foodcourt for #pcb3 lunch: Here’s how to find the foodcourt: http://is.gd/YiB #
“discovery” is my favorite thing in the world- watching someone discover what they can do with seesmic after learning about it = cool #pcb3 #
@stevegarfield – nokia n95? #
#pcb3 – “seesmic is the bastard child of twitter and youtube ” #
@deanland – some good sessions at podcampboston – discussing seesmic #pcb3 #
@chrisabraham – great hanging out with ya yesterday #
@dahowlett – thanks for sharing your thoughts on Andalucia – sounds amazing #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-19

Sean — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

audio vs video – great panel wi @stevegarfield, @grammargirl, others – v fun #pcb3 #
thanx @khopper #
@ccarfi + @deanland – great game of twitter tennis (twennis?) – keep it up #
awesome discussion with @chrisbrogan and a ton of cool people on old media vs new media #
google trends blogpulse topix twittermeter #
vrm part of the discussion at #pcb3 #
@billcammack – u fouind it! #
smart social media panel starting off funny #pcb3 #
at smart social media marketing panel #pcb08 #
@khopper – if i thought about it, should have org’d a vrm session for pcb08 #
@billcammack i not sure, left my gear at home … @stevegarfield? livestreaming? #
@podcampboston great crowd, good sched #
@getitdoneguy – great discussion #
@technosailor – only 7? #
“Are you a fan of delicious flavor?” PSYCH is back #
@chrisbrogan @gnomedex – I am going! #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-18

Sean — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

missing podcamp tweetup – too tired #
@GetItDoneGuy – congrats on a million downloads! going to podcamp? #
@wbur – missed the tweetup – lookin forward to seeing you guys at podcamp #
thanks for adding me @shonnoll @consultski !! #
@khopper – you have had too much coffee #
great people and discussions at Jeff Pulver’s pizza breakfast – thanks for adding me: @pulverpizzaup @misc @cherot @MattSearles @tinromedia #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-17

Sean — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@davidavdavid – sounds like the plot for “Fight Club II” #
@kevinrose – the green tea has nothing to do with it #
TMZ now has its own toolbar… #
@khopper – welcome aboard! #
welcome aboard @cobrandit – will give you a ring this afternoon – you going to Pulver’s thing tonight? #
@chrisbrogan – never thought i would say this, but you might be _too_ social #
ok genius: Its cool to run 2 flash banners together on a page? Then be sure the banners dont overlap when expanded – or else epic fail #
@howardgr – feel better man #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-16

Sean — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

I need a PHP guy with VBulletin experience in the Boston area – DM me #
@firstwivesworld – http://tinyurl.com/66b7um #
@bsaitz – my rule for WP – back up, back up, back up #
@stevegarfield – are you gonna videoblog it? #
sitting in the Grey Dog, green tea, listening to “new to me” rilo kiley- love discovering new music- gotta go to itunes #
@THespos1 had the same prob, for me was caused by trial gtd plugin #
brain fried on #VRM – great sessions and people and dinner… pissed I missed WebInno but the last 2 days were important #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-15

Sean — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@stevegarfield – same thing happened to me @ Apple store – very disappointing #
@tracysheridan – when i get some time will edit and post the videos (links will be on the VRM wiki) #
thanks for the link to the stream @tracysheridan #
@RLma – welcome to VRM! #
#VRM – @ccarfi leading a panel on the Customer http://tinyurl.com/6hjj3z #
“who is opening which kimono at what time” – @deanland #
#vrm @dsearls and brett from liberty alliance talkin about “the next 10 slides”, reqs + bounties #
#VRM – ustream will be turned on at 8:30 – @dsearls will be kicking things off for the team #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-14

Sean — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Doc is wrapping itup #
long day at VRM summit – exhausted and charged up #
be organic, not viral – @KevinMarks #
kevin marks speaking about open social at VRM08 – http://tinyurl.com/6hjj3z #
@chrisbrogan – kick some ass on the panel #
VRM Summit 2008 – watch it live here – http://tinyurl.com/6hjj3z – @dsearls, @debs, @kevinmarks, @deanland, @ccarfi #
@technosailor – I dig the panel idea for gnomedex – very neat #

VRM Workshop 2008

Sean — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:27:53 +0000

At the Harvard Berkman Center’s VRM2008 Workshop

Wiki –

Live Video streamed by Ustream

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-13

Sean — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@vonslatt – we need an Abney Park comic book #
Recycling, go to class, go to @WholeFoods, pick up boards for @VRM conference, test ustream for VRM, do laundry, clean house, cms comments #
@natala – heard a couple people say it feels “cheap” – true? #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-11

Sean — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@rafer – now that is sweet #
@chrispirillo – love the idea of 1 hr trials #
@stevegarfield – those guys did a great job on my jeep a couple of weeks ago… found ‘em after BMM… and being from Ireland doenst hurt #
@skydiver – awesome #
everyone at Foo Camp rocking the iBrick #
@Pistachio – thanks for the greasemonkey script #
son volt playing in the hotel lobby… worlds collide #
@nabeel – very subtle difference… your are gadget-promiscuous #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-10

Sean — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

@britter – Look Ma, No Hands! Look Ma, No Brains! #
boston area videoblogger? 15-20 employees wanna vlog, need freelance to help me set it up, edit videos, possibly train some folks: DM me #
@ccarfi – monkey #
@Pistachio – quiz night tweetups a regular thing? ticked I missed it #

Twitter Updates for 2008-07-09

Sean — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:59:59 +0000

just saw the first instance of our new CMS… our team has a lot of work to do (and clickability has done a TON of work) #
Want to know more/learn more about VRM and will be in Boston next Mon and Tues? Dig this – http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/532605/ #
@VRM VRM VRM VRM #
@ericlitman – did you spill your own beans in LinkedIn? – Eric Litman needs an amazing VP Ad Sales for a mobile ad network in NYC #
@tibbon – bryant park: 42nd between 5th and 6th #
@THespos1 – they heard you have a camper… ROAD TRIP #
@ccarfi – that was just mean #