As a musician, it is not surprising that many pieces of music are associated with particular events/memories. However, it never ceases to amaze me of the wealth of different ways in which the musical memories come about – sometimes it has been through a concert taken part in, sometimes just listening, sometimes music in the background when something has happened and a host of other ways.
Year: 2011
Past The 5m Mark
At the moment my profile on LinkedIn suggests that my connection link me to approximately 5m professionals. Is this a cause for celebration? I think probably not. I haven’t yet consolidated the number as above 5m – it varies by several thousand above and below. Does it make any difference to me?
Divided By A Common Language
There is some doubt over the attribution of this quote, however there is absolutely no doubt in my mind of its truth – and not just between nations as originally suggested but between all sorts of groups who have developed their own ‘local’ language variants.
When Friends Go Bad
I had a sudden revelation today that my blog entry On Friends was missing an important facet – not everyone that gets ‘close to you’ is a friend!
Time To Make A Decision Redux
It is always difficult to determine in advance what things that we say (or don’t say), what things we do (or don’t do) will have the most effect – and that is leaving aside the fact that a significant number of effects we will never be aware of at all. I have written a lot of things in notes, emails, letters and it is sometimes surprising how they come back later to surprise me!
The Thin Grey Line
The colour is largely arbitrary but the important point is that often we need to be aware that there is more than black or white. So often we find ourselves looking at shades of grey when making decisions – so often when asked by a client whether he should do X or Y my answer must be “it depends”. Yet so often we continue to almost expect there to be a ‘right’ and a ‘wrong’ answer.
Reading The Thoughts Of Others
Clearly something that should never be attempted – BUT – something we do all the time. I don’t expect we are very good at it either, so perhaps it would be better to find alternatives. In every relationship – personal or business or whatever – we often find ourselves in the position of trying to figure out what the other person is thinking.
Dealing With Dilemmas
One of the consequences of realising that other people are different to ourselves and, therefore, will not necessarily react in the way that you expect to situations is that we are often faced with dilemmas in interpersonal relationships because our behaviour will determine the way that the relationship progresses.
Mein Weltanschauung
Although a few of my previous posts have hinted at this subject I think that now that I have got the initial burst of activity on the blog out of the way it is time to make a clearer statement of where my thoughts are coming from and, therefore, put some context on to the content of the blog.
Of course, in keeping with the overall theme of the blog I should stress that this is work in progress and “feeding my ignorance” remains the main aim – trying to identify the context for this is important, but it does not mean that the context is fixed. As my learning increases, so the context may shift.
World 2.1 – Part 2
The advent of what is collectively known as social networking requires a rethink of how we relate to and communicate with other people both inside our businesses and in day to day life. This post is focussed on the former, but the lessons can be carried across with a significant degree of validity.