What Job Title Would Make You Beam With Pride?

May 1, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 5 Comments 

This week, I asked the following question on twitter:

As always, I’m fascinated by the range of answers (and the number of people who are both kind and bold enough to share them).

In this experiment, I was also struck by how many people found it to be an interesting enough question to pass on by “retweeting,” but did not share an answer of their own. I think it speaks to the desire to explore it, along with the challenge of answering the question in a genuine way.

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Would You Walk Away From Your Job for $100,000?

April 24, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 19 Comments 

Earlier this week, I posed the following question on twitter…

Within seconds, answers came flooding in. You can find them all individually by just searching on twitter, but, I thought it’d be valuable to aggregate and a share a sampling of replies here on the blog, too, because it really shows the diversity of mindset that’s out there today.

And, amazingly, a full 45% said…no, they’d walk away from the money. I sometimes wonder what that says about people on twitter (or who follow me) versus, those in the “general population.”

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What Sells Better: Hope, Fear or Susan Boyle?

April 20, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 12 Comments 

I was just finishing off Martin Lindstrom‘s fascinating book on neuromarketing, Buyology, when a friend forwarded me a link to the now famous Susan Boyle, who took Britain’s Got Talent and then the world by storm last week.

Apparently the video of her performance was viewed on Youtube more than 20 million times in 48 hours, making it the fastest and biggest viral video in YouTube’s history. I watched and cheered, as did the audience.

Then, something hit me…

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The Power of Putting Yourself Out There

April 14, 2009 by Jonathan Fields · 4 Comments 

Sometimes we’re afraid to take a chance at revealing what we really want to do, for a variety of reasons. Maybe we think we’re not smart enough, attractive enough or properly pedigreed.

Well, here’s what can happen when we put that aside and take a chance at revealing our hidden passion to the world, even if it’s a bit later in life.

Click on the picture, you won’t be disappointed…

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