What makes competition what it is? Why does it matter? Some use competition to work harder, others to give up beforehand.

Rupert Murdoch is throwing a tanty because media is changing. He doesn’t like it because he can’t control how communication (through Social media) will work from now on.

When do you hear anyone saying these days that they’re quiet, have nothing to do and are bored in the weekends? That’s right: NEVER. Our lives have become trends of busyness: the more worn out we are, the more we seem to score.

Do we continue to re-invent the same wheel? Yes and no. Yes we do go in circles and no, we discover a new way by spiraling out of the box we were in.

We are still in the recession. I think it’s also the one R word that people now hate the most. Mars has come up with a way to help. The real Chocolate relief act. (Found through Cowgirls.) They say: “times are tough and we at Mars want to help”.

For some people Spam means that meat stuff in cans that the Monthy Python guys sung about (”Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, baked beans, Spam, Spam, Spam and Spam”).

Yes it’s that time again: the big BP is looming. True it was already looming last year and I had done one version and started a second.

Whether you realize it or not: the world has been toured, discovered, walked about, talked about and experienced.

True value is: I will get you what you want like no one else can. Value funny enough doesn’t equal service. Consider your social proof (client behavior) and your pricing into the equation as well.

How can you tell whether a favorite activity such as playing golf or working jigsaw puzzles has grown beyond leisure activity into a positive addiction?

Is it a good thing or bad to lose our individual culture as a nation, in the way of stories and traditions that will be lost more and more?

To increase your creativity, you simply need to act like a creative person. Not surprisingly, people recognized as creative tend to share common traits.

Complaining is negative personal branding: you help create your own negative image by whining. Yessirree. This also means that positive branding occurs when you are shining the white feathery light of upliftiness.

So you decided you want to market your business better. How? You market yourself. Online and offline. In social media age, getting better at PR means getting better at relationships vs. publicity.

Seth Godin had another excellent point regarding the fact that to other people, it’s never about us, it’s all about them. We know this, but don’t always act on it.

Nowadays the real world translates into the virtual global maze of networks. Since I’ve started tweeting there’s a whole new dimension to being online for me. Compared to facebook I find tweeting more fun and the interaction immediate. (No games and gazillion quizzes to do.)

Why do we network? To increase business, relations and get to know people ‘like us’. Steve Pavlina: “First and foremost, I look for shared values.