I’ve been procrastinating. Do you ever procrastinate? If you do, then you know exactly what I’m talking about. LinkedIn videos In 2018, I’ve created a total of 184 videos on LinkedIn. As with all social media, preference is given to newer content. However, many of my older videos were useful then, they are also useful …
And that’s okay. Because you are here not to be a people pleaser. You are here to share your knowledge, experience, and perspective with the very people who need you. Stop trying to please everyone and also stop those people from hindering you from doing your work.
People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care. Teddy Roosevelt This is true in the offline world. It is also true in the online world. LinkedIn connection requests Every day, decision makers get a tonne of connection requests. That’s because many think that being in the network of decision …
As many of you know. I’ve been putting out videos on LinkedIn almost, well almost, every week day since December 2017. During this time, I must say that I’ve never ran out of things to say. The rationale is this: Starting out When I first started out as a content creator, I had only one …
“How do I create evergreen content?” That was a question posed to me when I was a panelist at the LinkedIn Local Kuala Lumpur event. My answer was this: Behind every strategy, tactic, and tool, there is a principle. In your content, share about the principle. Because the strategies will change, the tactics will change, …
So that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. ~1 Thessalonians 5:10
The whole time I was concerned about: How others will think of me What others will say about my videos Will I get thousands and thousands of views Because I was concerned about these and more. It stopped me from sharing my knowledge, experience, and perspective. Someone needs it Until I realized that by not …
“This isn’t appropriate for a professional network like LinkedIn.” Someone once told me that. Initially I took his advice and only shared content deemed to be professional enough on LinkedIn. Then I made a discovery. Personal makes you relatable Sharing personal stuff does make you more relatable. For example, there was once I met someone …
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Here’s the thing. For many of my fellow countrymen, the idea of let’s ask for permission before we do something is so prevalent, it sucks. I wanted to give my kids the opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship. With entrepreneurship, you simply do not need permission (from authorities) to start. Can you do that “Can they …
As a consultant trading time for money for 14 years, I decided this must stop. This led me on a journey to explore how I can redesign my work so I’m no longer constrained by time. The twists and turns have led me to come up with these two criteria: Do I enjoy it? Can …