Ten rules about the sports center top ten. In no order.
1. A walk off home run does not automatically qualify a play for the top ten
2. There should never be more than 5 diving baseball catches
3. Random sports and ostrich races do not qualify as a top ten play
4. Don't ever show mascots racing and one of them getting knocked off their feet. we've see it 100 times already
5. A hockey goal does not qualify as a top play unless the shot is different or causes amazement
6. Cannot include a horse race unless one horse actually jumps another horse in order to win.
7. Should not be made up entirely of the sporting events that were broadcast on espn the night before.
8. Should never ever ever include an awkward world series of poker celebration.
9. NASCAR should never break the top 5.
10. Use high school and amateur sports at least twice a week.
Change any of these? Add anything we missed?
A Clayton and John Veazey cooperation.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Power of Acquaintance
So remember those connectors I was talking about? Those people who do an amazing job of networking with tons of people. The trick is not that these people have some special gift to have 1,000 best friends that they know and love. Connectors remember names and characteristics about people. They really do care for and want to know these people, but they don’t know them like best friends. It is impossible to know so many people as best friends
The interesting point made in the book was that it is these “acquaintances” and not good friends that give you power. It is having a large network of acquaintances in good standing that will get you a job. He even presented research to prove his point. In surveys it was amazing to me to see how most people get their job, not through submitting a resume cold, but through a personal contact. Even on top of that the percentages showed in astounding fashion that those personal contacts usually did not come from good friends but from acquaintances. This makes some statistical sense. You have many many more acquaintances that would consider mentioning your name during an interview and hiring process and only a few “good friends”. However that doesn’t change the fact that having many acquaintances can be beneficial.
Malcolm says that the close you are to the connector, the more acquaintances you have, and so the more power you have to do things and make things happen.
So if you can't just be friends with a member of the opposite sex at least with this information having them as an acquaintance does have its advantages. They might get you a job.
The interesting point made in the book was that it is these “acquaintances” and not good friends that give you power. It is having a large network of acquaintances in good standing that will get you a job. He even presented research to prove his point. In surveys it was amazing to me to see how most people get their job, not through submitting a resume cold, but through a personal contact. Even on top of that the percentages showed in astounding fashion that those personal contacts usually did not come from good friends but from acquaintances. This makes some statistical sense. You have many many more acquaintances that would consider mentioning your name during an interview and hiring process and only a few “good friends”. However that doesn’t change the fact that having many acquaintances can be beneficial.
Malcolm says that the close you are to the connector, the more acquaintances you have, and so the more power you have to do things and make things happen.
So if you can't just be friends with a member of the opposite sex at least with this information having them as an acquaintance does have its advantages. They might get you a job.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Twitter Immunity
To follow up the Tipping Point blog I will highlight another part of the book I found very interesting. Remember the posts a while back about electronic communication and how it is the devil? Here comes more.
Beware of Immunity of Communication.
Communication is always changing. New and better ways to deliver messages are always appearing. First think of the fax machine. That is a great invention. The author points out that unlike commodities, when a means of communication becomes more prevalent the value of that items increases with the prevalence. Think about it. The more fax machines there are, the more value your fax machine has because it becomes more useful. That is the opposite of commodities where more of an item usually decreases the cost… more wheat, cheep wheat. That first fax machine was worth nothing because it couldn’t fax anything. The second fax machine made the first one worth much more, and so on and on.
The same with the phone.
When people plan how to get their product or information out in the world they carefully think of the most effective, inexpensive way to market. The phone became a beautiful connector for all things. And so we have the telemarketer. In the beginning this worked like taking candy from a baby. Can you imagine the first telemarketer that called and tried to sale you knives. “Well these knives have to be great because they cared enough to call my house to tell me about them!!!” But now look at what has happen. No call lists. Call weighting. And of course endless jokes about how to “stick it to” the caller.
Telemarketer: Hello, is this Mr. Greene?
Me: Yes
Telemarkter: lksd;flkaj dlkjf ;aslkj lakjsd ;flkja sf insurance a;slkdjf aks best deal ever a;lksdj f;lkjas f bye now.
Me: I’m in the middle of dinner can you give me your number so I can call you at home later tonight?
Or my favorite.
Telemarketer: Hello, Is Mr. Greene there?
Me: No, he is in the shower
Telemarketer: Is Mrs. Greene there?
Me: No, she is too. (hahahahaha)
Telemarketer: Ok, just leave them a message that their accountant needs to speak with them.
Me: Crap, I’m sorry.
What has happened is we have developed immunity to communication and receiving information on the phone. And the same thing will happen to twitter. It is so great right now to be able to know everyones thoughts all the time… but at a critical point it will become too much. We will turn from our 150 word updates and again rely on what we know and love the most. Personal, face to face, human interaction.
I think the same thing happened with this blog. Too many bloggers, not enough time, “I quit”.
I’ll take your silence as agreement.
Beware of Immunity of Communication.
Communication is always changing. New and better ways to deliver messages are always appearing. First think of the fax machine. That is a great invention. The author points out that unlike commodities, when a means of communication becomes more prevalent the value of that items increases with the prevalence. Think about it. The more fax machines there are, the more value your fax machine has because it becomes more useful. That is the opposite of commodities where more of an item usually decreases the cost… more wheat, cheep wheat. That first fax machine was worth nothing because it couldn’t fax anything. The second fax machine made the first one worth much more, and so on and on.
The same with the phone.
When people plan how to get their product or information out in the world they carefully think of the most effective, inexpensive way to market. The phone became a beautiful connector for all things. And so we have the telemarketer. In the beginning this worked like taking candy from a baby. Can you imagine the first telemarketer that called and tried to sale you knives. “Well these knives have to be great because they cared enough to call my house to tell me about them!!!” But now look at what has happen. No call lists. Call weighting. And of course endless jokes about how to “stick it to” the caller.
Telemarketer: Hello, is this Mr. Greene?
Me: Yes
Telemarkter: lksd;flkaj dlkjf ;aslkj lakjsd ;flkja sf insurance a;slkdjf aks best deal ever a;lksdj f;lkjas f bye now.
Me: I’m in the middle of dinner can you give me your number so I can call you at home later tonight?
Or my favorite.
Telemarketer: Hello, Is Mr. Greene there?
Me: No, he is in the shower
Telemarketer: Is Mrs. Greene there?
Me: No, she is too. (hahahahaha)
Telemarketer: Ok, just leave them a message that their accountant needs to speak with them.
Me: Crap, I’m sorry.
What has happened is we have developed immunity to communication and receiving information on the phone. And the same thing will happen to twitter. It is so great right now to be able to know everyones thoughts all the time… but at a critical point it will become too much. We will turn from our 150 word updates and again rely on what we know and love the most. Personal, face to face, human interaction.
I think the same thing happened with this blog. Too many bloggers, not enough time, “I quit”.
I’ll take your silence as agreement.
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