Blog Intelligence: Essence

Press release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/9/prweb437081.htm

and here in Google News.

Looks like the Internet Search Juggernaut is still steaming along.. Google has taken over the Port Authority … so of .. According to the Village Voice, Google is settling in on 111 8th Avenue.

Here is why ..

“That’s why what lies beneath 111 Eighth Avenue may be more important than the building itself. The old Port Authority headquarters sits atop one of the main fiber optic arteries in New York City—the Hudson Street–Ninth Avenue “fiber highway.” The venerable behemoth is already one of the country’s most important “carrier hotels”—loosely speaking, the physical connection points of the world’s telecommunications networks and the World Wide Web. As a result, Google will “have access to as much bandwidth as possible and as much variety of bandwidth as possible,” says Dana Spiegel, a technology consultant and executive director of NYC Wireless.”

Read more ..

Lest we forget, pause to say a prayer. Greet your neighbor with a sincere hello. Help a stranger along your way. Put a smile on the face of a kid too sick to play.

Let us bequeath a world better than we found. Let us commit to the enduring human spirit of freedom, love and justice!

Donatus Weobong

I have just read a most excellent blog entry “The Power of Influence” by Randy Siegel. This is a most brilliant treatise on how one can leverage influence to engineer the outcome of circumstances. Yes, we can use influence to manipulate or otherwise negatively affect the outcome of decisions, circumstances or problems.

Randy portends that five powerful ‘a’s can change your powers of negotiation and influence: attention, acceptance, appreciation, assumption, and acquiescence.

You can read the full article at Brilliant Blog.

I challenge you dear reader to put these simple words into an conscious, actionable program and see if this changes your perspective or outcomes. How does paying special attention to the other party make them feel? By accepting the foibles, imperfections or excesses of the other guy, do we ingratiate ourselves to them? Do we take time to appreciate the successes of our team members? Do we give sincere compliments when they are due .. or not? How about making a conscious effort to believe in oneself, make assumptions to believe in the other party, and believe in the product or service you are selling. Lastly, can we step off our high horses sometime to offer “compliments” and acquiesce to the other guy? Folks like their egos pumped … help them a little shall we?

I intend to put these five ‘a’s into practice this next week. Check back to see how we are doing.