Comments on: Younification: Merging Personal And Professional

By: Seth Hosko

Seth Hosko — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:59:03 +0000

Great post, Mike. The part that resonates with me the most is about the CEO's video, and where you comment, “Seeing that video validates and enriches my understanding of him as a person, makes me want to see him succeed.”

A brand is not so much different than a person here – I believe you only get to caring about someone once you can experience their personality, and also their flaws – it gives us opportunity to care and invest in some way.

By: Seth Hosko

Seth Hosko — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:59:03 +0000

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:11:21 +0000

“CEO horsing around in an on-camera skit.” CEO of what? Clearly someone with too much time on his hands.

By: dugla

dugla — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:32:55 +0000

Truth is overrated. I far more impressed by and attracted to interesting-ness. The two can but needn't occur in parallel. Really good, creative, hiarious liars can be interesting. The vast majority of authentic, heartfelt, truthy, stuff sloshing across the Web is boring. Really boring.

What has not changed since the departure of the MadMen is this simple fact:

As humans we our souls are fed by two streams:

1) A good story told by a pro.
2) Our desire to share with others.

Truth? Not all that important.

Cheers,
@dugla

By: Mike Troiano

Mike Troiano — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:03:13 +0000

I like to think of it as thoughtful procrastination.

My deal with myself is I never force a blog post, but when I have one I get it out immediately. Hence the above.

Thanks for stopping by, Jules, hope Des had fun…

By: Jules Pieri

Jules Pieri — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:47:43 +0000

I'm actually really interested in this topic and have formed a talk that begins with this exact thought, as a platform to explain broader business trends. Having been President of social network I had to confront this notion way earlier than most of my peers (and get over it/embrace it) This change has deep implications for business as a whole, not just individuals.

But…I'm really posting to say that I thought you would need to use today to either nurse a hangover or catch up on work that got shoved aside in party prep. A long blog post was unexpected…but I admit that for me writing would be a form of hangover nursing–for its therapeutic effects, but I think I am just odd that way.

By: Jeff Miller

Jeff Miller — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:44:00 +0000

Great read, thank you.
Aspiring to “truth” in business, very admirable. Too bad most organizations are missing the point. In recent months I’ve heard several stories from colleagues and friends that would suggest corporate America can’t, um…handle the truth.
One pal just started a new gig in NYC and on her first day was reprimanded for her Twitter comments. On her first day!
There’s a gap here between what reasonable, thoughtful, intelligent people should seek to create in life and work, and what corporations want to perceive and promote as “transparency.”
It seems in your case that you’ve made a choice in the way you use social media that’s clearly meant to serve as exposition for your professional “positioning” and POV.
Good on you, says I – you do it well, and with an honest voice, and frankly I agree with many of your core philosophies.
But you still made that choice, presumably because not making it could impact your career in ways you don’t want!
So, as you paint this portrait of the true value of social media (which is aspirational in all the right ways), I hope future commentary might center around the choices you’ve made and how they’re panning out in the real world. I’m betting there’s a valuable story there.