Saturday, January 28, 2012
Every day we make art not knowing if we will get recognized or paid for it.
This is both a beautiful and terrifying reality.
On one hand, everything we create is an arrow shot into eternity. We’re just winking in the dark, without feedback, without closure and without metrics. It’s just us, our art and a heaping pile of trust. What a pisser.
On the other hand, the ambiguity makes us work that much harder. It forces us to create from the inside out, from the place where inspiration comes from what’s in our heart, not what the market is asking for. It’s where our joy comes from the work itself, not the impression it makes on the world. We’re moles, not peacocks.
Either way, our artistic commitment remains the same:
Show up, bear down and push something out into the world that matters to us.
LET ME ASK YA THIS…
What are you afraid to create?
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Scott Ginsberg
That Guy with the Nametag
Writing, Publishing, Performing, Consulting
scott@hellomynameisscott.com
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Friday, January 27, 2012
According to a recent report from the Cellular
Telecommunications Industry Association, our country has three 327 million
mobile phone subscribers, but only 315 million people.
Proof positive that
our insatiable desire for human connection will always outweigh our unstoppable
desire for technological consumption.
Smartphones are awesome, but the fix we get when we use them
to reach out and touch someone is the addiction.
It’s physiological. As mammals, acts of human bonding cause
our body to excrete oxytocin. This
chemical reduces fear and anxiety, which increases empathy, trust and
cooperation.
Who needs cocaine when we can get high on connection?
LET ME ASK YA THIS…
Who did you connect with today?
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That Guy with the Nametag
Writing, Publishing, Performing, Consulting
scott@hellomynameisscott.com
Never the same speech twice.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
We are what we share.
Just look at the last thing we published, posted, profiled, updated, uploaded, streamed, liked, tweeted or clicked.
That’s it. That’s us. That’s who we are, whether we like it or not.
And because the web never forgets – because the web is forever – we better be careful what we put out there.
A Georgia teacher got fired for posting videos of binge drinking.
A Buffalo congressman resigned after his shirtless pictured surfaced online.
A Cisco employee lost her job for publishing negative comments about her position.
A British juror was dismissed after disclosing sensitive case information on her profile.
Everything matters. Everybody’s watching. Everything is a performance.
Which isn't that hard to do, if the character you're playing is you.
LET ME ASK YA THIS…
What did you share today?
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Scott Ginsberg
That Guy with the Nametag
Writing, Publishing, Performing, Consulting
scott@hellomynameisscott.com
Never the same speech twice.
Now booking for 2012-2013!
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
When someone plagiarizes us, we shouldn’t send a subpoena.
We should a thank you
note.
Creative piracy is a compliment. It’s a reminder that we're worthy copying. And it’s validation that we're big enough to be a target.
It’s also part of the job description. Everybody steals from
everybody everywhere. They always have, and they always will. That doesn't make it okay. But there’s not much
we can do to stop it, and there’s even less we can do to prevent it.
Instead, let’s make peace with this reality. Let’s abandon
our scarcity mentality. And let’s err on the side of generosity and sharing.
We shouldn’t worry about getting back at people.
We should worry about getting back to work.
LET ME ASK YA THIS…
Is your work stealable?
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That Guy with the Nametag
Writing, Publishing, Performing, Consulting
scott@hellomynameisscott.com
Never the same speech twice.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
"Everyone should wear nametags, all the time, everywhere, forever.”
That’s my thesis, philosophy, dangerous idea and theory of the universe.
My name is Scott, and I’ve been wearing a nametag for past four thousand days.
And after traveling to hundreds of cities, a dozen countries, four continents, meeting tens of thousands of people, constant experimentation and observation, building a enterprise and writing a dozen books in the process, I believe, with all my heart, that the societal implications of wearing nametags could change everything.
This is my manifesto:
7. The End of Hesitation
If everybody wears nametags, we lower the threat level.
People are skeptical and looking for a reason not to trust us. And in
world driven by fear, anything we can do to verify ourselves immediately
is always worthwhile.
But with nametags, we don’t have to start with a negative balance when
meeting people. There’s no deficit position. With every nametag, we take
another brick out of the wall. We just give ourselves away and watch
the world relax.
We’ve disqualified ourselves from people’s fear.
As an act of
generosity, nametags relax already overloaded brains, pamper people’s
memories and free up our heads to focus on what matters.
Nametags change the interaction with homeless people, beggars and other
marginalized members of society.
Now, people have an easy opening. A
chance to engage. A reciprocal and instant connection that increases the
chance of getting helped, donations and care. Everyone becomes someone who needs no introduction.
Nametags are the invitation for personalization. They’re the ultimate
human shortcut.
If everybody wears nametags, no more mistrust, no more skepticism and no
more terror alerts.
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LET ME ASK YA THIS…
What's your manifesto?
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That Guy with the Nametag
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scott@hellomynameisscott.com
Never the same speech twice.
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