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NFT stands for Non-Fungible Token.

That means each token has a unique value.

Unlike, say, a $1 bill, which is a kind of Fungible Token.

That is to say, that each $1 bill has the same value.

And why NFT's matter is that they can be attached to digital assets (like a photo, an audio file, a video, a GIF, even a meme) and assigned a value.

By attaching the NFT to your digital content you are also essentially creating attribution. Establishing that you are the creator and owner of that content.

As NFT's life on the blockchain, they are forever part of the digital ledger.

What all this means for the creators of digital content, it now makes it much easier for them to not only establish ownership, but also then on-sell or lease that content to others.

Here's a great article on NFT's to help you understand a bit more - http://bit.ly/3urz0wH

And here's the ATTN.live website I mentioned in the episode - http://bit.ly/3uoNYUk

Finally, Ian Utile's Twitter - https://bit.ly/3pEovTi

#NFTs #blockchain #contentcreators

Whether you're recruiting or looking for a job, you need to be thinking about the priorities for the position in terms of Knowledge, Skills or Experience.

Ideally, as an employer, I want to see that you've applied your Knowledge to develop some Skills that you can then show me in action, via your Experience.

To me, Knowledge is the often the least important.

If you don't know it...Google it. Or YouTube it.

And when it comes to Experience, what we as employers often get wrong is that we insist on Experience within a specific field or industry.

But sometimes, we miss out on considering the perfect candidate, just because their Experience is in what we consider a non-related field.

So, for me...

#1 Skills

#2 Experience

#3 Knowledge

What's your opinion?

#jobapplication #recruitment #jobcandidate

This is a message that I feel is especially relevant for those in my age demographic.

If you're young, you know you need to put in the effort to transform yourself into a supervisor or manager. You don't have the score on the board yet. So of course you need to put in the work.

However, if you're in your mid-40' to mid-50's and have achieved some level of success, it's easy to just assume that you've done all the work that is required.

Now all you need to do is wait your turn.

When my boss leaves, I'll get her job.

When a new position opens up, of course it'll be mine. Because I've already got the score on the board.

Indeed, I would suggest that it's this very realisation, that transformation requires effort, that leads to the classic Mid Life Crisis.

We realise we're not where we want to be. To get somewhere else we've got to make the effort. So we throw it all away and start again.

#transformation #change #effort

Back in Ep. 912 (http://bit.ly/3dz0uum) I suggested that you can't sell anything to anyone.

The decision to buy is theirs.

All you can hope to do, is to help them buy.

Along a similar vein, Gary Vaynerchuck says you shouldn't bother trying to sell the unsellable.

There's no point wasting your time trying to convince someone to buy your thing.

Much better you direct your efforts to those that are ready, willing and able to buy from you.

#buyingandselling #sellingskills #salesadvice

Have you ever stopped to think that maybe the reason that the grass is greener on the other side...is because they're just taking better care of it?

Maybe they're just working harder at it than you are?

So, rather than just gazing enviously at their beautiful grass..maybe you need to work a bit harder?

NB: Here's a link to Ep. 800 where I warned that the grass over there might just be 'Fake Grass'...http://bit.ly/3qA3Hh2

#workharder #dothework #grassisgreener

We hear a lot about Work-Life Balance.

Especially at the moment with so many people working from home, having to balance Work and Life in the same place.

But who's to say what the right balance between Work and Life is for you?

Only YOU!

You might prefer to work all the time because you love your job.

Or, you might be a 9-5 kinda person who wants to switch off and go home and life your life.

Either is fine. In fact, any combination of Work and Life is also fine.

It's entirely up to you and not for others to determine.

Work-Life Balance is completely personal construct.

#worklifebalance #perspective #balance

Everyone's talking about Bitcoin...again.

I do NOT pretend to know where Bitcoin is heading. I don't think anyone can really sure for certain.

But I do know that at times like this it's easy to get carried away with the hype and make rash decisions.

So...in that spirit..here are the 3 Key Questions to should ask yourself before you invest...

#1 - How much are you willing to lose if it all goes to zero?

#2 - What is the most bullish forecast on Bitcoin?

#3 - If that most bullish forecast comes true, given the amount you are willing to lose, would the return be significant to you?

If it is, you should absolutely roll the dice. 

If it's not, maybe you'd be better off just watching from the sidelines.

#bitcoin #investingstrategy #besmart

COVID-19 has seen many companies implement fairly flexible Work From Home policies.

Some have even implemented Work From Anywhere.

So if you're now working from home (or anywhere), what's to stop you having two jobs? Or even more?

Traditionally, many companies have had an expectation that, certainly their senior employees, would devote all of their business time, effort and energy to the job. This job. This one job.

Employers don't want you focussed on another job at the same time.

But if you're working from home, how will they know?

Should they even care?

Can they even enforce such an expectation?

This shift, should it continue, will raise lots of interesting questions for the Employer / Employee dynamic.

#workfromhome #workfromanywhere #changingtimes

Some have suggested that, just like the Roaring 1920's followed the 1918 pandemic, so too the 2020's will be Roaring.

There will be so much pent-up demand as a result of all the restrictions and lockdowns we've been living through, that once the vaccines help us get this virus under control, we will splurge. Will live large. It will be a boom period of consumerism.

Will that really happen?

I don't know. Nobody does.

But looking at history, there are certainly a number of similarities between then and now.

So the question is, do you really want to risk missing out?

My suggestion, start thinking now about how your business might be different if indeed the Boom does come?

Will your product range look different? Will your distribution look different? How quickly will you be able to scale up?

I'm certainly not suggesting you make these moves now.

But asking the questions now and reviewing your systems and process to make sure you are ready, just in case the Boom does come...just seems like a smart thing to do.

#postCOVID19 #roaring20s #strategicplanning

You need to be different to stand out and get notice.

Right?

Well, kind of.

But if you're a personal trainer, for example. How can you make yourself different?

It's tough.

There are a gazillion personal trainers out there. Surely by now every possible variation on personal training has already been taken.

As Oscar Wilde told us, 'Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken'

It doesn't matter if there's someone else out there doing the same as you. 

As long as you do it authentically to who you are, then you will be different.

Whatever your product or service, don't try to force yourself to be different from the competition. If you do, it will probably come off and insincere.

Instead, focus on simply being authentic.

#authentic #bedifferent #differentiation