Blogger Insights that Grab Your Brain!

The brain is designed to grab what input it can and then boil it up into a froth of understanding. John McCrone

Have you found ideas lately that lift you up like helium balloons sail to the heights? If so, you're likely an active participant in social media networks. That's where you'll find blogger insights that grab your brain.

Joanna Young reminded me that inspiring words connect us together. In that light, I chose the quote above. I dedicate the quote above to several friends in the blogosphere who provide insights to ponder...

Drew McLellan points out that The Women on the Web, friends "who have incredible influence in many different fields" describe their blog as a "conversation on the internet." Drew adds, "I call it a blog. But....in very short order, we're going to call it a force. Their question of the day for yesterday was....which 4 women would you like to see on Mt. Rushmore. 70+ comments." Obviously the women pushed Drew's thinking by asking great questions.

In a very powerful blog this morning, Liz shared that she was "stuck in weeds." In a short poem she describes this state of mind...

The sun when it shined hurt my eyes.
Folks weren’t responding — gee I wonder why?
I wanted someone to fix me.

It wasn’t the universe that was wrong — it was ME.

She notes that once she got out of the weeds she could see it had been raining wildflowers.

Heroes and angels were all around me — clients, sponsors, family, friends, folks who hardly knew me were suggesting how to lighten my load — They weren’t asking anything in return.

Do you see what blogging conversations can do! Be sure to sign up for SOBCon08, where you can enlarge your conversation person to person.

Ellen Weber shares why conversations go further and we learn more from each other when we encourage rather than vent or be critical...

Communication connects to most aspects of work when you think about it. It shapes:

1. Time when people rewire time management and share solutions.
2. Collaboration when team members inspire difficult people.
3. Innovation when people invent and suggest a better way.
4. Visionary when people see past the problem and show possibilities.
5. Mood when people use serotonin words and avoid cortisol barbs.

Chis Brown concludes Word of Mouth is Best Marketing:

Beyond all the fancy marketing techniques of SEO and Web2.0, all the competitive analysis and regression plotting — isn’t the best marketing of all when a friend tells you to try something because they liked it and thought you might too?

Gavin Heaton not only generates great conversations on the web that tickle my dendrites, he and Drew McLellan extended an opportunity for other bloggers to write a piece for a book, The Age of Conversation, to be sold on Amazon this second edition. The book will be chock full of amazing insights from bloggerss around the world.

Joanna chose a very meaningful quote for me and other bloggers she values highly:

"We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another"

Liz, Drew, Chris, Ellen, Gavin, you too, can find a great quote and begin to "boil up a froth of new understanding" with at least three other bloggers you value.

People who shine with interpersonal smarts, not only give out to others, but reap the reward of deeper understanding and build new friendships as they do.

May you all have a blessed Easter!