Ambiance of Well-Being: January 2009

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Entrepreneurship & Web 2.0

Above is a collage of my recent visit to a class at Neumann College. The course is titled:"STLDR 560 PUBLIC POLICY AND LEGAL ISSUES", however, I was asked to speak on my life experience, my adventures navigating through the M.S. in Strategic Leadership program, and my part-time venture into Entrepreneurship & Web 2.0. Great fun was had by all. It was an energizing and humbling experience. I would like to thank Dr. Frederick D. Loomis, Program Director of the Strategic Leadership program, and the course Professor Seth Williams J.D., who I substituted for because he had to host an event that evening. You see, the Honorable Mr. Williams is also running for District Attorney for the City of Philadelphia. He is not only a great professor, but a dedicated public servant too.

We covered many aspects of the challenges of Leadership, and the fact that the economic crisis we are living through now demonstrates that there is a desperate need for Ethical Leadership. I discussed why I am optimistic about the future. We are going through a transition, and, painful as it seems, we are watching a cleansing of the greed and avarice along with a restructuring of how business is done, and the birth of new industries and paradigms.

You don't have to be in management to be a leader. It is becoming more cumbersome for large corporations to stay at the cutting edge of technology, therefore small businesses and Entrepreneurs are at a technological advantage. So, you may find a leadership position in a large corporation or you can exercise leadership in other ways, such as, being an Entrepreneur.

This is where Web 2.0 comes in. Entrepreneurs will have the advantage over large enterprises when they find the technology gap. When they can offer the intellectual distribution of products and services that people are not aware of yet. Today we are seeing the seeds of two new industries which have explosive potential. The Green economy and the Health and Wellness Industry. I briefly touched on my efforts on doing and learning about a Direct Selling Business and using Network Marketing to promote myself and this business. We talked about the importance of 'List Building', and how to do this with Social Networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn. The role of Social Bookmarking sites like De.licio.us, Diigo and StumbleUpon, and how to tie these in with new technologies enriching communication, such as, videos on sites like YouTube, Metacafe and Dailymotion, along with podcasting at sites like PodcastAlley.com and iBizRadio. We finally discussed blogging and how that can be a business in and of itself. As you can see, we covered a lot of information, and created an opportunity to start many threads of discussion going forward.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Mea Culpa

Cover of The SecretMea Culpa

I want to apologize for two things. 1st for not posting for awhile. 2nd for not posting more of my own reflections.

My original concept for this blog was to focus on the concept of abundance. I got the idea from my intuition. And, my intuitive feelings were put into words upon my reading of The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, and the findings of quantum physics.

Recently, my concept was reinforced by another book I am reading now, which is The Next Millionaires by Paul Zane Pilzer. One quote brings the law of abundance to light, when he says on page 28, "Throughout history we have always been about to run out of a resource just before we discovered a new one. And that's no accident: it's why we discover the new one. All the resources we think we're running out of are really inventions of the human mind--and there is no limit to the human mind."

As said in The Secret, our thoughts create our world. Energy cannot be created or destroyed it is just transformed between matter and energy.

The financial crisis which the world is going through right now is a cleansing. We are on the cusp of a transformation. As one resource has reached its limit we can use our creative imagination to invent new resources. Our unlimited resource is the human mind and spirit.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Anti-aging Doc in Video on Wall Street Journal

Dr. David Sinclair of Harvard Medical School recently made the video section of the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Sinclair is best known for his extensive research on "resveratrol", which is the key ingredient found in the grapes used in Red Wine that has been found to possess anti-aging properties. Dr. Sinclair has recently joined up with Shaklee Corp. to produce their new anti-aging tonic 'Vivix".

Now, month's after joining the board, and promoting the product at Corporate meetings, Dr. Sinclair is resigning, probably because of the exposure of the Wall Street Journal. The Journal's Health Blog posted Jacob Goldstein's article Harvard Researcher Tied to Shaklee ‘Anti-Aging Tonic’ Vivix, where it is quoted that the good Doctor is now upset that his name was used to promote the product. I guess this demonstrates the power of WSJ.

Here is the video in question: