Chris Brogan (born April 1, 1970) is an American author, journalist, marketing consultant, and speaker about social media marketing.
You might be the "little drummer boy," worried that what you have to say isn't worthy. Everyone has something to contribute, especially if you remember to be the real you and not a copy of others you feel are successful.
Walt Disney believed in himself instead of worrying what others were saying.
If you can't find your own center and love for yourself, nothing else works.
Your day is your week is your month is your year.
Ask yourself this question CONSTANTLY: where can I add the most value to what matters most to me and the people who care about me?
Any opportunity to be helpful is an opportunity to earn money.
Celebrate small victories often. Mourn failures quickly. Do what's necessary without fanfare.
The inbox is the perfect delivery system of other people's priorities.
Email is a system that delivers other people's priorities to your attention. It's up to you to decide when that priority should be managed into your world. It's not the other way around.
The key is, no matter what story you tell, make your buyer the hero.
Try to help people rather than focusing on what's in it for me.
Own your words. Your words are the maps to your intentions.
Guide them where you want them to interact with you.
There's no value to working hard on being really popular.
If you're not on the right path, get off it.
People who connect and build fluid relationships are trust agents.
Business is about belonging which means inclusion is the new black.
The goal isn't more money. The goal is living life on your terms.
Between your brain and your mouth (or your fingers) is magic: your power to choose what you say next. Use that magic.
If you're not writing your own story, you're a character in someone else's.