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You're halfway through the most formative decade of your life. You don't need all the answers, but you must keep asking questions. Start with this one: what's something new that I can learn right now? 
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Ally Greer's insight:
I wonder if anything else exists in as large a number as Legos.
Umesh Choori's curator insight,
May 15, 2013 10:17 AM
Unbelievable!, there are 5 lego bricks for every person on earth.
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What will the next fifty years bring in the world of social media, mobile, robotics and more? Our fifty year timeline shows you just what could be in store
Technology is growing at such an exponential rate, it can be difficult to visualise what the next five years will look like, let alone fifty. We wanted to see just how the future is going to shape up for us. So we compiled all the best predictions for digital technology, mobile, social media, and big data over the next fifty years into a timeline so you can see exactly what’s in store.
The timeline covers expected growth in key markets including spend on digital and mobile, as well as big data so we can start to see exactly where this emerging industry will head. Data for the timeline has been gathered from a wide range of sources, in specialist areas to give as wide a view as possible of what’s coming up.... Via Jeff Domansky
Push ! Agencia de estrategia digital's curator insight,
May 16, 2013 7:18 AM
Las mejores predicciones sobre tecnologia digital, mobiles, redes sociales, ... para los próximos 50 años (Infografia) 
MTD's curator insight,
May 17, 2013 5:15 AM
Fantastic look at how technology will develop, drive new advances, interact, and push the development of business and society in the medium future.
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Ally Greer's insight:
These two will go down in ad history.
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A great quote can provide personal inspiration and can be used to educate others; in my book Employee Engagement 2.0 I open every chapter with an enlightening quotation. Below are my top 100 leadership quotes of all time.
Ally Greer's insight:
OK, I'm on a quote kick. Whatever.
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Ally Greer's insight:
Everyones hould be following Aaron Levie on Twitter.
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Does distraction matter — do interruptions make us dumber?
Ally Greer's insight:
We live in a world of interruptions - especially those social media types like me. The thing that really struck me about the intro to this article was how the researchers identified the problem not only as interruptions to tasks, but the possibilities of interruptions occurring at any time. It's true - we always know in the back of our mind that our phone might beep, a tweet might come in, or an email might just pop up within the next 5 minutes. The study conducted had two groups: one whose members were warned of an impending interruption, and one tho weren't. The ones who weren't warned about the interruption failed miserably. They were distracted by the interruption, and even more distracted by thinking about the next one. Strangely, the participants who were warned of the interruption they were going to be faced with in the near future performed better at the task they were on, beacuse they were focusing more brain power on preparing for it and focusing on what they were on.
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Although these two environments (parenthood and running a startup) are starkly different, there are carryover skills.
Ally Greer's insight:
Moms are natural leaders, without a doubt.
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How Nespresso used a simple business model canvas to change face of the coffee industry.
Ally Greer's insight:
I'm currently reading "Business Model Generation" and learning all about new ways to build a business model (perhaps for future use) and this is one of the biggest components of it. The Business Model Canvas looks at nine key parts of building a business model and is a cool new way to organize your business structure.
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This article was written by Jeff Hayden for Inc. Magazine. I loved reading it, perhaps you can find yourself or people you know in his description of remarkable entrepreneurs. "What separates the best from everyone else?
Remarkable entrepreneurs do more than make money. They are the few who possess qualities that don't appear on balance sheets but do make a significant impact on the lives of their employees, industries, and communities.
Here are nine qualities of remarkable entrepreneurs:
#1. They find happiness in the success of others #2. They relentlessly seek new experiences #3. They don't think work/life balance; they just think life #4. They're incredibly empathetic #5. They have something to prove - to themselves #6. They ignore the 40-hour workweek hype #7. They see money as a responsibility, not a reward #8. They don't think they're remarkable #9. They know that success is fleeting, but dignity and respect last forever
Original Article: http://bit.ly/Kjkj1G ; Via maxOz, Aslan Patov, janlgordon
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Ugh, I love this so much I can't even take it. A+++++ use of Vine.
Ally Greer's insight:
Best thing on the Internet this week (entertainment wise).
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Guillaume Decugis's comment,
May 9, 2013 11:30 AM
@Larry: isn't that what our "create a newsletters" function does? To see it go to one of your topics and click on Manage.
Gilbert C FAURE's curator insight,
May 25, 2013 3:08 AM
from current contents and reprint requests to now! eugene garfield, what do you think of changes of scientific virtual networking?
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Get relief from stress, irritability and more with these nonmedicinal remedies
Ally Greer's insight:
Yep, eat that dark chocolate. It's good for you.
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"A superior leader is a person who can bring ordinary people together to achieve extraordinary results."
Ally Greer's insight:
I really like this idea. One of the things I've been doing lately as a part of my "learning to learn" mentality is paying closer attention to the people around me. Asking questions, learning about different people's passions and skills, and connecting likeminded people and friends I know who can be a help to each other are actions that a lot of today's self-absorbed business people forget to do. This isn't to say that being self-absorbed is a terribly bad thing, or that it's a quality that people form on purpose, but it seems like too many people today are so focused on getting to the top that they forget about the others around them who can help them.
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Many things can go wrong during the process of creating new products, services or business models. Let me give you ten examples from my own experience. You may recognize this as an array of all too familiar scenarios. If so, rest assured, you are not alone.
Via Martin Gysler
Ally Greer's insight:
I'm always finding myself stuck in a situation like the one described in number 6. I have so many thoughts, ideas, and plans written down all over the place (or in my head) and have no idea where to go from there. How do you get past these obstacles?
Pascal Vedel's curator insight,
May 17, 2013 3:25 AM
10 relevant questions to ask ourselves when going through a process of creativity and innovation...If we have not thought about these questions beforehand and we do not have some idéeas about how to answer them we may get stuck and achieve very little....
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Why it's easier to prevent a crying spell than to stop one already underway.
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Jaime Moore wanted to do something special for her daughter’s fifth birthday photo, but when she looked online, all she could find were princess tutorials.
Ally Greer's insight:
Young girls should be taught more about history's powerful women rather than just playing with Baries and princesses.
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Running an online business can be frustrating at times. Here are 60 motivational quotes to help you get through the tough times.
Ally Greer's insight:
Some of my favorites: Here are the choices most of us face in such a system: Get bitter or get busy. – Bill O’ Reilly
– Bill Gates There’s always an opportunity to make a difference. – Michael Dell Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big. —Donald Trump The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. – Steve Jobs Here’s to the next step in our lives – The American Pie boys (Because American pie).
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" But Don, instead of being the show’s engine, has become its anchor—heavy, even in the sixties sense. This is true despite the excellent performance of Hamm, who remains the most watchable man on earth, even when he’s doing nothing but glaring over a tumbler of Scotch."
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What's the one resource you can't borrow invest or recover? Time. Lessons on guarding yours by Warren Buffett, Peter Drucker, and Charles Dickens.
Ally Greer's insight:
Time is limited, and it's an important skill to be able to say no.
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How, then, can we find the proper education and training to become experts in these fields? Though there’s not one training program fit for everyone, there is one thing we can all do: learn how to learn.
Ally Greer's insight:
I recently decided that I'm going to change the way I think. Yep, that's right - I'm hacking my own brain. I've been inspired by so many people in my life lately and want to learn more about the things that I'm interested in. These things include, but aren't limited to, community building, social media strategy, and entrepreneurship. There are so many people in my life - directly through personal relationships, or indirectly through blogposts and books - that know about what I want to know about, and I think it's time I started learning. I'm going to be changing the way I absorb information, ask questions, keep track of what I hear, see, and observe - I'm going to learn to learn. Whether this means learning how to learn or learning for the sake of learning I’m not sure. Maybe it’s both. What I do know is that both of those goals are extremely important today and I’m sure there will be great value to be found in the process.
In my opinion, one of the biggest parts of learning - and one that I'm trying extremely hard to focus on - is talking to others. Even if a conversation starts out without a goal, I know there's more to be learned from conversing with other people than the majority of other methods of learning out there. So, let's talk! Leave comments here, tweet me, or email me at ally@scoop.it. Let's discuss academic backgrounds, individual passions and/or areas of expertise, personal learning methods, ideas, hopes, and dreams. Or, let's discuss nothing at all and see where we go from there. Thanks for joining me on my journey!
Two Pens's curator insight,
May 11, 2013 12:19 PM
I keep a notebook in my purse at all times. At the end of the week, I make a list of 5 things I learned that have some action attached to them.
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Ally Greer's insight:
Asking an entrepreneur how things are going is the easiest way to make conversation. I can only imagine how terrible it can be to have to answer this question over and over again as the leader of a business. Kathryn Minshew has some great tips - I think they're applicable to tons of life situations besides being an entrepreneur as well.
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As someone who studied a second language for the better part of my life, I've always been fascinated by this phenomenon of words existing in one language and not existing in another. Throughout my studies, I've had the most fun conversing with friends who spoke both English and French as well, because when I had a hard time finding the right word in English, I could just say it in French and it would be completely fine. The fact that the English language tends to simplify everything by turning broad concepts into one or two short words actually takes away from the beauty and meaning that a language has the potential of having. Reading the descriptions of the emotions in this infographic, I can think of a time when I've felt each and every one, and am fascinated by the fact that I could never actually put a word to it.
Randy Bauer's curator insight,
May 11, 2013 4:53 PM
Emotions- Positive or Negative- impact our daily lives, influence others and have an impact on our health and well-being. Building on our positive emotions develop a significant resource to how we engage with others, and how we may find meaning in our live's, beyond our own personal needs. In terms of positive psychology this adds to our health, happiness and life statisfaction. It is interesting to see how other cultures, through their language and personal experiences, have developed words with meaning we, in our western culture, do not have words for. There is much to learn, and feel.
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You blink and suddenly you've spent your entire day watching Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . What is this sorcery?!
Ally Greer's insight:
Best. Ever.
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"You're halfway through the most formative decade of your life. You don't need all the answers, but you must keep asking questions. Start with this one: what's something new that I can learn right now?"
Great advice.