Erik Qualman Quotes

We don't have a choice on whether we do social media, the question is how well we do it?

Integrity is what you do behind closed doors or when you think nobody is watching. Integrity is the true essence of who you are, your beliefs and your values. Reputation is the public perception of who you are. It is how others view your integrity or strong moral principles.

People who do surf the Internet for fun at work—within a reasonable limit of less than 20 percent of their total time in the office—are more productive by about 9 percent than those who don't,” according to Dr. Brent Coker, from the department of management and marketing at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Assume whatever you do, both offline and online, will be seen by your mother, dad, boss, coach, boyfriend, teacher… the world.

Complaining is negative energy and the enemy of greatness.

would I be proud to wear my typed words on a t-shirt in public for the next hundred years?

If pondering whether something is appropriate to post online, ask yourself: Would I tell this to a large group of people in-person? If the answer is “no” or “maybe not,” do not post it.

It’s important to be socially active, engaged and connected with powerful tools like LinkedIn. These tools can be used in a myriad of ways to benefit you both personally and professionally.

A British Institute of Psychiatry study revealed that reading digital messages while performing another creative task decreases your IQ in the moment by 10 points. This decrease is the same as not sleeping for 36 hours—more than twice the impact of smoking marijuana.

Fail Fast: break items into small chunks which allows for more experimentation, leading to more chances for success Fail Forward: learn from what didn’t work, but continue toward what will work Fail Better: the best way to increase our amount of learning is to increase our amount of failure

Greatness is often determined by what one decides not to do.

Be firm in your destination but flexible in your path.

My Top Eureka Moments: Focusing today is hard…really hard. But it can be learned. It can become a habit. Systems, processes, and routines trump willpower. Letting something go is sometimes the best way to complete it. A not-to-do list is more important than your to-do list. To attain knowledge add things every day; to obtain wisdom subtract things every day. The difference between successful people and very successful people is very successful people say no to almost everything. If you try to help everyone, you will end up helping no one. Neil Armstrong got it right…small steps lead to giant leaps. WWW: What am I doing right now? Why? What should I be doing? Focus on the important, not the immediate. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Trying to be the best at everything is the surest path to being the best at nothing. Start with simple. Be persistent in the short term and patient in the long term. How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.

Leaders don’t say let’s get ready, they say let’s get started.

Privacy is dead. Reputations are dying.

In the future, we will all enjoy our 15 minutes of privacy.” SCOTT MONTY, FORD

Many people have discovered that having a LinkedIn account for their business contacts and a Facebook account for their personal contacts is a great approach.

However, today there is less hierarchy in the world due to technology.

Lesson: Finishing first has many different reasons. Run your race.

Fail fast, fail forward, fail better.

If you lend someone $100 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

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