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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19

Barry Mapp — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:08:00 +0000

In Southend-on-Sea at the moment. This morning walked up and down Southend Pier – lovely jubbly – sun and sea breeze – highly recommended #
RT @PaulSloane: Innovative leaders are comfortable with ambiguity. Evangelical about the vision but agnostic about how to achieve it #
RT @PaulSloane: Innovators ask searching questions that challenge the assumptions we all take for granted. And so do Iconoclasts! #
there are many taken-for-granted assumptions about the biology of men and women – Myth busting quiz by my mate Gary W http://tiny.cc/UeWAv #
Most of my upcoming skills-development workshops till end of Sept (inc early bird prices) are now posted at http://ping.fm/Xv7P6 #
.@jskit I just reserved my spot to be amongst the first to get #ECHO! http://bit.ly/echoinvite #
RT @Ed_Dale: Comments Dead, Twitter Holds Smoking Gun http://ff.im/-59wKR #
Looks like being a great meeting at Kidderminster 4Networking in the morning -unfortunately I can’t make it -Nicholas Lee the 4sight speaker #
Working on some costs for a Project all afternoon -doing my head in! However Circuit Training later- that’ll get the endorphins going again. #
Mappism: Anyone can make things bigger, more complex, or more violent. It takes a genius and courage to smallify, simplify or pacify #
“Thinking that the human brain was designed to do” – so why don’t we use these natural abilities? http://ping.fm/30RAr #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-05

Barry Mapp — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:08:00 +0000

Driving to Powys Castle (Wales) so far a sunny and dry day #
Time to head back from Wales to England. Powys Castle Gardens definitely worth a visit highly recommend -no sign of the thundery showers! #
Entrepreneur or Innerpreneur, give me the latter anyday #
@grahamjones here is a review of papershow, http://bit.ly/vcc7zcurrently for Macs unfortunately in reply to grahamjones #
1st July- posting my first two blogs on my new ‘superblog’ site. Sorting a few WordPress issues with Ian McK before ‘pinging’ the Universe! #
Stourport is hot and humid, 28degrees in shade! You don’t want to know this, but most of the day I’ve been working just wearing underpants! #
Barry Mapp’s Blog now up and running. On knowing the what and knowing the why – part one “Beliefs and Thinking” http://ping.fm/JsZea #
Apologies to my followers for the earlier test blogs (with therefore duff links) that I had forgotten would automatically ‘tweet’ all now OK #
RE: @http://twitter.com/ElasticMind VirtualBox looks interesting for all Mac Users who want to run Windows progammes occ… http://disq.us/rvf #
Looking forward to 4 N Telford in the morning at to hear Julie Owen+ also recite part 2 of my 40 second ‘elevator speech’ rap (Mapp the Rap) #
It strikes me that a lot of what I read on the subject of “Thought Leadership” is actually about “Thought Followship” #
Iconoclasts stand a very good chance of being Thought Leaders. FInd some. Experts are not Thought Leaders – they’re ‘thought followers’! #
RT @thoughtstrategy: poll on thought leadership. If you are a top 10 or 100 twitterer or blogger does it make you a thought leader? HARDLY #
WordsOfWisdom (WOW)- Momentum is what U have when your legs get moving. Omentum is what you have when they don’t! #
Searching Twitter on Mind Mapping. Most of what I see doesn’t seem to resemble anything I do. Mainly Spidery Diagramy stuff. Help! #
@ElasticMind If you know anyone near you that does Reiki get them to do some promptly on your back. Works wonders with pulled muscles in reply to ElasticMind #
Putting finishing touches to next post on my know-what/why blog, but cutting grass & now 60mins of Stourport circuit-training intervenes! #
Driving 80 miles south to Clevedon now just to let dog run wild in a field with other dogs (he has dog aggression issues) Longest dog walk? #
160 mile round trip to walk Buster off the lead! Dog now shattered – he had about an hour of exercise. I’m fine. Good Night All #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-28

Barry Mapp — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:08:00 +0000

preparing(with mind maps) content of two Business workshops- Birmingham -July on (1) Building Relationships and (2) Thinking and Creativity #
Soon to start rehearsing with my mate Pete for the Open Mike tonight at the Cock and Magpie in Bewdley Worcestershire (just down the road) #
Just about to make hay whilst the sun shines. Taking some books just received from Amazon out into the garden to read. Will post reviews. #
Wow is it hot here in Sunny Stourport 24 degrees in the shade. Reading a book by Frank Bettger on Sales with the foreword by Dale Carnegie! #
Frank Bettger’s 1st insight, from “How I raised myself from failure to success in Selling”- you can acquire enthusiasm- just be enthusiastic #
Bettger’s 2nd insight- how was he going to keep seeing the people to sell the life insurance? Kept complete records for 12months that’s how #
Bettger’s records showed that in 1 year he made 1849 calls, saw 828 people,closed 65 sales- so each call was worth (making) to him $2.30. #
The biggest enemy that Bettger had to face? The fear of making a fool in front of groups. So he took a speaking course- with Dale Carnegie! #
Been a long day, started 7am Worcester Breakfast Club; in Birmingham all day (and boy did it rain),circuit training tonight, meal, & bath! #
Michael Jackson – a tragedy just waiting to happen? – finding a single ’cause’ for his death (or one thing to blame) is not really possible! #
Michael Jackson’s Toxicology Tests- 3days to do the scientific analysis- six weeks for many opinions to interpret results & agree a “cause”? #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-14

Barry Mapp — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:08:00 +0000

Great session in the Gym tonight at Stourport Leisure Centre with Mike the trainer just back off holiday -hasn’t been the same without him! #
Great Session today at the ADC from Dave Gaster – demonstrating just how much waste there is in our public services (and we pay for this!) #
Looking forward to 4 Networking at Studley Castle in the morning – I am giving the first airing to Barry Mapp’s 40 second rap (Mapp the Rap) #
as I continue researching the problems caused by the “Blame Game” it becomes evident that it is a crucial factor in our inability to improve #
when ‘blame’ is the game, understanding is the casualty (quoted from the Harvard research Project). So what’s the alternative(s)? WTSpace #
testing out ping.fm #
testing ping.fm #
Testing #
Just fixed up 30 feet of wire fence in the garden to make it doggie proof but won’t know if will hold till the dog returns tomorrow #
(punchline)…  ”It’s a knick-knack, Patsie Mack, give the frog a loan. His old man’s a  Rolling Stone.”  (all together now 1,2,3 …) #
She holds up the tiny pink elephant & says “I mean, what in the world is this?” The bank manager looks back at her and says (wait for it)… #
-said she need collateral and Kermit produced a tiny pink porcelain elephant. Patsie disappears into the back office and says to manager… #
Internet Joke: A frog who said he was Jagger’s son went into a bank for a big loan and asked to see the Manager. Patsie Mack the teller… #
Off to B&Q now for some fence posts; then to the Gym for circuit training. BTW if you like a poor joke read what I posted a few seconds ago! #
If anyone has personal examples of “when blame is the game, understanding is the casualty” would appreciate them for a booklet I am writing. #
TFTD1 – “There can be no disagreements only misunderstandings. We are all looking at the same universe, in the end we must agree” Korzybski #
TFTD2 Co-operation is the mechanism of action necessary whenever an individual desires to accomplish a task beyond his individual abilities #
Too much thinking -head is exploding -time to chill out, then get some quality delta waves mixed with a little REM (i.e. sleep and dreams) #

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