"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."
~ Mahatma Gandhi
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Faces intrigue me.If you've ever stopped by my PINTEREST profile, you may notice that the most prolific boards are my FACEUS and CUTIEpatootieKIDS. There is so much to be absorbedby gazing upon the magnetic photographic talent that draws us to people of all ages, all races, with a variety of expressions. There is nothing better to accompanyquotes than a human expression or image that force us to stop, take notice, and read. To illustrate my point, many social networkers use quotes to increase followers, inspire #RT or shares, or simply encourage a like. Nothing reinforces a quote like a face.I don't match them up perfectly. Sometimes a quote will jump out at me, then I go on a journey to find an image that speaks to me.
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Image and quote don't always match That is okay with me. Maybe, that's what makes me unique? Case in point, I discovered this quote by Ronald Reagan, on leadership, that goes with an industrial face, full of life's lessons, a steely gaze :: challenging the viewer to agree with the quote. The world is consumed by politics.You may be an observant bystander to the theatrics in the US' Presidential Election, or a vested participant :: one can hardly avoid being drawn to formulate an opinion one way or another :: or associate with the root of the caricature, reminding us of a former cartoon from history. Intentional definitely.
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If history teaches us anything,the ones who emerge victorious do not always have the smoothest ride. The media certainly sways reaction :: they are often drawn to the face that attracts the most attention, consolidated under a microscope as the object of humor for political cartoonists. BBC Videos even compiled its own list of best political cartoons on YouTube. I've assembled a few that generate chuckles:
What better reality check?The best political cartoonists capture a headline, extrapolate the caricature of a participant to neatly create a cartoon of what is grabbing attention en masse!
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Faces of people tell us how to feel. We can feel empathetic, apathetic, joy or agony based on what images attract our attention.
Wisdom, the future, pensivespeaks to me here. I favor facial images to accompany a quote :: sometimes I find the expression first, then look for a quote that I can learn from. Chances are, others may be attracted to the quote or the image. The magic is when you can make them go hand in hand.
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Dr. Suess is a favorite. He tends to be whimsical, optimistic. His quotes more often match a colorful accompaniment from his own designs. Black and white images tend to be more somber, however, you can make it work when you find the right blend:
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Mark Twain is popularfor saying the right thing at the right time. His quotes seem to zero in on what we can apply today by what was learned yesteryears. I had this image saved from Pinterest just waiting to find the right quote. A black and white image can have zest and carry weight with the right quote and a shot of yellow. I play with fonts and color a lot. I post them everywhere: Twitter, Facebook, G+, Pinterest with my Twitter handle which can channel to Twitter which hosts the other details of who I am, where I blog, and the always handy "ABOUT ME" page. ::: ____________________________ ::: Nothing cheers us up morethan adorable kids' and their honest expressions. I dare you to not be able to smile, looking at any ONE of these:
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I double dare you to try it yourself. Pick any one of these images, adopt a quote, or make one yourself, then share on social media. See if you have more likes, shares, RTs (retweets) than normal. Go ahead and make my day by including me on Twitter, Facebook, G+ or Pinterest by tagging my name, or @ me and I will be sure to LIKE, RT and share as well!
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"When you smile, the whole world smiles with you"
~Stanley Gordon West
(except from Growing an Inch)
I find great quotes while reading. I didn't know who created this quote, so I looked it up and Google landed me on Good Reads accrediting Stanley Gordon West in his book Growing an Inch.
Stanley Gordon West was born in 1932 and attended St. Paul Central High School in Minnesota. He lived in Bozeman, Montana for several years, and now resides in Shakopee, MN. All of his novels are popular book club selections: Blind Your Ponies, two other novels set in the same time and place as Until They Bring the Streetcars Back - Finding Laura Buggs and Growing an Inch - and his most recent, Sweet, Shattered Dreams. His novel Amos was made into a CBS Movie of the Week starring Kirk Douglas that stirred national controversy over abuse of the aged in America. When Kirk Douglas testified before Congress and wrote in the New York Times on the issue, he pointed out that animals had been protected by law for one hundred years before children or the aged. While Amos focused on elder abuse, Until They Bring the Streetcars Back explores the other vulnerable end of the age spectrum.
::: ____________________________ ::: It proves that great quotes withstand the test of time, or speak to the times we are in. They tend to resonate with people and don't slow down from being shared ... and shared again. To follow my own recipe, I will share this magnificent quote with a few awesome images that bespoke its meaning visually.
To showcase my example dog images worked. I used a rule of thumb to avoid altered or photoshopped photographs or too choreographed images. I use this to communicate with others and attract the like-minded. ::: ____________________________ :::
Another fun option are the ever-popular antics of Minions. Minions make sharing popular by those with their own whimsical sense of fun. I enjoy communicating my mood, what is going on or reactions through images of Minions assembled simply with GOOGLE search assistance. I gravitate towards followers who agree with me, reshare, and whom it attracts:
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::: ____________________________ ::: Minion moments that got me started::not mine so I keep them intact to keep their integrity that I didn't create them, even if they may speak to me and others:
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Try your own fun on for size. Create your own formula of smiles. Or, find a photo you adore, adopt a quote that matches, stamp your Twitter or otherwise signature on .... then, by golly, the world WILL smile with you!
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well thank you .... writing and posting like a maniac
i am Morrissey from Detroit,Michigan
i certainly hope so or else someone just hacked your account buster!
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Well ... there you have it. That is about as magical as it gets and annoying even more so.
It reminds me of that old commercial that an elderly lady softly groans: "I've fallen and I can't get up."
For me it is I've fallen into Facebook hell and can't get out.
Granted, many who approach aren't going to be accused of superior intelligence and by no means even in the same hemisphere as genius.
Do people think that women, in particular, can't identify a pattern or know a little bit about culture?
I'm guessing the answer is YES :: well for starters, mostly gents with often fake photos who want to assume a North American identity, we don't go by our last names first.
Otherwise it would be "TrumpDonald" or "SandersBernie" which both sound like candidates for a sitcom dontcha think?
Why is the opening line after examination and exclamation about my looks: where you from?
If you spent half the time looking at my photos, you would clearly see I'm identified as being MARRIED.
It seems like only a moron would hit on a lady who visually shares that she is married. Oh, yes, she does have a Facebook Page which she seems to obviously be on Facebook to begin with for.
My children, family and very close friends have my personal Facebook profile. I presume they follow the optioneerJM Page at their own risk by their own choice.
I think it is fascinating for my three girls to see me beyond a mom, wife or career person. Not by my sister, Diana, who experiences and witnesses the genuine joy I have from meeting new people ::
I'm sure she'd check for KICK ME sign pasted on my back. She'd know I don't bargain for that kind of attention.
I'm just passionate when I love something and I tend to pick passionate subjects or images. Vivid colors, optimistic vibes, and seemingly little fear.
I experienced real fear for one of the very few times in my life. That is pretty lucky for me, considering what goes on in our world.
Faced with someone I know under serious MENTAL HEALTH issues :: it is no longer someone else's problem. My family know this person. I forcibly stopped myself from identifying gender or any specifics.
That will be a Blog better suited to MEANDERINGS :: but the power of social media as it relates to Facebook has its great and disappointing issues.
I've been writing like a MADwoman .... doesn't look like I'm very used to two days off in a row, else I wouldn't be rambling and clicking rapidly on these keys.
Whether you followed me adventures tonight from my Blog (all four of you) or Facebook posts, or Tweets, you've certainly joined me on a ride about identity, discovery and ... meanderings.
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What the heck, there is all the music Apple picked out for me in iTunes to listen to:
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/playlist/behind-the-boards-bob-rock/idpl.fd1bce122aa4435282bcf8eacd43e897 ::: _________________ ::: Or enjoy the beautiful inspiration by The Boss - Bruce Springsteen that Google found for me and is winning me for the night:
Smart smart SMART people at Apple :: who has gained so much insights into me :: the books I read :: 90% of my reading is from iBooks music collection in iTunes and even a few Christmas carrols I sent as gifts instead of a hand written, store bought cards and/or things people really don't know. Apple was amazing in putting this collection together, whom I don't have many songs in my musical collection, to show me who I am missing ...... and fall immediately in love with the suggestions.
Makes the lightbulb go off! :: I should assemble all this music on my YouTube Channel.
If you need help on downloading music for free: I stumbled upon this link via Google to YouTube ::: the brotherhood has formed.
How to Download Music for Free Directly on Your #APPLE iPhone! -2015 https://youtu.be/mCH6yUeP9wY
..... I think Google is kicking Apple's ass in data which holds consumer and business purchase patterns, where they spend money online, where they look tempted (comparison shopping), knows your travel habits based on you book online because banks and airlines give you rewards for your loyalty, who you talk to, connect with, professionally, friendly or romantically.
Which this blog came to mind, to apply what I’m learning about #socialmedia and the media. How can you leverage the massive audience of traditional media and channel it into SEO overdrive or socialmedia expedientially? Here are few of my favorite secret discoveries:
A few years ago (six years to be exact) I jumped into social media. What unfolded should have been predicted in all those HR quizzes and behavioral Q&A, psychological profile for an employer to hire based upon …….. like yeah, how many of the brilliant social media personalities can say they’ve been forced to look at oneself, with all the B.S. behind you, and often more in store.
An unsuspecting, honest intellect began to surface : : It was like a magnet :: most of the most creative, artistic, musical talent, author, writer, (p.s. journalists seem to jump on your radar, you connect, you gush, then you go on being per normal and by some accidental research find out they’ve unfollowed you ages ago.)
The bold, best communicators are emerging in this force field fueled by Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple and HP who cast their net far and wide and help assemble an audience of epic proportions.
The fortunate cast in light are quite few. Surprisingly little. Certainly there are brands (when I refer to brands, I mean personal brand and commercial brand). Personal brand is you, your behavior, your habits, your favorite musical, entertainment, books, news sources, technically savviness without being able to be accused of as a nerd.
Whenever I am on Twitter, usually at least once a day for minimum 10 minutes to go check in on all my profiles – MAX. I have figured out how to be intermittently dispersed about. Never too much like some of those “consultant” that seem to have a lot of time to post pictures pooled from top photographic sources, that have read blogs like my earlier ones, that visuals was going to drive social media. Misidentified as “visionary” … which is hardly the case because they have probably 3 hours a day dedicating to posting.
Who knows what they do for the remaining 21 hours. Now before I get to far ahead, it should be known that my of my supporters and collaborators follow me, my page, @optioneerJM on Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit, StumbleUpon. Those are the best generator of thoughts, likes, personality, who or what you are associated by (art, imagery, photography), that MASHABLE is my favorite source of information. I would say, Canada’s GLOBE&MAIL, would be close behind in 2nd. Then my source for info-magazines: Entrepreneur, Inc., Forbes.
Google or Facebook probably know that I am a fitful sleeper: insomniac of a creative thinker, who can fall asleep only to be jolted awake with this most fabulous idea. Trying to fall asleep is lost, rewinding the idea to its beginning :: how did it formulate, what was the seed that was planted? Then fast-forwarding to what your subconscious insists is your perfect Utopia.
We’ve seen a burst of energy and focus, but distracted by watching reality TV in the form of the United States’ unfolding reality docu-drama to hit the earth since probably, the first man walking on the moon.
There are some really talented people who can instinctively sense the next direction we’ll be forced to take. Just imagine the panel of intellect behind the scenes, the image makers (I just noticed when I got home later than anticipated from work, to watch CNN to get a recap of the night’s events. One of the authorities and experts somewhat startled me. Title: image maker. How inspired is that?
There are certainly some very well knowns. What-was-his-name who went up against Piers Morgan on CNN over gun control? You know who I mean. If not, you can probably find a constant reminder by Piers, who, in my opinion, was more worried about Twitter Followers than his guests on his honorary top spot upon the much-missed retired Larry King LIVE! Piers was likely fired because he was offending the advertisers too much. Having my first experiences in media via magazines in my 20s, I have a radar that acts like a cool-metal-detector.
Chuckle to myself. Apple is showing how I can listen to Mettalica and Iron Maiden, whom most would take a double take as a music of my choice. I’ve had this image since I was a wee child. I have no idea if it was based on the fact that my father was in the military and we had to move entire homes and lives, every few to five years.
Most corporations today have a: PRODUCE or PERRISH mentality. Grave mistake. Restricted foresight. Most likely, the ones that knew, the Baby Boomers are all retired and the INbetweeners absorbed all that learning, only to be passed over because some political junkie walzed in to ask for the dance just ahead of you.
You could almost call the Millennials the (PJs) political junkies. They were brought up to believe that anything was possible, only to be outraged that the life they were promised is wrought with debt, ethical violations to humanity, steep mountain to climb for sure.
These PJs have pretty much run over the INbetweeners which for this purpose, could be the 30-55 year old. Ironic to me. When I was selling an upscale magazine in Western Canada, that was the then IDEAL demographic. I forgot about this. Huh. Neato.
Getting back into the theme of collected intelligence. You know how they made it into something groovy sounding? I have no idea, but I’m going to find out: who coined the phrase for the collection of data into the “CLOUD”?
The more time I spend online, the better I get to know myself. I would have answered if someone asked me if I liked The Tragically Hip? I wouldn’t have had to stretch for an answer :: it would be an immediate, resounding “NO!”
So, I thought to myself :: you’ve got another 3 days off! You’ve only used one day, what will you do differently? Take care of me bubbled to the surface. Go back to Apple and listen to the selection they’ve assembled for me. Dusting off the headphones, disconnecting from the Marshall blue tooth speakers, I listened to music that I realized our INbetweeners learned best to listen to. We didn’t have the fortunate ME generation that was so explosive and implosive loud and protesting habits. Nor did we quite predict the “what about ME generation? The last 30-35 years had produced.
The irony is that we created the term “YUPPY” that our kids have replaced with “Sweet” :: “Nice” :: and wear badges for standing up for one cause or another. Which is startling to a parent who faded into the background, not because they themselves were shy, but to escape the noice those Baby Boomers were making.
The next big competition going on that only the PLAYERS know about is about gathering intelligence about us, to sell to the highest bidder or BETA test with a select audience.
MY GOSH, I haven’t even gone back to read this and even as a mental outsider, a quick flash back, this sounds very much like a rebellious blog. There are a lot of MEs around: take US President Obama, return to the 80s in fashion.
It is ironic also that many that we gave birth to in the mid-80s to mid-90s fell in love with the 80s. My girls, their cousins, couldn’t get enough of “Grease” starring Olivia Newton John and John Travolta. Quite amazing, registering mentally at the time. There are a few like me out there, besides just two.
The rebellious, vocal, demonstrative, period skipped over like us like a skipping stone, only to land firmly on our children :: the “what about ME” generation, attitude, culture.
So, my dear friends. I hope that the very few online that are not looking for romance, can never get enough information into their brains, visual promotion abounds :: insult by having porn waved in their face with a huge aversion and need to avoid :: that believed there are happy endings, not by a GOD (whatever the religion or beliefs), but by sure determination, hard work and maintaining their morals.
Pretty hard to do? I’d say YES for about 90% of the population. The 10% is at the top, destroying the 80/20 rule to the massive proportion of the new 90/10 rule. Like a diver into the ocean, who scrambles to the surface, with more need than just to breathe.
I can’t definitively say that these 10% fall solely in the INbetweeners age group. More like a common attitude and language. A beacon sends out a light to this community who truly want to constantly improve, bring value to those surrounding them, and disperse it to a much larger scale than would have been possible even five years ago.
I went from working for the top technology companies in the world, if always, with Apple in its dust :: to the telecommunications industry, recognizing the pop pop POP of smartphones everywhere.
ANOTHER DETOUR: This just rose to the top in my most avid dislikes:
1)Smart phone earbuds :: I waste my breath talking to you!! I dislike having to first check for full attention and no wires hanging out of ears. It brings back a valuable lesson :: Don’t hire friends or family to work for you :: I had to fire someone who looked up to me as an older sister, when I first arrived in Calgary (fill in the blank ___ number of years ago). I was creating my own team, and when you hire someone who thinks because they think they know you better than you know yourself and tests your limit, it can end up where you have to fire them. A sense of entitlement yet faced with by me. I remember having to tell her she had to take her iPOD earbuds out because she works in a manufacturing facility, however small, and safety won’t allow drowning out warning noise of any catastrophic event. (Remember, I’m one of the few who was born in that very tense period of 1960-63, where fear prevailed, shelters, practice emergency alerts, alarms, were background noise to them drowned out even to their cries of birth.
2)Chewing gum :: Just ask my daughters and stepdaughter. If anyone noticed, I never accept gum. I’m anti-GUM!! I missed my calling to start an anti-GUM-revolution.
3)Poor manners :: I came from the final generation where manners, gloves, napkins, hats were born from: the very first year of the baby boomers 1944. A period of exuberance after a horrific war that had so many victims besides soldiers, in the history of mankind. There really is a formula. What I can’t figure out where the precise recipe went awry. My kids were taught all the same manners, often a source of pride on being hosted on soccer tournaments. They were often made examples of by parents of their friends who wished that they had not forgotten the lost importance of etiquette and manners. My kids and sometimes even my stepdaughter, forget that important parenting ingredient called respect.
4)Being disrespected :: I emerged in the corporate world, one of only a few at the top at the time :: and I had to work harder to prove to my mostly male colleagues, that I had earned the right to be there at the same time, and equally as them. I was of an era, and attitude that only in sales are you able to be paid for what you produce, regardless of gender. Unfortunately, we swept over a great number of candidates of female pioneers. Not the speckle few like Emelia Arhardt, but the victorious who floated up, peacefully, naturally :: to take prominence in a much more male-gender-geared occupation: sales.
5)Chewing with your mouth open :: GROSS! Enough if you agree that this falls under both manners and being respectful. When a guy really likes a girl, he can transform from belching and scratching places, to perfect gentlemen, who cut their meat with such elegance and precision. Sadly, if you marry them, they can alter at an alarming rate, making you wonder what you first saw in them to begin with :: chewing with mouth open? Why, I never ….. yes, I got over it and can still see the greatness I saw in the Hunkster Hubster, even if he doesn’t always recognize it. Don’t confuse this writing as feminist rant. It isn’t, someone has to talk with maturity and advice to this brilliant group of girls coming up in the world. They need to mentor the very very VERY few who even want to pay attention to anyone older, they already have the answers :: you got it :: the what about ME generation.
Whoever is going to rise to the top of the TOP, is going to be because they dominate information. They have the data readily available to create commerce from. Fueled by social media, online profiles, of very well-adjusted, successful people.
Everyone is going to be one of them, or be like one of them. Are you going to be a leader or follower? I guess I found my own answer by writing this didn’t I?
I’m seeing some very interesting factors on my own knowledge base gathered from jumping in and participating in social media. A natural, outgoing, positive, gregarious gal I have often been described as. Heck, even APPLE gets me! I’m the dutiful one who hit 50 and realized that I held on, restrained myself, self-disciplined self, and wanted to break free :: a rebel not by actions, but gathering knowledge that lifts us up, inspires us, and in turn, trickles to the audience (backspaced over “down”).
Pure motivation and wisdom is shared. To keep it reserved, try to forget about it, or not share it is a grave injustice. Let the hard times be far behind, with optimism scaling a very ominous wall of terror, fear, security loss :: evaporate. POOF! :: gone.
Want more to read? I like to discuss, research, write about demographics, specifically, the very few who were born from 1960 to 1965 called :: The INbetweeners on WordPress. An experiment of sorts :: which is better? Google's BLOGSPOT or Word Press? I will write about that later on.
I define myself as a "fabulous fashionista fighting her fifties" on Meanderings. A corner in the blogsphere where I reflect upon family, kids, positive energy, movies, books, fashion dilemmas and solutions for the younger-than-a-Boomer mindset but acting our age, leading by example for Millennials.
Jeannette's background has success written across operations management, new business development, service delivery, service management, solution sales, team leadership, major accounts management, project management, brand & content development, web page creativity, change management, social media, enterprise IT, content curation and loyalty/retention. She has been effectively been coached by executives, clients, mentors & stakeholders of distinguished global leading organization: IKON, Xerox, HP, Telus(Canada)
In 2010, Jeannette got fired up when introduced to social media and thought :: it's the next BIG thing! Creating a pseudonym @optioneerJM she sought to seek out & research information to answer an insightful question :: could she apply this knowledge to create a unique identity online? Leaning on her advertising, business savvy and creative mind emerged a name:
"If the Internet is the information highway, then Social Media is the bullet train." ~Jeannette Marshall as @optioneerJM #Quote
The excitement Jeannette has created has been contagious. Her refreshing enthusiasm merged with expansive knowledge gained from curiosity is widely embraced by her global audience & following.
Her originality is dispensed by content curating, resourceful writing and keen visual optics applied with a unique business savvy:::awarded Top 1% online influence by KRED (yes, compared to whomever is trending today), Klout Score 77% (by 3rd party talent who apply algorithm metrics to emerge brands::to score influence, assign credibility, access a larger audience::she recognized instinctively the eventuality that online influence, beyond fame, will become a currency to attract traditional brands clamoring to gain recognition averse to traditional means, minus SEO, to land on honesty.
Perhaps she can help you? Some have tested her to see their scores double (credibility with brand enforcer ) discovering that :: if you stay consistent to your passion, goals and beliefs, you will emerge glorified as a visionary.
Very very very few have been acclaimed visionaries. Jeannette is one.
