Keynote Speaker & CEO at Austin Tech Council. I am seeking real collaboration . (I have dual citizenship-US & Ireland).
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24 Mar 2024
I have been writing and speaking about the power of human engagement for 15 years - now is the most important time for “Community, Collaboration, and Conversations”. Industry associations have a key role in figuring an antidote to loneliness.
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A lot of people talk about disruption… Making these different… But so often it’s wrapped in their own agenda. Taking action to change things for the greater good? It takes courage to be a collaborator.
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If losing is no longer a stigma… if what the asshats think of you doesn’t matter… it is freedom.
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Lawyers.... your pipeline does not get a summer vacation. thomsinger.substack.com/p/yo… #lawfirm #lawyerlife #attorney #legalmarketing
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Lots of reports of passport exit lines taking hours in Lisbon airport… but took 4 minutes at 11:30 am on Sunday.
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When you look down on people not like you - you most likely don't know you are doing it.
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Are people getting more rude and pushy on airplanes? Can society ever be nice?
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5,000 views. Eleven likes. That’s not connection. That’s a one-way mirror.
We’ve become efficient strangers. Time to be a deliberate human. linkedin.com/posts/thomsinge…
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Communities do not grow stronger by accident. They grow stronger when people know the story, join the story, and help write the next chapter.
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Technology and productivity has led many people to be “efficient strangers“… The antidote for this is to be a “deliberate human”.
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“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” -- John Wooden
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I just overheard a young guy say to the person he was talking to at Starbucks—- “character is second to reputation and fame and money”. Nope.
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People tend to make up parts of the story of another person is they do not know it. I am learning to listen and ask more questions rather than assume.
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There is arrogance and then there are asshats. It ain’t arrogant if it’s true- so I can be cool with a successful person who is arrogant. But if you are an asshat that is just you. (And you know it).
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“People with people skills will find themselves at a premium in the future” - via Blake Holman at Innotech Austin. @InnoTech_
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There are lots of reason to find the negative or say “no”. What is you looked for ways to say yes?
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Forget looksmaxxing. The real advantage in business is connectionmaxxing, becoming the kind of person people remember, trust, introduce, and refer. Choose people. #connectionmaxxing
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AI is changing everything… and I’m genuinely excited about it.
But the most underrated skill right now isn’t prompt engineering.
It’s Human Interaction.
H.I. is the skill that compounds alongside AI, not against it.
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