“When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices. You might not like that Facebook shares your political opinions with Politico, but are you really going to delete all the photos, all the posts, all the connections - the presence you’ve spent years establishing on the world’s dominant social network?” WorldYearsMightAblePoliticalChoicesSocialLosesCompanyOpinionSharePositionConnectionsMeaningfulPostsConsumersDominantSocial NetworkPolitical Opinions Author:Al Franken
“We're living at a time when attention is the new currency We're all publishers now, and the more we publish, the more valuable connections we'll make. Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Foursquare, Fitbit and the SenseCam give us a simple choice: participate or fade into a lonely obscurity.” GivingChoicesSimpleAttentionLonelyConnectionsValuableFadesCurrencyPublishersPublishObscurityFlickrFoursquare Author:Pete Cashmore
“When you make the connection between your choices and your experiences, you do not have to create the same experiences again.” ChoicesConnections Book:Mind of the Soul Source: Mind of the Soul
“There is a deep connection between Bernoulli's dictum and John Kelly's 1956 publication. It turns out that Kelly's prescription can be restated as this simple rule: When faced with a choice of wagers or investments, choose the one with the highest geometric means of outcomes.” MeanTurnsChoicesSimpleHighestConnectionsInvestmentOutcomesPublicationPrescriptionsGeometricWagersDeep Connections Author:William Poundstone
“Yes, it's vulnerable and scary to keep your love on toward someone who has become a perceived threat-you cannot guarantee what he or she is going to do. But you can guarantee your own choice. And you can always choose connection.” ChoicesConnectionsThreatScaryVulnerableGuarantees Author:Danny Silk
“Marketers know - no matter how deep the emotional connection or brand loyalty - when a product does not perform, rational thought overtakes emotion, and most consumers make a new choice.” KnowsDoeMatterChoicesEmotionEmotionalProductsConnectionsLoyaltyRationalBrandsConsumersMarketersEmotional ConnectionRational ThoughtBrand Loyalty Author:Mark McKinnon
“When you write the script, you're home in a room by yourself, and you're writing, and there's no connection with the real performing world. So you get a lot of things wrong and make a lot of mistakes and make a lot of bad choices.” WorldWritingRealHomeChoicesRoomsMistakeConnectionsScriptsPerformingBad Choices Author:Woody Allen