“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
“We can treat human responses to cognitions as involving law-like connections grounded on free choices which show themselves in our character.” HumansCharacterShowsLawChoicesConnectionsTreatsResponseGroundedInvolvingCognitionFree Choice Author:Allen W. Wood
“Sometimes our connection is frayed, it is in danger, it seems almost lost. Views and streets deny knowledge of us, the air grows thin. Wouldn't we rather have a destiny to submit to, than, something that claims us, anything, instead of such flimsy choices, arbitrary days?” SometimesSeemsChoicesLostGrowsViewsDestinyAirStreetsDangerConnectionsClaimsDenySubmitArbitrary Book:Open Secrets Source: Open Secrets
“Romance is something people make fun of others for caring about, and yet it’s something that’s very natural to care about—it’s a loving connection between people, like family and friendships: it’s a significant emotional choice people make.” PeopleCareRomanceChoicesFunNaturalEmotionalConnectionsCaringSignificantLike Family Author:Sarah Rees Brennan
“We live in a self-organizing and self-correcting universe. For every problem, there is a potentially miraculous solution. A closed heart deflects the miracle, while an open heart brings it forth....In every moment, we make a choice between the heavenly awareness of our connection to all living things, or the hell of the delusion that we are separate and alone. The mind will manufacture according to our choice; whichever we choose, we will seem to experience.” MindHeartSelfMomentsProblemSeemsChoicesUniverseHellAwarenessSolutionsConnectionsMiracleHeavenlyDelusionMiraculousLiving ThingsOur ChoicesOpen HeartCorrecting Author:Marianne Williamson
“In rock 'n' roll, as we all know, the image is that it's one big party. But many times the reality is that it's the furthest thing from the party. There's the alcoholism and drug abuse that come because you're looking for that elusive 'thing,' and you don't know what it is or where it is. But you've got the money and the connections, and the choices are not always the healthiest.” KnowsBigsRealityChoicesPartyRocksDrugConnectionsAbuseRock N RollAlcoholismElusiveDrug Abuse Author:Nathan East
“Knowledge is power. The more knowledge, expertise, and connections you have, the easier it is for you to make a profit at the game of your choice.” InspirationalSuccessChoicesGamesEasierConnectionsProfitInsightfulExpertiseKnowledge Is PowerMore Knowledge Author:Stuart Wilde