Thursday, January 25, 2018

Fwd: Beyond #MeToo - TWO new words that will Change the World


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From: Will Marre <info@willmarre.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 8:35 AM
Subject: Beyond #MeToo - TWO new words that will Change the World 
To: stevescott@techacq.com


I am concerned that women's assent into leadership may be stalled by an
underreported male reaction to the #MeToo campaign... 

Beyond #MeToo...
TWO new words that will Change the World

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Women are clearly focused on what women are doing and going to do more of to change the world. They are going to lead. So yes, as an enthusiastic advocate for more women in leadership, I could not be happier. I'm happy because achieving leadership parity is more than a social justice issue. Of course, it's not fair that women are systematically marginalized in terms of having their ideas heard and taken seriously. But even worse, it's threatening to the future of civilization for most of us to mistake alpha male behavior for leadership while the real leadership of creative collaboration is viewed as weak…as it certainly is in our Congress.
 
But I am also concerned. I am concerned that women's assent into leadership may be stalled by an underreported male reaction to the #MeToo campaign. I am consistently hearing from men a troubling response to the uncovering of sexual assault, intimidation and harassment by powerful males in organizations of all kinds. Their common response is that over the line behavior in which males demand sexual submission by women is definitely monstrous. What they experienced as a gray area of social stupidity or immaturity, that might inadvertently make women uncomfortable, is now a career threatening mistake. This may be spooking the herd (of men) to charge-off in unwanted direction.
 
Just last week I talked to a senior leader in his 50's who said "I will never ask a female colleague to lunch or even coffee without a third person present." He went on to say that in the current atmosphere just an accusation of impropriety is enough to get you suspended, fired or dead ended. Then he said the dreaded words. "It's just another reason why working with women can be such an added hassle."
 
Before your head explodes, let me assure you I get it. When bullies turn themselves into victims it makes you want to throw up. But let me also assure you that mass male confusion about unacceptable behavior is leading many men to say they literally would prefer not to work with women because the sensitivity to unacceptable behavior is so variable. What's frustrating is that the reason the rules may seem so variable is that many women have accepted creepy behavior in the workplace for decades as the condition of their job. The result is that many men honestly do not have mental guard rails about what is truly respectful behavior and what is not.
 
When I have related this male handwringing to successful professional women several of them have blasted me. They just believe that men's complaints like this are lame. One of them have said "men know what is ok and what is not. They're just transforming our justified grievances into weapons to punish us."
 
I get it. I am in no way defending men. I am not defending bad behavior and I am not defending their general lack of social and emotional intelligence. What I am saying is that what many men are saying privately to me seems sincere and potentially lethal to my campaign of recruiting one million men to actively support the promotion of one million women every year for the next five years.

So, I've been thinking about this a lot.
 
One thing that would help is if women took the problem of male confusion seriously.  In most companies that I have done gender equality assessments in, I have found an alarming level of low emotional intelligence among males. Most men or at least many of them do not have a clear idea of the impact of their words and behavior on women. In technology companies I have found an extraordinarily high number of technically trained males to be virtually clueless when it comes to social awareness of the impact of their communications with women.
 
Now of course I realize that ignorance is no excuse. So, males don't get off the hook by simply claiming they didn't understand that behaving like a social moron was offensive. At the same time, we have generated some simple but precise workplace principles that will stop males from blaming women for creating conditions which make working with women high-risk.
 
For me it comes down to two words… Dignity and Clarity.
 
Many women who are frustrated at male whining about vague rules of behavior respond to me by saying men just have to treat us with "respect." But when I try this out on males, I have gotten a lot of pushback. Evidently respect means a lot of different things to different people.

To many alpha males respect also connotes toughness. So, some have suggested when they talk to women colleagues the same way I talk to male colleagues about whatever I want to talk about… that is respect. To which I reply, "no that is stupid." Treating everyone the same is a sure indicator of low emotional intelligence.
 
The best word is Dignity.
 

 

Dignity is a word I've had the most success with. When I ask a male, what is it like to treat a woman with dignity they respond very similarly. Many men have said that it would be like the way I would talk to their mother. One said, "I certainly wouldn't tell an edgy joke or use a double entendre around my mother. She just wouldn't like that. And of course, I would never want to make her feel uncomfortable." Of course, I realize that not every man has a mother who isn't salty but the social archetype of the concept of a mother is a woman you would treat with dignity. I have found most men immediately get that.
 
Privately some men admit that it's hard for them not to sexualize the thoughts about women. They immediately attribute this to their hormones and state that it's just a natural thing to do.
When this happens, I try to point out that our culture has lost the expectation that one of the great goals in life is to become more virtuous. Virtues are elevated habits of thought that lead us to becoming better people from the inside out. Few people talk about the need to become more patient, kind, disciplined, humble, honest, respectful or charitable. Some people seem to think that attempting to acquire moral virtues is inauthentic as if our animal urges will lead us to happiness. They don't. Both history and modern research on happiness tell us clearly that If we do not act in virtuous ways we will suffer and cause others to suffer.

 
 
Acquiring virtues is primarily an act of mental discipline. When you put bad things out of your mind and focus on noble ideals you rewire your neural networks to think at a higher level. It's called up-leveling thought. It requires inner exertion. It's not easy but it changes the voices in your head, and is the foundation for genuine self-respect.
 
So, treating women (as well as all people) with Dignity is an acquired virtue.
 
As I have tested this concept with women in the workplace, I found they like the word dignity too.  In fact, yesterday a female thirtysomething professional said to me "that's all I've ever wanted… just to be treated with dignity. If I was treated that way I would never have to worry about any form of sexual harassment or even unfairness for that matter."
 
So, I've come to love that word… dignity. It already seems to have removed a lot of ambiguity for the men I counsel. It gets them out of their victim confusion and allows them to focus on treating their female co-workers in a way that is mutually empowering.
 
Now I have a word for women… Clarity.
 
 

When I ask men what they want from women, they generally say the same thing. Clarity. Men are very confused by equivocating, complexity and imprecise requests. It is much easier for a linear brain to process a direct clear request.
 
When I coach women leaders I always tell them that the fundamental principle of power for a woman, in particular, is to be both clear and calm. Ask for what you want with precision. Make your preferences precise. Set boundaries that are clear when needed. What I have found in my professional practice is that most men are not monsters. It's true that males struggle with impulse control and dominance issues. But one of the greatest ways women can help men to acquire higher virtues and be their best selves is to be clear on what you want, what you expect and what empowers you.
 
Dignity and Clarity… two great words we need to use to get to synergy and improve the future of civilization for all of us.
 
Will

 
 
 



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Saturday, January 13, 2018

Fwd: The Weekly Profit #44


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From: Matt Wolfe - Evergreen Profits <info@evergreenprofits.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 11:18 AM
Subject: The Weekly Profit #44
To: stevescott@techacq.com


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Welcome back to another weekly profit! We've been busy this week, workin' on stuff to boost your knowledge. :)

Let's jump right to it with the good stuff...

Here's what's been up this week:
 

Stuff From Us:

How to Strategically And Instantly Plant Yourself In Other People's Minds
We've made it a goal of ours to network with as many people as possible. Part of that goal includes always staying top of mind with people. In this post from Joe, we share exactly how we manage to keep ourselves in other's thoughts...


Biohacking And Building A Content Empire with Joe Cohen
This masterclass is really split into 2 parts. In the first part, we discuss how Joe built a blog to over 2 million visitors per month through content marketing. In the second part, Joe teaches us how to hack our productivity, our focus, and our sleep. Every entrepreneur should listen in on this!


Money Making Apps To Earn Income From Your Phone
One of our most popular posts was a review of the popular money making app, Gigwalk. In this post, we decided to follow up with 24 more money making apps that anyone could do from their phone. Need some side-hustle income? Check this roundup out!

 

Stuff We're Diggin':

The Definitive Guide To Google RankBrain
With the new direction that we've taken Evergreen Profits, we've been putting increasing emphasis on SEO and gaining organic traffic to our site. Google recently announced that RankBrain is Google's third most important ranking signal. And it's becoming more important every day. This Backlinko article is an insanely in-depth look at RankBrain.


The Facebook News Feed is Changing to Favor Person to Person Engagement
Facebook just made a big announcement that it is going to move in a direction of favoring human interaction over brands. The statement was rather ambiguous and it left a lot of marketers questioning what it even means... Jon Loomer breaks down the message in this article and tries to decipher what it all means.

#FakeLinks: This Is the Future of Link Building
As I mentioned earlier, SEO is a big priority for us right now. I'm learning as much as I can about it. This article on the Gaps blog discusses a rather "grey hat" strategy that people are using to try to game SEO. There are things you can learn to implement on your own as well as words of caution about what's going on. All in all, a great and informative read.
 

Recommended Tool:

Designrr - To repurpose blog posts on more platforms
I mentioned this one last week and I feel it's worth mentioning again. It's currently a lifetime price (only $27) but, on their normal site, is actually $27 per month. So it's definitely worth it! Anyway, since we're really focusing on SEO lately, Designrr is truly one of our secret weapons. It allows us to create PDF versions of our blog posts in about 3 clicks and then submit them to every site that accepts PDFs. We have links inside the PDFs and can often add links in the PDFs description on the various sites we post on, resulting in a lot of links and clicks back to our site. We use this tool like crazy and can't really recommend it enough.
 

Wrappin' Up:

I didn't get around to creating a new design for the Weekly Profit, unfortunately. But I wanted to share what we've been doing and paying attention to, regardless.

Lots of great stuff this week and we got even more coming to you next week!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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Friday, January 12, 2018

Fwd: Abundance Insider: January 12 Edition



 
 
 
   

In this week's Abundance Insider: Cashierless Walmart stores, growing muscle from stem cells, and AT&T's latest smart sensor play. For a preview of Peter's CES coverage, click here. To watch Peter's full coverage of CES, join Abundance Digital here.

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AI Warns Researchers Where CRISPR Might Make Mistakes

What it is: Microsoft has built an AI tool to predict and proactively detect potential off-target effects of CRISPR gene edits. Microsoft's tool gives researchers a way to plug in a gene and determine what the potential off-target effects might be, allowing researchers to focus on genes that have the lowest risk of unintended side effects.

Why it's important: As we are beginning to experiment and tweak a highly complex genetic and epigenetic system in vivo, the ability to predict is critical. Look for this mindset to lead to the development of new and better mechanisms of tracking off-target effects after changes have been made.  Share on Facebook

Spotted by Marissa Brassfield / Written by Jason Goodwin 

Walmart Takes a Direct Shot at Amazon By Making Checkout Lanes Obsolete

What it is: By the end of January 2018, 125 Walmart locations will feature "Scan & Go" technology, which enables shoppers to scan items and pay for their purchases directly from their phones while in-store. Upon departure from the store, shoppers simply present a digital receipt to a greeter.

Why it's important: This technology digitizes and dematerializes shopping lines, human cashiers and cash registers. Considering grocery chain Kroger's "Scan, Bag, Go" technology, which will be rolled out to 400 stores this year, and Amazon's Go concept store, we're rapidly heading toward an era of all-digital shopping transactions.  Share on Facebook

Spotted by Jarom Longhurst / Written by Marissa Brassfield 

Scientists Figure Out How to Make Muscles from Scratch

What it is: Nenad Bursac, a biological engineer from Duke University, has created the first human muscle in a culture. Bursac started growing cells in culture three years ago, which at the time required a small biopsy of existing muscle tissue. Here, by using pluripotent stem cells derived from skin cells, Bursac and team were able to create a full sized muscle in about 5 weeks. This has immediate application and research for muscle wasting diseases where it's simply unethical to sample muscle cells.

Why it's important: Stem cells show significant promise in the treatment of major diseases, but many treatments are quite expensive or longer term. Here, developing new muscle cells lines to facilitate drug research is funding the technology development necessary to the broader stem cell story.  Share on Facebook

Spotted by Keith Gargiulo / Written by Jason Goodwin 

Hydrogen-Powered Hyundai Nexo Drives Further, Charges Faster Than a Tesla

What it is: The Hyundai Nexo, introduced this week at CES, is a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle armed with an array of driver assistance technologies. Its Highway Driving Assistant, for example, keeps the vehicle centered in its lane at high speeds even when roads are completely empty. The car has a range of 370 miles, and just takes 5 minutes to refuel at a hydrogen filling station.

Why it's important: Hyundai plans to release 18 eco-friendly models globally by 2025 -- a great way to gather data on consumer preferences as attitudes toward internal combustion engines change. Will the SUV styling of the Nexo help Hyundai beat out rival hydrogen models from Toyota, Honda and Mercedes-Benz?  Share on Facebook

Spotted by Marissa Brassfield / Written by Marissa Brassfield 

AT&T's Smart City Sensors Monitor Bridges to Ensure They're Safe

What it is: This week, AT&T announced details on its smart city sensors. These battery-operated sensors can monitor bridges for factors like changes in angle, temperature and crack width. These sensors build on AT&T's existing smart streetlights, which monitor traffic, air quality, pedestrian movement and noise.

Why it's important: As sensor technology becomes more ubiquitous, city planners have the tough challenge of prioritizing public safety against citizens' privacy. In this case, sensors are used to gauge bridges' structural integrity -- but what about AT&T's already deployed apps, which alert law enforcement when they detect gunshots?  Share on Facebook

Spotted by Marissa Brassfield / Written by Marissa Brassfield 

One Stock Analyst's $10 Trillion Bull Case for Cryptocurrencies

What it is: Roughly $30 trillion are currently held offshore in gold and other long-term stores of value. RBC analyst Mitch Steves projects that cryptoassets such as bitcoin and ether could take as much as 33 percent of that market over the next 15 years, giving the cryptoasset market as a whole a $10 trillion value. This is a 13x expansion from today from one single use case.

Why it's important: Notice how Steves thinks about cryptoasset valuation. Currencies and coins have many use cases beyond stored value, but when you think about the use cases for ethereum (and ether coin), IOTA (for IoT transactions), or Factom (secure distributed storage), just to name a few, the market value of the entire asset class could well eclipse that number.  Share on Facebook

Spotted by Marissa Brassfield / Written by Jason Goodwin 

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