Kublai Khan

I dreamed of Warrior kings and princes
Long known to be dead and still
In the afterlife did they practice their arts for hope of promotion

In my dream a general awaited Khan
And a strange sight was this Khan for a Mongol
He was of fair skin and blond hair
His arm hair was brownish and resembled that of a lion
Khan's eye seemed blueish gray

In spite of appearances Khan seemed to be a Mongol
Upon seeing the impatience of his General
The Khan said "this one is for you, keep him with you always"
A gigantic Golden Eagle flew over to the shoulder of the prince

With a glow of renewed pride and hope
The General smiled and said "we await your orders to lead us to victory once again"
And so it began

The early morning thought of the day

Judith Jamison in a recent PBS interview shared her thoughts on success. "Pray, Prepare and Proceed." That's advice worth having in my opinion. We are forced to contemplate the universe, to navigate our world and finally to to personal action.

Blog Upkeep (Tip)

A recent development in Blogger (Google's blogging service @blogger.com) has made managing blogs fairly easy. 

The ability to send updates via email has been around for some time. One can update a blogger account by creating a custom email account in blogger under Settings/Email & Mobile/Email Posting Address.

To link a blog to twitter one may use a free service like twItterfeed.com. This service will forward posts to twitter, Facebook and others. One will need to add the blog address as myblog.com/rss.xml.

To maximize effectiveness when dealing with multiple blogs one might consider using an email distribution list.

Happy Posting.

Lost Treasure

A number of professionals, business folk and general media outlets have focused on employee engagement. The idea of engagement is to empower employees so that they become fully involved with their work. The theory is that involved employees will find their work more meaningful and consequently will be happier and more productive.

 

One bit of advice for business managers and owners might be to leverage the benefits of employee engagement. I wondered this morning how much money and innovation might be accrued by following through on the ideas of employee engagement. I recalled as a younger man being employed by a business owner to simply examine technology and make recommendations on their usage in his business. That was the extent of my job and because of it I developed a intuitive sense about the possibility for employees to change the course of a business.

 

When setting new years resolutions I would recommend that one include promotion of employee engagement together with serious consideration for implementing active employee suggestions. Don't waste the competitive advantages that exist in your organization. Businesses may have technology and streamlined processes but one must remember that people are your foundation and hold a wealth of lost treasure.

I dreamed the meaning of life, the universe and everything and it wasn't 42

This morning I dreamed about the meaning of our existence. The dream itself was unimportant. Its conclusion was that humanity exists for only a single reason. We exist to serve creation. The quintessential element of humanity is our ability to be creative and imagine. We therefore exist in this world to use that creativity and imagination to dream of the next world.

It's as simple as that.

Caveats to blog management: What works well and what can be improved

Hi all,

Just a quick follow up to my previous post on blog management. I note the following items regarding this new blog method:

• Embedded pictures (those images attached, pasted or dragged into your e-mail) do not display in the blog properly
• The subject becomes the topic header of the blog post
• The text of the blog editor on blogger shows large typeface however the blog posts according to the style of the blog
• This new technology makes it easy to multiply mistakes (one e-mail message can appear on multiple sites quickly)
• Inconsistent formatting of text occurs around pictures
• E-mail messages sent to the Blogger can be set for either draft mode or instant publishing
  

Well until next time, stay healthy.

Blog Management: How to do it.

Hi all,

Well I’ve just discovered a new tool in my effort to stay current with my blogs. I am a user of the Google Blogspot web service (based at blogger.com). I recently opened my Dashboard to begin a new posting and noted that each site has an email icon next to a mobile phone icon.

It appears that one can now create a secret email address that will allow one to send an email which results in a blog posting. Tada! End of problems regarding how to find time to stay current with blogging. An interesting note is that one can probably send one email to multiple recipients (blog sites) and see multiple posts. Double Tada!!

Well light bulb just went off in my head. Everyone has time for an email. Everyone does. Since many folks no longer write letters this new technology allows folks to get a grip on their many blogs (sometimes simultaneously). Well this first post of the new blogging error is within the context of how to use the new technology.

HOW TO SET UP EMAIL BLOGGING

1. Login to blogger and view your dashboard
   
2. For each blog site click the email icon and add a secret word to create a unique email address
   
3. On your phone / email program – create a new contact (I use @blog-name for my contacts so they are easy to find)
   
4. For each contact set up the secret email address you created in step 2
   
5. Create a message and send it to the contacts you have configured
   

The dashboard area should appear like this...




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Be well and happy blogging.
Tom C. 阿明