We discussed three things you need to know to get rich and famous on The BIGG Success Show today. Here’s a summary of that discussion.
This show was inspired by a news story about Geoffrey Owens, the Cosby Show actor who played Elvin – the husband of the family’s oldest daughter. He was spotted bagging groceries at Trader Joe’s.
Many thought this revealed a fall from grace.
Shaming ensued, but support endured.
The story reveals a dirty little secret about Hollywood – one which makes actors and entertainers and celebrities more endearing, because we see they struggle just like the rest of us in pursuing our respective callings.
On the show, we discussed three things you need to know if you want to be rich and famous.
Conventional wisdom holds that entrepreneurs take more risk than employees. It may have been the case in past, but is it still true today?
We’re thinking about the things they don’t teach you in school. For example, most people assume that it’s less risky to be an employee, rather than an entrepreneur. Are they wrong?
There’s this teeny tiny part of your brain – it sits at the base – that apparently reveals a lot about your friends. It’s called the amygdala.
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston found that people with a bigger amygdala have more friends. This almond-shaped area is more than twice the size in people who are more social.
Perhaps the most striking part of this research was the difference between the two groups:
Less social people had less than 15 people with whom they had regular contact
People with a bigger amygdala had as many as 50 acquaintances
The researchers aren’t sure of the direction of the relationship. Does a bigger amygdala lead to more friends or do more friends lead to a bigger amygdala?
The lead researcher said that the brain is a “use it or lose it organ.” So she postulated that it expands with the number and the nature of your relationships. You can expand your mind…literally!
A simple way to have more friends
The thing we found most interesting was a BIGG tip about how to get more friends:
People with more friends tended to have more complex relationships. In other words, they mix business with pleasure!
And yet we’ve heard our whole lives – don’t mix business and pleasure. Wrong! You should mix the two.
It’s consistent with the BIGG idea behind BIGG success – synergy. We used to think it was essential to separate people into two camps – professional and personal.
However, many people miss a lot of opportunities by drawing this line between work and play. You can have better relationships with more people if you erase that line.
The relational power of social media
While the researchers didn’t look at online connections, we think this actually highlights one of the best things about social media. We get to see the whole person now.
We may meet someone in a business setting. But once we connect online, we can learn about their families, their hobbies, their interests and more.
Social media will help you keep track of what’s going on in the lives of more people. By watching status updates in your stream, you know what’s on their mind. You can bring it up when you see them in the real world.
It deepens the relationship instantly. The people in your life know you’re genuinely interested in them.
It helps create synergy which leads to more fun AND better results. Now that’s BIGG success.
Have you found that social media helps you keep up with more people?
Thanks so much for reading this summary of our show. If you found this helpful, would you share it with your friends?
Until we “meet” again, here’s to your BIGG success!
– George & Mary-Lynn
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Did social media steal Christmas? We did something special on The BIGG Success Show today to answer that question. It’s a twist on an old familiar fable. We hope you enjoy! Click the player below to listen. Here’s the transcription…
Every Who is on social media these days,
They share every moment in many ways.
While Santa calls out…on Dasher and Dancer,
Whos post…on Facebook, on Pinterest, and Twitter.
Social media is a powerful tool for helping you with career growth if you don’t get in the way. A recent survey by Jobvite found 93 percent of recruiters check out social media profiles of prospects before making an offer. There are some do’s and don’ts to follow to ensure you’ll get that job opportunity.
Social Media for Career Growth Don’ts
We’ve seen some things in our Facebook news streams lately from some of our connections that are major no-no’s.
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