Daniel Decker

Measuring Facebook’s Most Engaging Pages & “People Talking About This” Percentage

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A few weeks ago I started to evaluate some of the Most Engaging Facebook Pages (ranked by interactions) to see what their ratio of total Fans to “People Talking About This” was. My goal was to establish what their “Talking About This” % might be so that I could use it as a guide. I’ll [...]

The Danger of a Habit Becoming a Ritual

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When you think of a habit, what comes to mind?
For me, my first thoughts are: good habits, bad habits, and Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
We all know bad habits are those that we need to break but what about the dangers of the good habits?
I rarely hear much about that.
Since [...]

Live and Work on Purpose by Using a Creed

Family creeds help you as a family to decide what kind of family you really want to be and identify the principles that will help you get there. This article is a guide for doing just that (at home and at work).

10 Tips for a Meaningful New Year (and Life)

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Most of us start the new year focused on ways to maximize our productivity, health, finances, etc. While each of those are certainly good, it’s also important to start the year with the right perspective.
Below are just a few simple thoughts / reminders on how to have not only a meaningful new year but also [...]

A How to Change the World (and Your World) Manifesto

It’s one thing to talk about changing the world… It’s something totally different to actually do it. And by “do it,” I mean to set out with an intentional goal or plan to create the change that we wish to see…

TRUE INFLUENCE: Followers vs Fans and Why the Difference Matters

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This post takes off of the Quality vs Quantity post from last week but expands on it in a different way…
This may be shocking to some of you and perhaps not to others but I’ll lay it right from the beginning…
Numbers can lie.
But we’re still fascinated by them, aren’t we?
It’s so easy to take [...]

Does Your Office Need a “No Complaining Rule”?

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I’m not a fan of complaining… well, at least not the chronic kind that is rooted in negativity instead of being a catalyst for seeking solutions.
Mindless complaining is useless. It not only makes the complainer more pessimistic, it also brings everyone around them down. It’s a lose-lose.
Complaining CAN be productive though, when it’s used constructively [...]

Quality vs Quantity and The Pursuit of More

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We’re always trying to accumulate more… aren’t we?
It’s especially true where Social Media and building a following are concerned.
A simple Google search is a great example…
“How to get more followers on Twitter” has about 42,400,000 results.
“How to get more fans on Facebook” has about 70,000,000 results.
It goes way beyond the online world too. The pursuit [...]

The Most Powerful Thing You Could Do Today

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Encourage, Inspire, and Uplift someone else.

Take a moment right now to encourage someone around you.

Do it by email, text, phone or face-to-face. It doesn’t matter so much how you do it, just that you do.

Tell them that they matter.

Let them know you believe in them.

Offer an encouraging word that gives them a little shot of [...]

Focus on The Relationship, Not Just The Transaction

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Sometimes we can treat people and opportunities like a transaction can’t we?
Like we’re walking up to the counter, placing our order then we’re done. We get what we want and then we walk away.
We might not intend to do it. Perhaps we’re just busy and trying to check another box off the To-Do list. Or [...]