No matter how we refer to these sort of happenings, whether a fad, 15 minutes of fame or go-viral - I recognize the same key ingredients in all of these situations. My favorite definition of "luck" is "where preparation and opportunity meet."
Ansel Adams sums up the most important ingredient. "Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter." ~ Ansel Adams
The other key ingredients:
- you have to keep doing it and be willing to change
- you have to keep learning and refining all along the way
- and, when it hits (goes viral) be ready to capitalize on it.
Thank you for my loyal and growing base of Glowing Embers. I will continue to find great examples of Glowing Embers happening. It's a big world and there is much to make happen and it's time for Glowing Embers to recognize one another, come together and make stuff happen.
As Brian comments about how the line has blurred between social media and traditional news media, it makes me remember the "Rodney King" video. That was an awakening. Imagine what will be possible in a few short years for all us bloggers, tweeters and posters - and the difference being made in people's lives whom you nor I will ever know.
The times, they are a'changin ~ Bob Dylan
Best of LUCK to you "a-changin" Glowing Embers,
~ Alan Goldsberry, Author and CEO of ZFactor Group Publishing
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