Comments on: Careful Believing Your Hype! http://www.abilitysuccessgrowth.com/2009/04/careful-believing-your-hype/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:54:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Elli http://www.abilitysuccessgrowth.com/2009/04/careful-believing-your-hype/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Elli Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:02:31 +0000 http://www.abilitysuccessgrowth.com/threekeystobetterbusinessskills/?p=275#comment-13 <em>Michael, Thank you so much for commenting! I think you illustrated so beautifully how believing your own hype creates the illusion that you are untouchable. It certainly appears that Mark Zuckerberg has created an environment where he is king (or even dictator). That's the thing about hype. It is like an intoxicant-seductive, it feels good, and there is a social aspect to it. Even on a small or local scale, we can act like Mr. Zuckerberg. It interferes with learning because you keep getting messages that you are doing the right things. It demonstrates how important self-management skills are to leading a vibrant, successful business.</em> Michael,

Thank you so much for commenting! I think you illustrated so beautifully how believing your own hype creates the illusion that you are untouchable. It certainly appears that Mark Zuckerberg has created an environment where he is king (or even dictator).

That’s the thing about hype. It is like an intoxicant-seductive, it feels good, and there is a social aspect to it. Even on a small or local scale, we can act like Mr. Zuckerberg. It interferes with learning because you keep getting messages that you are doing the right things. It demonstrates how important self-management skills are to leading a vibrant, successful business.

]]> By: Michael Benidt http://www.abilitysuccessgrowth.com/2009/04/careful-believing-your-hype/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Michael Benidt Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:56:00 +0000 http://www.abilitysuccessgrowth.com/threekeystobetterbusinessskills/?p=275#comment-12 Thanks so much for the link to the Zuckerberg article, Elli. How this guy hasn't been thrown out of Facebook by his customers or his employees is beyond reason. Let's see - the Beacon fiasco where Zuckerberg and his crew thought it would be a good idea to tell your entire Facebook following what Blockbuster tapes you were renting and what Amazon books you were reading. Just a few lawsuits over that one. They later decided maybe that wasn't such a good idea! Then, they decided that you didn't own your own information on Facebook - and if you wanted to delete your profile, they could still keep and do with your profile whatever they wanted to. Another firestorm of protest. And, another apology. People tend to point out the apologies, saying that Mark is learning. But, my question has always been and still remains - "What was going on with these guys when they made those decisions in the first place?" Good grief, did anyone say anything like "Maybe this isn't such a good idea?" Or, maybe they didn't dare. Thanks so much for the link to the Zuckerberg article, Elli. How this guy hasn’t been thrown out of Facebook by his customers or his employees is beyond reason.

Let’s see – the Beacon fiasco where Zuckerberg and his crew thought it would be a good idea to tell your entire Facebook following what Blockbuster tapes you were renting and what Amazon books you were reading. Just a few lawsuits over that one. They later decided maybe that wasn’t such a good idea!

Then, they decided that you didn’t own your own information on Facebook – and if you wanted to delete your profile, they could still keep and do with your profile whatever they wanted to. Another firestorm of protest. And, another apology.

People tend to point out the apologies, saying that Mark is learning. But, my question has always been and still remains – “What was going on with these guys when they made those decisions in the first place?” Good grief, did anyone say anything like “Maybe this isn’t such a good idea?” Or, maybe they didn’t dare.

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