Erik Qualman > Quotes

“We don't have a choice on whether we do social media, the question is how well we do it?”
― Erik Qualman

“Integrity is what you do behind closed doors or when you think nobody is watching. Integrity is the true essence of who you are, your beliefs and your values. Reputation is the public perception of who you are. It is how others view your integrity or strong moral principles.”
― Erik Qualman, What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube: PRIVACY is DEAD. The NEW rules for business, personal, and family reputation.

“People who do surf the Internet for fun at work—within a reasonable limit of less than 20 percent of their total time in the office—are more productive by about 9 percent than those who don't,” according to Dr. Brent Coker, from the department of management and marketing at the University of Melbourne, Australia.”
― Erik Qualman, Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business

“Assume whatever you do, both offline and online, will be seen by your mother, dad, boss, coach, boyfriend, teacher… the world.”
― Erik Qualman, What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube: PRIVACY is DEAD. The NEW rules for business, personal, and family reputation.

“It’s important to be socially active, engaged and connected with powerful tools like LinkedIn. These tools can be used in a myriad of ways to benefit you both personally and professionally.”
― Erik Qualman, What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube: PRIVACY is DEAD. The NEW rules for business, personal, and family reputation.

“would I be proud to wear my typed words on a t-shirt in public for the next hundred years?”
― Erik Qualman, Digital Leader: 5 Simple Keys to Success and Influence

“A British Institute of Psychiatry study revealed that reading digital messages while performing another creative task decreases your IQ in the moment by 10 points. This decrease is the same as not sleeping for 36 hours—more than twice the impact of smoking marijuana.”
― Erik Qualman, What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube: PRIVACY is DEAD. The NEW rules for business, personal, and family reputation.

“If pondering whether something is appropriate to post online, ask yourself: Would I tell this to a large group of people in-person? If the answer is “no” or “maybe not,” do not post it.”
― Erik Qualman, What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube: PRIVACY is DEAD. The NEW rules for business, personal, and family reputation.

“Fail Fast: break items into small chunks which allows for more experimentation, leading to more chances for success Fail Forward: learn from what didn’t work, but continue toward what will work Fail Better: the best way to increase our amount of learning is to increase our amount of failure”
― Erik Qualman, Digital Leader: 5 Simple Keys to Success and Influence

“Complaining is negative energy and the enemy of greatness.”
― Erik Qualman, What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube: PRIVACY is DEAD. The NEW rules for business, personal, and family reputation.

“Be firm in your destination but flexible in your path.”
― Erik Qualman, The Focus Project: The Not So Simple Art of Doing Less

“Lesson: Finishing first has many different reasons. Run your race.”
― Erik Qualman, What Happens on Campus Stays on You Tube

“My Top Eureka Moments: Focusing today is hard…really hard. But it can be learned. It can become a habit. Systems, processes, and routines trump willpower. Letting something go is sometimes the best way to complete it. A not-to-do list is more important than your to-do list. To attain knowledge add things every day; to obtain wisdom subtract things every day. The difference between successful people and very successful people is very successful people say no to almost everything. If you try to help everyone, you will end up helping no one. Neil Armstrong got it right…small steps lead to giant leaps. WWW: What am I doing right now? Why? What should I be doing? Focus on the important, not the immediate. Not my circus, not my monkeys.”
― Erik Qualman, The Focus Project: The Not So Simple Art of Doing Less

“Many people have discovered that having a LinkedIn account for their business contacts and a Facebook account for their personal contacts is a great approach.”
― Erik Qualman, What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube: PRIVACY is DEAD. The NEW rules for business, personal, and family reputation.

“If you lend someone $100 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.”
― Erik Qualman, The Focus Project: The Not So Simple Art of Doing Less

“Leaders don’t say let’s get ready, they say let’s get started.”
― Erik Qualman, The Focus Project: The Not So Simple Art of Doing Less

“Greatness is often determined by what one decides not to do.”
― Erik Qualman, The Focus Project: The Not So Simple Art of Doing Less

“Trying to be the best at everything is the surest path to being the best at nothing. Start with simple. Be persistent in the short term and patient in the long term. How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.”
― Erik Qualman, The Focus Project: The Not So Simple Art of Doing Less

“However, today there is less hierarchy in the world due to technology.”
― Erik Qualman, Digital Leader: 5 Simple Keys to Success and Influence

“future,”
― Erik Qualman, Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business

“Fail fast, fail forward, fail better.”
― Erik Qualman, Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business

“Privacy is dead. Reputations are dying.”
― Erik Qualman, What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube: PRIVACY is DEAD. The NEW rules for business, personal, and family reputation.

“In the future, we will all enjoy our 15 minutes of privacy.” SCOTT MONTY, FORD”
― Erik Qualman, What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube: PRIVACY is DEAD. The NEW rules for business, personal, and family reputation.