penny haynes is everywhere!!

"create your own think tank" is the header on an email that my friend chuck sent me the "amazing" news is that you can advertise on facebook.

simultaneously at the same time, my virtual friend penny sent an email via twitter that leads back to one of her websites.

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Hi, peter mitchell.

You have a new direct message from twitter:

pennyhaynes: Thanks for following! Here's a quick video to get to know me better:

http://commercialcreationcenter.com/contact/

Reply on the web at http://twitter.com/direct_messages/create/pennyhaynes

Send me a direct message from your phone: D PENNYHAYNES

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both of these are ways to use social networking sites to spread your message.

breaking the rules

malcom gladwell is one of my favorite writers. he has a gift for finding truly interesting people and telling their story.
his latest story - about breaking the rules - is fascinating. it's about a guy who was coaching teen age girls basketball, and about how he was able to step outside the conventional basketball wisdom and develop a championship team. and the result was that he got the opposing coaches so enraged - even though he was playing within the "rules" - that they effectively banished his team from the competition.
so anyway, this is a story about thinking outside the box. about stepping aside from the conventional wisdom and intuiting a creative solution.