| Hello: Here’s the latest edition of MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-up. We’ll kick off every week with this quick collection of tips, recommendations, observations and other interesting, valuable stuff. – Tom |
| Monday, September 10, 2018 MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-UpRecommended Reading The Power of Full Engagement This is another one of those books I’ve read multiple times over the years: The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz. The book’s subtitle describes it well: “Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal.” From the MarketVolt Blog How Not to Handle a Crisis Last week, organizers cancelled the LouFest music festival three days before the event here in St. Louis. The backlash was fierce. All of us make mistakes. So I wasn’t interested in joining the backlash gang. But I chose to chime in after LouFest responded to critics. Their response is a great lesson in how NOT to respond to a crisis. Resources Receiving and Sending Mobile Text Messages on Your Desktop Ever wish that you could receive and send mobile text messages from your desktop computer? I began doing this recently with my Android/Samsung phone using a free service called MightyText (Android only). There’s another good option for Android phones: messages.android.com. This service works only with Android’s built-in messaging app. It won’t work with third-party apps, such as Samsung’s messaging app. Apple desktops have a built-in messaging sync. Here’s how to sync your iPhone messages on your Apple desktop. Unfortunately, it’s not so easy if you want to sync your iPhone messages with a Windows PC. There are various options for you to download/read iPhone messages. But I couldn’t find a good tool for Windows to receive and send iPhone text messages in real time. If you know of one, please let me know so I can share it in a future Mash-Up. Inspirational, Important Story Kevin Hines and Suicide Prevention I recently listened to a remarkable, inspiring podcast interview with Kevin Hines. In 2000, he jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge… …and survived. How he survived is an incredible story. Fewer than 40 people (estimates vary) have survived that fall. More than 1,600 have not. After he survived, Kevin devoted his life to preventing suicide. He led the fight to encourage the Golden Gate Bridge authority to raise barriers and install nets to prevent people from jumping. The authority refused until earlier this year (more on that story in the podcast). I share this now because today is World Suicide Prevention Day. You can learn more about Kevin and his work here: kmhinesfoundation.org/ and KevinHinesStory.com I learned a ton about suicide prevention by listening to and reading about Kevin’s story. I encourage you to check it out. Kevin Hines Describing the Hours Before He Jumped If someone had intervened that day, things would have absolutely been different. Due to my psychosis on that day, I could not say aloud “I need help now.” Yet, I desperately wanted someone to say to me, “Are you OK? Is something wrong?” or “Can I help you?” Had any one of the hundreds of passersby engaged with me, it would have given me permission to share my darkness, and potentially have showed me that I had the ability on that day to choose life. ***Any reading, listening, quoting, resourcing that you think we should share? Send us a tip. Until next time, enjoy the rest of this week and the weekend. Tom |
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