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The Age of Renewal

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New friends with common interests

I just finished day two of a three day blogger conference. I am more convinced than ever that most of you who read DigiDame should be writing your own blog.

There are just too many of my readers who have knowledge, interests, or hobbies that are not being taken to their fullest potential, especially since we are living in the digital age. If you did use the Internet to further expand your horizons , you would be:

  1. Getting involved in more discussions that you truly enjoy.
  2. Meeting new people who can add new and exciting dimensions to your life.
  3. Learning things that make your interests more fruitful and rewarding.

Our twilight years are supposed to be spent doing things that we didn’t have time to do before, even if we’re still working. Don’t have any regrets about not taking that step out of your comfort zone. The clock is ticking. It’s now or never.

Because of work, I am constantly being forced to do things that are a little unnerving at first. Then once I get into the full swing, I actually start enjoying myself. I had an exhilarating day today. I met several people who are going to help me get involved in projects I never thought I would be able to touch: a different level of charity work, art, politics, and travel.

This all happened because I blog. I learned how to take my expertise and turn it into value added for others. In return, I will receive information and guidance from the leaders in the categories I am interested in.

All you have to do is write a few lines about whatever you are interested in. Post an accompanying photo as well. Try to do this several times a week. Then in order for you to make connections with others, you have to post authoritative comments on their blog sites hoping to spur a conversation. Once that starts, keep the dialog going with your thoughts. Before you know it, respectable and reliable people will be contacting you to join online discussion groups, meet up for events, and participate in special activities.

You don’t know it now, but it won’t take long for you to feel 20 years younger. Humor me. Try it.

I Am Finally In My Comfort Zone

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This is what I wear to work everyday

Walking on the streets of Manhattan

The other day I posted a picture of myself on Facebook with two 23-year old app developers from Chile who came to visit me at my office. Within seconds my California girl friend Sheri Lesser wrote a message on my page that said, “I have never seen you in jeans. You look good.”  The truth is that most of my career I was required to wear a business suit to work. I spent thousands and thousands of dollars on clothes each year just to sit in my office, get an occasional visitor or go see a client once or twice a week. Oh yes, luncheons. I needed the glamorous suits to walk from the coat closet in the restaurant to my table where I sat covered for one or two hours. 

Online for our coffee in the Flatiron District

Check out the shoes

When I think back to those days, I realize how silly we all were dressing up to impress each other. I have to admit that I was one of the most vocal bosses about people not properly dressing for work. I even scolded several people on my staff when I saw them dressed in warm-up suits traveling to the CES show in Las Vegas. I told them that the aircraft was filled with industry people judging their appearance. I even went so far as to say that what they wore had a direct reflection on the agency. 

Muscles and tatoos are the status symbols

Those were the days. Today if you wear a suit in the digital community in New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and Boston people will think you are going to a funeral. Everyone wears casual slacks or jeans, a shirt, top or sweater, comfortable shoes or sneakers and hopefully clean underwear. We are all non-descript. It’s all about creativity and not the surface BS. I may be 30 years older than most, but I better conform if I am going to be taken seriously. Truth be told, I never felt better about myself.  I love working in this environment and I love being so comfortable today without my tight-fitting pantyhose, my tangled slip and my aching high heels. I will leave that to the lawyers and bankers who still feel they have to impress someone. 

I must say that some of the younger folks do take advantage of the new accepted attire. The young women wear short, short, short, skirts and short, short, shorts on hot days in the summer and their male counterparts wear loose cargo shorts. I urge you not to look up on the subway steps. You will see more than the X-rated channel on your TV sets.