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I agree with @Gert Scholtz, and I like the word "relatable", as well. Identifying or relating to a piece makes it more meaningful, IMO.

@Proma 🐝 Nautiyal I think you are spot on with the word "relatable" - what distinguishes a good piece of writing. Excellent read, Proma

Puede mover el mundo @Nacho 🐝 López Llandres!!

Todo se puede lograr @Nacho 🐝 López Llandres

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That's a major accomplishment for Dubai and the use of drones.

@Larry Boyer, 🐝 Brand Ambassador @Bill Stankiewicz, 🐝 Brand Ambassador @Rodolfo Ramirez Resendiz @Pooja Patange

@stephan metral 🐝 Innovative Brand Ambassador @Meera 🐝 Nair @Franci🐝Eugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador @Franklin Coetzee

@Fran 🐝 Brizzolis @Ali 🐝 Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee @Miriam Stefani Torres @Stephane 🐝 Fenner @Lance 🐝 Scoular

#28 Absolutly

#26 @Kevin Baker notices everything ;-) have a great week

#25 yes that is me @Gabriel Bazzolo ;-)

#24 thank you poem bee @Debasish Majumder

Such clear physiological triggers. The spreading of love by example. Well done.

#7 Thanks @Liesbeth Leysen, MSc. Brand Ambassador beBee, Inc. the Wraiter Bee!!!

nice share @Liesbeth Leysen, MSc. Brand Ambassador beBee, Inc.! enjoyed read and shared. thank you for the share.

#22 wow love that compliment @Devesh 🐝 Bhatt many thanks, have a loving day

I like watches. Don't need to keep recharging them.

If they are pair, they would smile at the same time atleast once in a day .

You have countless fresh ways of expressing love . Guess you see it everywhere.

#20 let me go to it now @Fran 🐝 Brizzolis happy day

Don't you read my last post?... @Liesbeth Leysen, MSc. Brand Ambassador beBee, Inc.

#17 @Pascal Derrien you never know, you might wear a magic watch soon!

#16 thank you @Lance 🐝 Scoular

I don't wear a watch but I am going to look at them in a different way now actually I used to have ''a gousset'' watch too when I was a teenage it was kind of a statement more than anything else :-)

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#10 thank you @Puneet Srivastava so kind of you

all loving Tuesday bees

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#64 Several months ago, I was promised to get one. :-)

@Javier 🐝 beBee, @Netta Virtanen

What Beecame of the store? I want a beBee T-shirt that says Bee Relevant.

Where can I buy a beBee t-shirt for myself?

I a T-shirt be yourself, of course.

I wish that soon it will be introduced here in India.

OMG that is superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr excellent news!

I want it all!!!

aaaaaah! want! Im thinking at 5 yrs--we all meet up and we all get group tattoos!! ;)
ok..maybe a bit much..temporary, wash off tattoos? hee hee

@Ivette K. Caballero this is the store. I don't know if you can get a t-shirt. @Netta Virtanen will tell you ! Many thanks

Nice work @Javier 🐝 beBee and Team beBee!

Congrats the entire team of beBee.

@Javier 🐝 beBee para cuándo la tienda tienda? Jeje

@Netta Virtanen are these links updated ? Thanks 😍😍

#50 wow ! Thats a good news :) I am waiting to get it here . Hope i can get it soon.

@Ravi Ranjan At the moment we are selling the products on Amazon Europe and Amazon North America, the reason being that we have production of the items and offices in these locations.As beBee grows we will be opening new offices and new points of production, India being one of them. =)

#48 @Ravi Ranjan to be honest ..I dont know. It is really difficult to.deal with all import/export and border requirements of every country CC @Netta Virtanen

When the store will be available for India? @Javier 🐝 beBee Sir :)

Cheers to beBee merchandise! Adding so much colour to beBeeland! :)

#9 thank you for the clarification. Whatever works is worth the effort.

Food for thought...

change can be immediate and very easy. The hard part comes in trying to prove it to others.

Beliefs are just thoughts. If proved to be self limiting and detrimental, one can change them. Such a change is not forced unless it is determined by external factors.

Why surrender to thoughts that we ourselves create?

I like the idea of Raise(ing) The Bar From Excellent To Outstanding To Wow. There's a personal motto in there!

#1 Thanks for your question @Devesh 🐝 Bhatt!! Often our beliefs are engrained and may not always serve us well. Replacing old beliefs with new ones requires effort - sometimes force - to achieve the desired outcomes. #ChangeAmbassador

#2 Thanks @David B. Grinberg!! I've read Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich" 3 times (3x) in the past - so much that my paperback copy fell apart!! Required reading indeed... ;-) #ChangeAmbassador

#4 My pleasure @Franci🐝Eugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador!! ;-)

Thanks @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher!! ;-)

Extremely inspiring @Lillian 🐝 Gregory. "Until next time count to 10 and make it count." Love that slogan.

Interesting and thought-provoking piece. Thank you for sharing.

#2 @David B. Grinberg

1: http://budgeburgess.com/LiesaboutAC.html
2: http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-untold-story-of-napoleon-hill-the-greatest-self-he-1789385645

What we praise our success on and who we attribute for our success, that is a part of a belief system. It is not for me to say what the basis of individual inspiration is, but it is an affront for me to the term "21st Century Leadership" that draws inspiration from narcissists and hype mongers.

Fake news and political hype did not begin with Donald Trump, for it is what people find most appealing about the lies Napoleon Hill promoted. For sure it is inspiring reading but 21st Century leadership is far more than living off belief systems that sits on a foundation stone of mythology, a mythology written by an author that died penniless. Positive thinking is a religion but religion works and has produced much greater wealth for priests and gurus than it ever did for Napoleon Hill.

21st Century leadership requires us to listen to evidence and question mythology.

Thank you, Lillian, for this inspirational and instructive blogging buzz. I'm also a big fan of Napoleon Hill and read "Think and Grow Rich" in college. I highly recommend him as "required reading" for anyone who yearns to master life success principles. Keep buzzing!
cc: @Javier 🐝 beBee @John White, MBA @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher @Franci🐝Eugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador @Lance 🐝 Scoular

Question. Why does one have to forcefully drive in new beliefs?

#22 👎

#19 Yes, @Lance 🐝 Scoular, I was referring to those truly egregious events in Australia.

And don't even get me started on the justices who lowered the sentences in that one case!

#16 Is this tweeting @David B. Grinberg? I used a hashtag that is specific to MyTweetPack which is supposed to have it auto tweet. Let me know if it is. Again, great article.

Glad you're back on the grid, @Lance 🐝 Scoular, and I hope you had a good trip. Many thanks not only for your valuable comments, but also for the shares here and on Twitter. I appreciate your kindness and gracious support, as always!

#14 @David B. Grinberg I think the incidents @Aleta Curry is referring to were in Australia and if so I remember the incidents vividly.

I agree with @Aleta Curry's comments:

"My point is that true justice means Justice for All. We don't usually think of the majority ethnic group as *needing* protection under civil rights legislation, but they are certainly *entitled* to it."

I'm back on the Grid :-)

@Aleta Curry: I found your comments below interesting. You boldly shine a spotlight on an issue which is too often misunderstood by some segments of society. To wit: issues of race are supposed to be "color blind" under the law, meaning they apply equally to blacks and whites alike. No group has a monopoly over laws involving race. That's what makes the judicial principle of "equal justice under law" so important.
This is not to say that one group doesn't experience more race discrimination than another, either historically or currently.
However, I would point out some facts about the changing face of America which you alluded to below: the white population in the population centers now comprises a plurality of Americans -- not a majority -- according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This means that the combined number of traditional minority groups now outnumbers whites, especially white men, in all major cities nationwide. Further, this demographic trend is forecast to increase well into the future. This is due largely to the skyrocketing growth of Hispanics/Latinos and Asian Americans, the two fastest growing U.S. demographic groups. Meanwhile, the percentage of the black population is forecast to remain relatively the same, while the percentage of the white population drops. Just some "food for thought."

Thank you for your thoughtful comments and valuable engagement on this blogging buzz: @Aleta Curry @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher @Debasish Majumder @stephan metral 🐝 Innovative Brand Ambassador @Ana-María Llácer Sánchez @Pascal Derrien and everyone else who took the time to read, comment, share and hit Relevant -- for which I'm most grateful.

A very vital topic @David B. Grinberg and you addressed it well. We've made a lot of strides in our country, we have more to make and I sure would not want to see us taking steps backwards, so thank you for this! Sharing.

Thanks for yet another informative piece, @David B. Grinberg.

Now, *someone* has to say it, so I will. Since I am a black female, it is much harder for people to accuse me of racism for pointing this out:

As a person who doesn't discriminate by any characteristics except character and integrity when choosing friends, I have heard many stories of injustice. As the black mother of a white child, I have another set of concerns. I know, for example, that hate crimes against Caucasians also exist.

While in some cases, and please note that I said 'some', we may be able to understand the history that leads to reactionary hate crimes, it doesn't excuse those crimes.

In other cases, there is no excuse, and it's a question of hate crimes just as vile as any other.

About 15 years ago there was a spate of sexual attacks against young Caucasian females perpetrated by gangs of male from a particular ethnic background (which one I am purposely choosing not to state).

These were targeted, as opposed to random, attacks. The perpetrators felt that Caucasian girls were of inferior moral status compared to girls of their own persuasion, and therefore fair game for rapes and other violence too brutal to describe.

Naturally, a few of us felt rather differently.

My point is that true justice means Justice for All. We don't usually think of the majority ethnic group as *needing* protection under civil rights legislation, but they are certainly *entitled* to it.

Good job. Shared.
Thanks for mention @stephan metral 🐝 Innovative Brand Ambassador

lovely buzz @David B. Grinberg! enjoyed read and shared. thank you for the share.

CC@Katyan Roach @Anne 🐝 Thornley-Brown, MBA @Anna Smith @Raul Duque Montánez @Ana-María Llácer Sánchez @Alberto 🐝 de la Torre @David Navarro López

Cc @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher, @Juan Imaz, @Phil 🐝 Johnson, MBL and Brand Ambassador @beBee, @koka sexton @Melonie Dodaro @Lance 🐝 Scoular @Deborah Levine

#8 I always have spectacular Sundays, because I know that in the free world, white knights are struggling and fighting for essential rights to keep balance in the Civilized world. I admire your dedication to the Cause. I am honored to be part of your network, and when I can, a small contributor to the buzz propagation. Faithfully Yours, Always!

I greatly appreciate your kind words, @Pascal Derrien. Also, many, many thanks for the shares @John White, MBA @🐝 Fatima G. Williams @Ali 🐝 Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee @stephan metral 🐝 Innovative Brand Ambassador @Franci🐝Eugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador and @Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee. I'm much obliged for your positive engagement and gracious support, as always. Please have a spectacular Sunday!

Informative, concise and balanced nice one @David B. Grinberg :-)

Many thanks for your valuable feedback, which is always most appreciated! @Martin Wright @Franci🐝Eugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador @stephan metral 🐝 Innovative Brand Ambassador @Robert Cormack.

An excellent effort on your part, @David B. Grinberg. Sharing.

Good piece, @David B. Grinberg. Thanks.

#31 thank you @Lance 🐝 Scoular!!!

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#18 your heart is receiving now sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much #love @Joanne Gardocki enJOY it!!!

#19 my pleasure @Debasish Majumder

#20 #20 beauty has no boundaries, thank you @Franci🐝Eugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador

#21 wow, that is one of the sweetest compliments ever, thank you so much Nandita!

#22 #passion ignites, love that @Lisa Vanderburg

#23 wow that is awesome, thank you @Chas ✌️ Wyatt

I will be leaving something for you in the Hive, "Music in English".🍒

Your words stir up an old acquaintance: libido. Even better, passion ignites. I am delighted by you prose, lovely @Liesbeth Leysen, MSc. Brand Ambassador beBee, Inc.!

Exquisite piece of writing. ' ....patient to wait for the extraordinary. ' - Sublime!

Love has no boundaries. A beautiful tale, @Liesbeth Leysen, MSc. Brand Ambassador beBee, Inc.

nice shared @Liesbeth Leysen, MSc. Brand Ambassador beBee, Inc.! enjoyed read and shared. thank you for the share.

Your sweet words echo Indian Summer warmth in September here in Pennsylvania. @Liesbeth Leysen, MSc. Brand Ambassador beBee, Inc., I had asked for help reconnecting to love as my heart felt so heavy;my body so tired. "The people saw a flame and sparkles in the sky. Not far away from where they were located. A signal of the universe of something special unfolding in its own natural and unique rhythm." Your timing couldn't be better. Your words bring smiles from the heart, thank you.

#16 yes and so it is @Savvy Raj thank you for putting the spotlights once again on those precious perls of truth

Lovely words! 'Some things only occur once in a lifetime, only for the one's that were patient to wait for the extraordinary.'

#14 awesome description @Kevin Baker

Awesome home run.

@Barbara Henslee @Simone Luise Hardt @Deborah Levine @Susan 🐝 Rooks, the Grammar Goddess

all awesome brave buzzing bees

#52 So true 😊

#50 #51 @Lance 🐝 Scoular you reminded me why being a grandparent is SO grand. If we made a lot of memories with our children while they were growing up, eventually they do want to re-live them in one way or another. The best part, they include us, except we get to be the 'fun' one's and not the 24/7 care givers now.

Your trip sounds like it was wonderful! It makes me want to do a family vacation again with my entire family. We keep talking about it. I have a daughter and son and they both have different memories that they held on to. My son, fishing and hunting with dad. They are doing an Elk hunt at the end of Oct in Colorado, they are like little boys planning their trip.

My daughter with her husband and daughter (our granddaughter) just got back from the Outer banks in NC, she wanted to do a beach trip because I would bring her to Myrtle beach or Florida Coast almost every year.

We all share camping, campfires, bodies of water and simple pleasures- nature as you saw in common. We hope to find a common place on a large Lake next summer and vacation with all the grandkids and our children.

It sounds like your grandkids bring out the 'child within' you too. I love it! We used to look for salamanders when we were camping too. I'm so happy you had a good time.

PS: The video is trippy but sure does bring you back in time, doesn't it? I love memory lane, great place to visit!

I had to laugh at the TWA add.

We had a domestic airline in Australia, Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) that used the same song back in the day.

Up, Up and away with TAA the Friendly Way!

Just back from Wombeyan Caves which is Off the Grid, no wifi or telco data. We had a great time with some friends from the "old days" and new friends of our daughters' and their kids.

Walking through the Bush.
Playing in the dry creek beds.
Collecting sticks and logs for the open fire at night.
Walking though the limestone caves and marveling at the amazing formations.
Our Matilda had a great time climbing up the stairs of a cubby house and sliding doen the slippery slide - with my assistance and playing in the dirt and getting nice and grubby.

Not having to worry if the kids are "OK" - apart from the normal cut, scratches and bruises.


I went there as a kid with me Dad and camped in a tent.
Sandie and I went there after we were married and camped in a tent.
Went back with our three girls when they were 4-6 and camped in a tent.
Over the succeeding years hired out some dormitories built for school groups with friends and their kids and bikes to ride the dirt tracks. Groups of about 50.

When the kids got married we stopped going to Wombayan Caves.

Then My daughter Nat (Natalie) wanted to have the same experience for her kids and her friends kids. So about 5 years ago we started to go to Wombeyan again.

What a great weekend was had by all.

Just like our Life Before Technology- It was indeed a Trip Down Memory Lane.

#48 King hill, ah.... ok I understand now! It must be large if it's still deserving of it's name.

#35 @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher, "King Hill" was a large hill in our community similar to your "Big Momma" that had a paved road that we would ride our bikes down (if you dared) in the summer and sled down in the winter, if the snowfall was large enough. I have been back there, though, and it still deserves the name "King Hill".

#45 We shall call you CC for short @Deborah Levine. *just kidding* I can understand the move!

#44 Thanks for sharing your stories too Harvey! The App story and your daughter's response, priceless.

Yes, @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher#41 I read all the books a colonial Brit little girl would. The Jesuits used to say - give me a child for the first 7 years and he's our for life. I'll always be a Bermudian at heart, but we moved to Long Island, New York for access to doctors for my younger brother and to be part of a Jewish community. Culture clash was my middle name!

#37 What was mysterious in our day is now corn on the cob for the new folks. Hit the app and the lights shine for a few moments and.......moving on. The hunt on both sides was almost as exciting as the the actual catch (more hunting than catching). My daughters told me about the App and when i asked if the used it they blushed curled up and screamed hell no.

Shows i have no understanding of social operations. Well, need to charge the batteries on the bag phone and get new hearing aid batteries:)

Have great weekend. Thanks of the stroll and laughs.

Lisa is the most eminent travel writer on beBee. Her travel posts convey a colorful portrait of place and culture and she fills my senses with the destination.

Thanks for sharing @Ali 🐝 Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee!!

#33 @Deborah Levine, I bet you never felt you were missing a thing if you didn't grow up with TV or radio in Bermuda. I can't imagine the amount of books you read and OH... the swimming, I bet that was a must there! I forgot about scrabble (and board games in particular). We also played a lot of scrabble and monopoly. Mom would make popcorn on the stove top and we'd have hot chocolate (homemade) with it in the winter. Where did you end up moving after you and your family left Bermuda?

#32 Hi Joanne, I bet skating on the river was a lot of fun! We used to go to a big pond that was groomed for skating and you felt like you were on a lake. We didn't do it too often because it wasn't that close to us but so much fun. Cooking hotdogs in the fireplace for a birthday sounds extremely memorable! Agree, the laughter and innocence was so uplifting.

#31 Thank you as well @Jerry Fletcher, I forgot about kick the can and your description of the evening brought me back some more! We actually loved it when our parents hung out on porches together, we had people we could show off our 'skills' to and many conversations as well because the neighbors always loved listening. Not to mention our parents were relaxed and in great moods by that time of the evening.

#30 Easy conversation starter with a cute puppy!

#29 Did you guys say, "Hey, lets go riding around?" That was a catch phrase for us when we wanted to cruise, even the girls used to cram in cars hoping to meet up with guys. We had a large parking lot right before the beach on Lake Erie where we hung out with others at night, blasting our music while guys did 360's in their cars showing off ha ha. As for meeting guys/gals, "now there's an app for that," I just literally laughed out loud. An app, sort of takes the fun out of it?

#26 I'm glad you enjoyed this @Harvey Lloyd! You wrote, " No policeman could bring fear of discipline like our parents." Wow, that's so true, and you are right, it had a lot to do with respect and we knew our parents would follow through on their threats if we disobeyed them. Like you, I didn't always obey the rules and 99.99% of the time I was nabbed then grounded. Nothing worse for a kid to be separated from their friends for a period of time, that was our jail time! I used to love Bewitched and I love Lucy.

#25 I remember being excited about 8 tracks since one item could pack a ton of music and by then I was working so I was able to buy a few here and there. I still use a land line for my home communications (well, a portable phone). Had a land line in my kitchen until my husband put up new wall paper. I wanted to keep it for those pesky times the electricity may go out. Until I got my new cell phone a few yrs ago, I didn't have good reception in my home with 3G. Remember the mini- cassettes? What is a King Hill?

#24 Hi @Debesh Choudhury! You are so right, we didn't have a lot growing up and were forced to use our imaginations- I swear that was more fun than playing with toys. We used to rake the leaves and then make leaf homes out of them. We also had a door in our living room (it was a long closet) and we'd pretend it was an elevator that brought us to magical places. Ah, the little things!

#44 if it works for you i have no problem with that but I could present data that suggests otherwise. if you have a market go for it

#43 Umm Timothy I beg to differ. I get the vast majority of my business via Social Media. No cold calling, mass emailing - just networking online and offline. I get to know people via social media and then ...hopefully... do business

#1 reason social media does not work for most people because we are not in hollywood, or famous athletes, or have connections to the liberal media who hype their own, or have money up the wazoo.. these are the real facts the rest is just a show and pony song and dance

Social Media: It’s NOT just about promoting or selling, It Is about asking, listening and conversing.
Helpful Tips. Also Digital CARDSITE is quite interesting.

Thank you for this buzz @Lance 🐝 Scoular View more

Reading this is truly comparable to catching a glimpse into the cognitive process of a being who has evolved so far beyond our species; that we cannot (really) ever hope to plumb its depths.
We have caught a glimpse, however! We must no allow it to decay or otherwise cease to stimulate and inspire!

#23 @Claire L Cardwell very insightful; it is always delightful to read your thoughtful comments!

Thanks for this informative Social Media Post!

Way to go @Lance 🐝 Scoular. This is going to be a real eye opened for a lot of people.

Thanks @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher for the share👍

Great buzz to share again!
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#34 Agreed Phil.

Lance, here's an addition: You're focusing your attention on a platform that lacks a sufficient population of potential clients or customers for your services or goods. Cheers!

Thank you for your response. I agree with your analysis. However I'm maybe wrong but I don't see it is how many view the social media and how they use it. #32

#31 It is an interesting point that you raise John: @John Relance

"Surely people today want to know now not three months down the line whether an aspect of social media works for them."

Yes many people do. That is because may want instant results BUT have little PATIENCE.

We are talking about social media with emphasis on SOCIAL.
Whether online or offline, we are social beings and in most situations it takes time to
Know
Like and
Trust someone.

Very few people after a first or second date are married the next week.

So too when we commence our social journey online, using social platforms, we need to be about Asking,
Listening
Conversing
Sharing
Liking
Commenting

As well as
promoting and
selling.

As I mention in point 8:
Social Media marketing is about building relationships through engagement and relationships take time.

That is why I recommend a minimum period of 90 days of significant social media activity to gauge reasonable results.

And that is why many small business people do not succeed in networking both offline and online.
They are impatient and are not prepared to put in the time and effort to engage, to build relationship to get the results they are looking for.

In a climate of the need for instant access to information, communication, outcomes results etc., number 8 and your giving 90 days to assess the success of interaction rather surprising. Surely people today want to know now not three months down the line whether an aspect of social media works for them.

Neville, the only person I see displaying attitude here is you.

Are there 10 reasons why Social Media isn't working for you or just 1.... attitude?

Lance isn't there only one reason? It's the same reason people fail - all boils down to attitude.

Because it's FREE business owners have been like bees around a honeypot! Facts are that few are making the digital world work for them, and few that make it work actually know why and so can't repeat it.

If one is operating in the B2B space, the main reason social media does not work is that there aren't enough decision makers active on these platforms. I think one way beBee can distinguish itself is by all of us working together to attract corporate executives and top journalists to the platform. This is something I want to work on. I had to take a break for health reasons but, hopefully, I can begin in a few weeks.

#24 Thanks George, much appreciated 😊👍