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Quieting Seth Godin's Lizard Brain With A Zen Parable

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How can I explain the never-ending irrationality of human behavior? We say we want one thing, then we do another. We say we want to be successful but we sabotage the job interview. We say we want a product to...

Via Martin (Marty) Smith
Martin (Marty) Smith's curator insight, July 16, 2013 8:36 PM

Washing The Social Media Dishes
Seth's parable today reminds me of the Zen Master story. Seems there once was a Zen Master and a student. After a delicious and filling meal the student turned full faced to the Zen Master and asked, "Master what is Zen?"

The Zen Master took a long breath, looked directly at the student and said, "Wash the dishes".

Seth's admonition to beware the lizard brain and attend to tasks at hand is especially true on social media. Many share their full lizard brain on social media and that is like robbing a bank, a place where they video your every move.

Social media's memory is forever and so its a place to attend to the task at hand. Social media is a place to, "Wash the dishes".