Knowledge Socialist: You too can be smart Sarah Palin

Okay-that was a mean title but I'm giving it to myself as a gift. (thank you David Berman)

I think of Catch Your Limit sort of like knowledge socialist and so what we're going to be doing is spreading the wealth.

Last week at the Tallahassee Society of Association Executives' Education Day I was experiencing a phenomenon I just made up called Brain-Synchronization-Phobia. I believe it afflicts consultants, teachers and anyone sharing an idea. It is the fear that sounds a little like, "everyone knows the information I'm about to present and they are going to either be bored to tears or so angry that I'm wasting their time they are going to start pelting me the swag they've received at this conference."

WARNING: This fear never afflicts politicians they always believe what they have to say has value.

You see, I read a lot of books, magazines, periodicals and blogs and like most young somewhat narcissistic Gen Y's I assume everyone is just like me. Reality is most people have better things to do. When I went to speak about the four generations in the workforce at Education Day I sort of feared everyone else in the room would be as knowledgeable if not more than I about the subject. Of course they weren't, they are busy running associations. They don't have time to read about Gen X & Gen-Y clash points all day long. How weird would it be to walk into an entire room full of association executives that all happen to be generational experts?

The speech turned out great. I fielded some really thoughtful questions and I hope provided some meaningful reasons for why they can't stand their boss, coworker or employee and opportunities to overcome those challenges.

BSPR-HELPING YOU, BE LIKE ME
Once I realized how ridiculous this fear of my audience was I decided it'd be kind of fun to validate my fear after the fact by making it a reality. So what I'd like to do once a week, starting this week, from now on is share a blog I read regularly or something that I find either insightful or useful. I will post it each week under the title Brain-Synchronization-Phobia Realization. I will use this title until someone suggest something better....please suggest something better. Maybe Knowledge Socialist? Is that better?

And if you have anything you're reading that you'd like to share on BSPR send it to me at jeff@catchyourlimit.com

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