{"id":33,"date":"2010-10-29T18:01:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T18:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/successrefresh.com\/?p=33"},"modified":"2010-10-29T18:01:01","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T18:01:01","slug":"how-being-an-outsider-makes-me-fit-in-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leesabarnes.com\/blog\/how-being-an-outsider-makes-me-fit-in-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How Being an Outsider Makes Me Fit In, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked a rather intriguing question on Twitter by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/TheMediaMaven\">themediamaven<\/a>. It was so intriguing, her question prompted my video response below.<\/p>\n<p>First, here are her questions:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2534\" title=\"imgQn-themediamaven-1\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualeventsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/imgQn-themediamaven-1-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"138\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2535\" title=\"imgQn-themediamaven-2\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualeventsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/imgQn-themediamaven-2-300x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"139\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hmmm&#8230;.how do I answer <em>themediamaven<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I was going to write a tweet to respond to her, but my answer would need some explaining. You see, I don&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s as simple as &#8220;go where the CEOs are, read what the CEOs are reading.&#8221; That&#8217;s too simplistic.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, there&#8217;s something unique about me and my experiences that I have to share first before I give <em>themediamaven<\/em> the answer to her rather thought provoking question.<\/p>\n<p>So, I had to take a step back and ask myself:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Why do people listen to me?&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Is it because I have a loud voice? Is it because I can afford the tools that give me a voice? Is it because I made a conscious decision to stand out? Or, is it because of something in my background that influences my willingness to be heard?<\/p>\n<p>I share my theory in the video below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aaplayer\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.audioacrobat.com\/playweb?audioid=Pf303624bcbecb93c6c03a30ca3e1572fZV96RXxuY2F0Wg&amp;buffer=5&amp;fc=FFCC00&amp;pc=AAAAFF&amp;kc=888800&amp;bc=FFFFFF&amp;frame=1&amp;player=vp24\" height=\"267\" width=\"328\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here are some of the thoughts I explored in this 9-minute video clip:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What a Canadian politician taught me about ignoring racism<\/li>\n<li>How history, going to university, learning French, playing for the underdog basketball and being an early adopter have helped me in my business today<\/li>\n<li>How my being adaptable helps me to meet my target market&#8217;s learning style &#8211; and why this is a key trait when deciding who your target market is<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let me know what you think in the comments below. And yes, this has everything to do with virtual events (I&#8217;ll explain in Part 2 or 3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked a rather intriguing question on Twitter by themediamaven. It was so intriguing, her question prompted my video response below. First, here are her questions: And: Hmmm&#8230;.how do I answer themediamaven?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-narrative","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/leesabarnes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/leesabarnes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/leesabarnes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leesabarnes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leesabarnes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/leesabarnes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/leesabarnes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leesabarnes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leesabarnes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}