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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Started by Christopher S. Penn · 11 months ago

“With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility” - Stan Lee

If there was one takeaway that Chris Brogan and I wanted you to have from PodCamp Boston 3, it was this - you have superhero powers, and it’s time to use them.

One of my slides in the opening remarks showed this list of superpowers that 50 or [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ ... Continue reading »

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  • Chris, this is a terrific observation. Ok. Not terrific. Pretty astounding. I will be referencing you, by the way, in a post on Monday regarding the use of social media. As far as teaching...well that's exactly what we are creating at Solo Practice University http://solopracticeuniversity.tumblr.com. Technology is pretty heady and in my own way I'm trying to do all that you've described above.
  • Hi Chris,

    I don't know how much feedback you got on this analogy, but I agree with Susan it is ASTOUNDING! I really dig it, and here's why: We're used to hearing and saying things like "when I was a kid, pizza hadn't even been invented yet." Your superhero analogy, brought those type of statement to life in a very immediate way, and is especially relevant to us today who grew up with superheroes. Fantastic job coming up with that. What a great message - we each have superhero powers now, it's up to us to put them to good use.

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