Things of connectness

s your connections grow across multiple online platforms (and I recommend you join as many as you have time for) you become more connected. More connected with people, more connected with content, more connected with the flow of what's happening throughout the world. Your connections inform you, guide you, lead you, teach you. They act like a torch in the dark. You can see this happening in the blogs on Ecademy and the conversation threads on Friendfeed, the feed on Facebook and the flow on Twitter. We may as a generation be 100 times more informed and better connected than our parents. Our children might be 100 times better connected and informed than us once working adults.

As you become more connected over time something called connectedness kicks in. Connectedness is the art and science of being connected sometimes called Social Presence.

Connectedness is not the same as connections. Connectedness is when things like people, events, projects, work assignments, your friends and social life, speeches begin to flow toward you without you seemingly trying. You hunt less because things just keep showing up in your life and I do mean in all aspects of your life. If things are not showing up your connectedness index is low. If things are showing up all the time your connectedness index is high. Your goal is high. High means flow. Low means frustration or blocks. Frustration with yourself and blocks with people around you. Connectedness is an aroma you output. Your aroma can be magnetizing to some repelling to others.

Connectedness is a mathematical theory related to electronic networks. I want each of you to understand and measure your connectedness from the context of people, projects, content and events both professionally and socially.

Grow your connectedness and you grow yourself and thus your life.

Grow your connectedness and strengthen those around you.