Comments on: Power Tools: Are You One? http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/power-tools-are-you-one/ Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:15:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris Dillon http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/power-tools-are-you-one/#comment-12488 Chris Dillon Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:05:38 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=2805#comment-12488 I was a tool in high school. I managed to turn it into a career of doing the job that no one else wanted to do. Now I plan to use that experience to fix broken systems. I was a tool in high school. I managed to turn it into a career of doing the job that no one else wanted to do. Now I plan to use that experience to fix broken systems.

]]> By: Dom http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/power-tools-are-you-one/#comment-12202 Dom Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:30:35 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=2805#comment-12202 hi Jonathan - Great post, I could really identify with this from my days at a big law firm. So glad I got out of that trap and set up my own fitness business. Just read your Career Renegade book - it's packed full of useful information that I'm already putting into action. hi Jonathan -
Great post, I could really identify with this from my days at a big law firm. So glad I got out of that trap and set up my own fitness business.

Just read your Career Renegade book – it’s packed full of useful information that I’m already putting into action.

]]> By: Leah http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/power-tools-are-you-one/#comment-12024 Leah Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:40:40 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=2805#comment-12024 I love this post. It makes me reflect on where I might have been a tool in my life. It also makes me think about the value of really tapping into your own unique talents and what makes you different so that you stand out from the rest of the tools. We all have something unique to offer, but so often we hide it because we want to "fit in". I can see what makes you different and unique as being your "Power Source". I identify this as your "inner-freak" and to me this is where your super powers lie. This is where YOU can be found and tapping into this part of yourself always amps things up a bit. Rock on! Leah I love this post.
It makes me reflect on where I might have been a tool in my life.
It also makes me think about the value of really tapping into your own unique talents and what makes you different so that you stand out from the rest of the tools. We all have something unique to offer, but so often we hide it because we want to “fit in”. I can see what makes you different and unique as being your “Power Source”. I identify this as your “inner-freak” and to me this is where your super powers lie. This is where YOU can be found and tapping into this part of yourself always amps things up a bit.

Rock on!
Leah

]]> By: Steve Borgman http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/power-tools-are-you-one/#comment-12022 Steve Borgman Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:44:52 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=2805#comment-12022 I don't mind being the Tool as long as it's contributing to a win/win agenda. In other words, I need to have an understanding of what a Tool is, to be willing to be a power source, and to be willing to stop being a Tool when it does not help myself as well as the Tool user. Thanks for the comments on expanding the market versus competing with it, and of providing service and value to others. I don’t mind being the Tool as long as it’s contributing to a win/win agenda. In other words, I need to have an understanding of what a Tool is, to be willing to be a power source, and to be willing to stop being a Tool when it does not help myself as well as the Tool user. Thanks for the comments on expanding the market versus competing with it, and of providing service and value to others.

]]> By: Mick Morris http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/power-tools-are-you-one/#comment-12015 Mick Morris Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:46:10 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=2805#comment-12015 Hi Jonathon, I really loved this post... having spent a very large chunk of my life working in paramilitary hierarchical organisation, it is interesting to watch as people struggle to achieve promotions and then find themselves completely disenchanted because they have simply become "tools" and have lost their passion for what the job was (to them. I'd love to share this around a few of them to get them thinking, but ....... Hi Jonathon,

I really loved this post… having spent a very large chunk of my life working in paramilitary hierarchical organisation, it is interesting to watch as people struggle to achieve promotions and then find themselves completely disenchanted because they have simply become “tools” and have lost their passion for what the job was (to them.

I’d love to share this around a few of them to get them thinking, but …….

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/power-tools-are-you-one/#comment-12012 uberVU - social comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:35:44 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=2805#comment-12012 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by twittybean: Power Tools: Are You One? http://bit.ly/4yD7qy... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Tricia Peever http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/power-tools-are-you-one/#comment-12009 Tricia Peever Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:38:26 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=2805#comment-12009 I think that it can be a lot more than "perceptual" in that you can actively make a difference in whatever you're doing, by coming up with ways to improve whatever your job is, proposing new ideas, snagging new clients, proving ways to save money, going above and beyond. Anything that has enough effect on the bottom line, whatever that may be, will speak for itself. No? I think that it can be a lot more than “perceptual” in that you can actively make a difference in whatever you’re doing, by coming up with ways to improve whatever your job is, proposing new ideas, snagging new clients, proving ways to save money, going above and beyond. Anything that has enough effect on the bottom line, whatever that may be, will speak for itself. No?

]]> By: Luis Fernando Imperator http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/power-tools-are-you-one/#comment-12008 Luis Fernando Imperator Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:38:16 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=2805#comment-12008 The beginning of the post reminded me of a song: "We had a friend, a talking man Who spoke of many powers he had Not of the best of men, but Ours We used him We let him use his powers We let him fill Our needs ..." David Bowie - Cygnet Comittee The beginning of the post reminded me of a song:

“We had a friend, a talking man
Who spoke of many powers he had
Not of the best of men, but Ours
We used him
We let him use his powers
We let him fill Our needs …”
David Bowie – Cygnet Comittee

]]> By: Tricia Peever http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/power-tools-are-you-one/#comment-12007 Tricia Peever Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:34:35 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=2805#comment-12007 I only started reading you since your interview with Danielle Laporte and I am soooo glad that I found you. I love your perspective and really relate to most/if not all of your opinions that I have read so far. You have an excellent way communicating complex ideas and concepts so that they seem simple and easy to digest, (ie. people reading don't get defensive and not get the point, which all too often gets in the way of people absorbing new perspectives) I think that because of this incredible skill, you have the ability to make a huge difference, to influence a lot of people. I will definitely be following your blog! I only started reading you since your interview with Danielle Laporte and I am soooo glad that I found you. I love your perspective and really relate to most/if not all of your opinions that I have read so far. You have an excellent way communicating complex ideas and concepts so that they seem simple and easy to digest, (ie. people reading don’t get defensive and not get the point, which all too often gets in the way of people absorbing new perspectives) I think that because of this incredible skill, you have the ability to make a huge difference, to influence a lot of people. I will definitely be following your blog!

]]> By: Catherine Caine http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/power-tools-are-you-one/#comment-12000 Catherine Caine Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:57:00 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=2805#comment-12000 Does that mean that your job MUST include marketing how much you add to that job's value? Because tooldom is perceptual, so I would guess you can't just improve, expand etc without making sure people know about it. It's a bit too late for them to find out once you're gone! Does that mean that your job MUST include marketing how much you add to that job’s value? Because tooldom is perceptual, so I would guess you can’t just improve, expand etc without making sure people know about it. It’s a bit too late for them to find out once you’re gone!

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