The benefit of having friends who are early adopters or technology pioneers is that I’m never too far behind the latest innovations and happenings in the ICT space as they’re often quick to introduce and onboard us, their circle of friends. I still remember switching from ICQ to MSN Messenger, Hotmail to Gmail, Friendster to Facebook, Internet Explorer to Firefox & Chrome and now Facebook to Google+, thanks to them 🙂
When I was first invited to join Google+, there was almost nothing there except for the circles and the wild wild white (Google signature) as it was still in its early days. As with anything new, I frequent Google+ almost everyday to check out this new platform and potential competitor to Facebook.
However as time goes by, with only one to two friends actively posting in Google+, I started going to Google+ less often. And one fine day, unknowingly, I stopped clicking on the +Soh option at the top left hand corner of my Gmail account. I never did realize it until one of my Google+ active friends posted in Facebook (ironically) to return to Google+ to check out its latest feature “What’s hot on Google+”.
The very first hot news which caught my attention was this video of a super duper cute owl which appears to be in heaven while being patted by visitors. It is simply adorable beyond words. I’ve watched this video a couple of times and recently caught it appearing in the evening news as well, celebrity owl!
I’ve got to take my hats off to Google+ for coming up with this new feature which is doubtingly attracting me back to Google+ to see what Google+ has in stall for us in its selection of the eight hot news to be featured.
I do wonder though, in eager anticipation, what does Google+ has up its sleeve next to interest more users or converters (from Facebook) in its bid to increase its market share from the dominant social networking site – Facebook.
We are often inspired by many things (sometimes the smallest things) that we experience and encounter in life. Everything that we hear, see, smell or touch could trigger a whole series or even avalanche of thoughts and emotions within our brain and/or our heart.
I’ve been asked this question a couple of times and I usually just respond with a generic answer (whichever that pops into my mind first) like celebrate, buy a property, and invest in dividend stocks or almost any random answer (which I think can satisfy the enquirer) without giving it any serious thought when I was buying the big sweep.
As inferred from the title, what is the/your key and definition to success and have you attained your desired level of success? Taking a step back, have you given this question any thought, drawn out any plans or defined/taken any steps towards achieving success? What is success to you?
