Apr 15th, 2016 - Category: Strategy
I have written about Taylor Swift extensively on Elephant Tech, but when I came across this post on LinkedIn by Gwen Stefani “The Key to Creativity - and Success - Is Truth,” I was a bit shocked. This is LinkedIn, not Facebook, so why is pop star Stefani considered a LinkedIn Influencer? Influencer is a designation given to approximately 500 professionals who’ve been invited to publish on LinkedIn because they are leaders in their industries and they discuss topics of interest. It is a big deal to receive this honor and the massive audience that goes with it. Of course, her 50K followers on LinkedIn are nothing compared to her 7.6M on Facebook so she must be doing it for a reason.
To me, the reason is that she’s taking the time to do this is to get a message out about how critical it is to be truthful in the moment in both professional and personal life. So take two minutes and read the post. If you have six more minutes, watch the video. She talks about very current issues for high tech businesses like:
- Customer service - ”One of them would be the one mad person who had something bad to say and then we would write them back.” How many companies do you know that take even this basic step?
- Success - ”If I am still on my journey, I’m successful.” “Success for me… is touching someone with my art.”
- Business - “I tend to lean on people that are really talented and passionate about businesses… I never want to do anything that is not authentic to what I really believe because the point for me is not the final outcome or the money in the bank. It’s really about expressing myself and being true to my whole aesthetic and who I am and what I love.”
She ends the interview by saying “Being number one feels just as good as being in the garage in my dad’s backyard playing with my friends in my band. How do you measure making it?” It’s a great question that really made me ask myself “How do I measure making it?” The answer will be in the next post. Have a great weekend!
François Lemoyne - Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy