Thank you for agreeing to review the Noetic Business Manifesto.  Please feel free to go to town and rip it apart.  What I’m most interested in is:

• Does it read well for the chosen audience (business leaders: CEO’s, VP’s and other senior management – it’s definitely not for the man in the street!);
• Is the overriding message clear? (the message is that change is vital and business should lead that change);
• Is the call to action compelling? i.e. is it obvious what we expect the reader to do next.

Please choose the version you’re most comfortable with:

1. Noetic Business Manifesto v0.3 Draft (Word 2007)
2. Noetic Business Manifesto v0.3 Draft (Word 2003 – some formatting has been lost)
3. Noetic Business Manifesto v0.3 Draft (PDF)

If you make any changes in the Word version, please use ‘Track Changes’ so that I can find them easily, and then return via email to mbhaupt@gmail.com.

Thanks again for your help!

Namaste…

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Thank you so much for being willing to provide your valuable insights and corrections to the Noetic Business Manifesto – I really appreciate your help!

Please simply post a comment below as you come across anything you think should be added, changed or removed.  All suggestions gratefully accepted!

Namaste!

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Welcome LinkedIn networker!  I’m Michael Haupt, and I’m no expert on Social Media, so I’m not trying to sell anything! After significant investments in time and money to fully get to grips with LinkedIn, here are my top 10 really useful resources for getting the most out of LinkedIn in particular and Social Media in general (all links open in a new window so you can find your place here again):

1. It’s worth getting your profile right.  Here’s the best resource I’ve found to optimize your profile.
2. Learn how to offer and request recommendations.
3. Read How to Really Use LinkedIn by Jan Vermeiren and complete his LinkedIn Profile Self-Assessment (download the free Excel spreadsheet).
4. Read the 10 Steps for Developing Business on LinkedIn.  It’s free but does require an email address.  This shouldn’t worry you: I have used Tim Bond’s services in the past and can highly recommend him.  And his guide is excellent.
5. Join the Linked Strategies Group on LinkedIn, read Linked Into Marketing and follow Nathan Kievman’s blog.
6. LinkedIn’s own Learning Centre has a very good New User Guide which is useful for when you’re just getting started.
7. Fully grok the concept of Paying it Forward and the Social Media Mindset.
8. Instead of debating which social media platform to focus your attention on, understand that social media is about branding.  If you’re still unsure, follow Sean Nelson’s 10-part series called Can LinkedIn Work for You?
9. If you want to quickly grow your connections, join TopLinked.com.  There is a free version, but if you want people to invite you to connect with no effort, I recommend the paid version.  For everyone who wants to connect with you, send a personal, meaningful message when accepting their invite.  If you’re not prepared to do this, don’t join the paid service.
10. Keep up-to-date by following a selection of LinkedIn Bloggers and this list at AllTop.
11. Bonus resource: If you’re in the UK, attend Thomas Power’s 12 Hour Social Media Crash Course and join Ecademy.  Here’s an interesting discussion on the differences between LinkedIn and Ecademy.

Do you have other recommendations?   Please let me know in the comments below – it helps not only me but the 200-odd people who view this page daily.

Social Media Books

Here is a list of my favourite Social Media books on Amazon – all excellent reads!

Rock the World with your Online Presence: Your Ticket to a Multi-Platinum LinkedIn Profile 2nd Edition by Mike O'Neil, Lori Ruff, Michael J Dowling
When you read this book, devoted entirely to your LinkedIn Profiles, you will find it to be the very best book on showing yourself to be the rock star that you are!

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Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust by Chris Brogan, Julien Smith
In Trust Agents, two social media veterans show you how to tap into the power of social networks to build your brand's influence, reputation, and, of course, profits. Today's online influencers are web natives who trade in trust, reputation, and relationships, using social media to accrue the influence that builds up or brings down businesses online.

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Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time by Joel Comm
If you, like me, are asking "What can Twitter do for my business?" I highly recommend author Joel Comm's new book, Twitter Power - How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet At a Time.

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Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
Everything has changed. The social media revolution has irreversibly changed the way we live our lives and conduct our business. There are billions of dollars in advertising moving online, waiting to be claimed by whoever can build the best content and communities. Despite this change, most people keep working at jobs that don’t make them happy and businesses continue to ignore the major marketing and public relations benefits that can be found online.

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Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day by Dave Evans
If the idea of starting a social media marketing campaign overwhelms you, the author of Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day will introduce you to the basics, demonstrate how to manage details and describe how you can track results. Case studies, step-by-step guides, checklists, quizzes and hands-on tutorials will help you execute a social media marketing campaign in just one hour a day. In addition, learn how to integrate social media metrics with traditional media measurements and how to leverage blogs, RSS feeds, podcasts, and user-generated content sharing sites like YouTube.

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Know Me, Like Me, Follow Me: What Online Social Networking Means for You and Your Business by Penny Power, Thomas Power
In 1998, long before Facebook existed, Penny Power conceived, planned, and set up the world's first online business network. Penny is driven by her desire to connect business people for the common good. Under her guidance, Ecademy has grown to over 270,000 members worldwide and continues to grow at a rate of 15,000 new members each month.Know Me, Like Me, Follow Me sets out Penny's compelling vision of how we should do business. Explaining in a down-to-earth, practical way how the modern business landscape is being shaped by the forces of collaboration, partnerships, reputation, and relationships, this valuable guide teaches how to turn these forces to your advantage.

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Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business by Erik Qualman
Social Media. You've heard the term, even if you don't use the tools. But just how big has social media become? Social media has officially surpassed pornography as the top activity on the Internet. People would rather give up their e-mail than their social network. It is so powerful that it is causing a macro shift in the way we live and conduct business. Socialnomics charts this shift from the forefront.

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Secrets of Social Media Marketing: How to Use Online Conversations and Customer Communities to Turbo-Charge Your Business! by Paul Gillin
Secrets of Social Media Marketing is a handbook for marketers and business owners to use in deciding how to employ the new social media for online marketing. Social media has quickly moved from the periphery of marketing into the forefront, but this is a new and quickly-evolving field and there are few established formulas for success.

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Connect With Me

Finally, if we’re not already connected elsewhere, here are some of the places where I can be found online:

Network with me on LinkedIn

Read my thoughts on Twitter

Get personal on Facebook

Network with me on Ecademy

Please leave a note – it’s much more personal!

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Are you passionate about what you do in life?

In The Attractor Factor, Dr. Joe Vitale cites a study where a group of 1,500 people were given the option of joining two groups. Group A was a group of people who were going to pick a career they believed was going to be a practical way to make a lot of money and then they were going to follow their passions after they made enough money.

1,255 people joined Group A.

Group B was a group of people who were going to pick a career that they were interested in and passionate about and just trust that the money would come. Only 245 people joined Group B.

20 years later there were 101 millionaires out of the 1,500 people who signed up for the study. 100 of the millionaires came from group B: the group of people who followed their passions and just trusted that the money would come.

Only 1 out of the 1,255 people who picked a career because they believed it was a practical way to make a living actually became a millionaire.

This study shows that you do not need to have a plan or know how you are going to make money by following your passion. All you need to do is to follow your passion.

If you’re not yet following your passion, what are your questions, concerns, fears about giving up everything to follow your passion?  What’s holding you back?

I’ll shortly be offering a conference call where we discuss the questions raised here.  Please leave your thoughts, comments and ideas as a comment below.  I’ll let you know as soon as we have a date confirmed.

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Thanks for expressing interest in what could be something quite profound.  You’ll be one of the first to receive this disturbing yet enlightening report.  Watch your inbox in the next few days.

In the meantime, I really need your help.

Noetic Business has been nominated in the prestigious Next Top Author contest. The first phase ended on Monday May 3rd and the book made it to Round 2 after being selected from 2,800 other entries.  The 250 titles which go through to the next round will be those which can get the most votes by the end of June 2010. And so I have a simple proposition for you…

Vote for Noetic Business and if the book wins I will sing “We Are The Champions” by Queen in the street, and furthermore I’ll post it to YouTube for your viewing pleasure.

Help me spread this important message by voting below, it only takes a minute or two…

http://www.nexttopauthor.com/profile.cfm?aid=1499

Despite being up against tough competition from published authors, I know with your help we can do it. I look forward to singing in the street

Thanks again,
Michael

PS: Remember, every single vote counts, I really need your vote to help spread this message!

http://www.nexttopauthor.com/profile.cfm?aid=1499

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Since going public with my plans for Noetic Business, I’ve received numerous messages saying what a waste of effort this project is.  The common theme is that the corporate world is beyond help, that the real evil is our debt based money system, or that government is to blame and therefore we’re incapable of doing anything.  And of course, I’ve received the usual emails reminding me about the NWO, the Illuminati and the thousands of other conspiracy theories that love to raise their head when we’re thinking about making a positive impact in our world.

One such message stood head and shoulders above the others in terms of its lucidness, and the sender has agreed for me to publish it here, with my comments.  I’m sharing this because you will learn a ton about where we’re going with Noetic Business, and why this is such a timely project.

Email Received Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:59 AM

I’m not exactly sure how Noetic Business is going to turn things around in the business world. Keep in mind, how much time it would take for even some of the people in the business world to absorb your ideas, whatever they are. Would it make a difference? In a world flooded with information, it is only digestible for those who are willingly seeking to wade through that enormous sea of information to get at an inkling of the tip of an iceberg regarding some level of truth. Overwhelming is simply an under-exaggeration in describing such a task at hand.

[Ed.] There is no doubt that the task is overwhelming.  Is that any reason to avoid taking on the task?  Isn’t that the reason we’ve landed ourselves in the situation we now find ourselves?  All we had to do was nothing over a long period of time to get to the global situation we now face.  I’ve received a vision and have no doubt that the Universe will align to make this happen, no matter how impossible the task may appear.

I agree that, if left to my own devices, this information would take an impossibly long time to seep into the business world.  However, by leveraging the credibility of an existing well-respected business author, the word will spread far and wide, quickly.

As for the enormous sea of information, by using Big Picture Thinking (avoiding detailed discussions on any particular issue) one should be able to get to the crux of the matter fairly quickly.  Most of the issues we discuss at length today around coffee tables, boardrooms and governments are about symptoms, not causes.

In most respects, education of the masses is absolutely necessary, but it is also irrelevant. As a species we have done so much damage already that we can not reverse the consequences that we will face. We can only diminish their impact. But, we are going to fail at that. The task before us is near impossible now. It’s only a matter of how much we can reduce the severity of what we are about to face.

Metaphysics aside, we are at the top of a roller coaster ready to plunge into world wide civilization collapse. Consider the following and consider the implications:

1) Perhaps the most serious for mankind, bee populations are crashing and that matters because those bees are responsible for an estimated 70 percent of our food supply. This will overwhelmingly impact world food supplies.

2) The era of cheap oil is over. And so goes the current system of mechanized agriculture. The US way of life is doomed. This will also overwhelm world food supplies.

3) Lack of clean water will leave India and China to be unable to produce enough grain for their populations.

Those points are enough. There are many more. All in all, we are facing world wide famine. This will result in world wide population collapse. I live in Japan. I may have trouble getting enough to eat as of the next 2 years because grain prices are about to go through the roof. Japan is the world’s largest importer of grain. 2009 has been an agricultural disaster and for some “I don’t get it” reason, I’m not reading much about its implications in the world’s media.

[Ed.] I absolutely agree that we cannot reverse the consequences we now face.  Trying to do so is like treating an illness with drugs: the symptoms are masked for a while, but the underlying caused is never addressed, leaving the illness to return again, sometimes in a different form.

I also agree wholeheartedly that the problems you have raised are serious and incontrovertible.  However, they are merely symptoms of a far larger problem.  We could list every possible problem we now face, and every single one of them, no matter how severe, are purely a symptom, not the cause.  We haven’t made significant progress in solving our problems because we’ve expended so much energy addressing symptoms alone.  We need to find the root cause if we are to make a significant impact in this generation.

And that cause is a trapped (global) consciousness.

In much the same way that a trapped nerve paralyses one and makes movement painful or impossible, a trapped consciousness stifles creative thinking.  The current solutions many are working on are mostly doomed to failure because they stem from the same thinking which created the problem in the first place.  We need radically new ideas, but ideas that stem from a different consciousness.  Ironically, that new consciousness cannot emerge in pockets: it requires a raising of mass consciousness for new ideas to come to fruition.

Right now we’re all languishing under a wet blanket.  Individual bright ideas pop up occasionally, but the weight of the wet blanket quickly quashes them.  Only when the blanket can be lifted a foot or two, globally, will we see workable new ideas.

So, that is some food for thought. How much time do you think you need to educate the corporate world in order to initiate change?

Will it matter when what everyone is going to be thinking about soon is FOOD?

[Ed.] Perhaps what is needed is not change.  We’ve been trying to do this since the 60’s and we haven’t achieved much in our favor.

You said earlier that ‘we are at the top of a roller coaster ready to plunge into world wide civilization collapse’. Perhaps this is not such a bad thing.  It’s happened before and will no doubt happen many times again. Civilizations have crashed and burned, and new civilizations have emerged.

Change is naturally uncomfortable, and nowhere is this more evident in all of the global initiatives to try and maintain the status quo, instead of allowing everything to crash and burn.  We see manipulation of currencies and economies; interference with weather and climates to protect fragile crops; temporary feeding of impoverished nations; and wars and invasions to influence the behavior of foreign countries.  All of these are merely delaying the inevitable. Perhaps it’s time we embraced change and welcomed a collapse?

I’m not sure what your message on Noetic Business means.
As a teacher, I influence and reach a lot of people here in Japan, including those who are connected to corporations. Maybe you can enlighten me on the main points of Noetic Business. How can I conscientiously vote for something I don’t understand?

However, I think it is important for idealism to survive. Ideas help create solutions to problems. But, getting at those problems is usually more successful with a spoon full of reality.

Sincerely,

Kevin O’Neill
Niigata, Japan

[Ed.] These are all valid points – thank you for your frankness.  The purpose of these interactions is twofold: to slowly introduce the concepts to enquiring minds, and to help me refine the ideas so that they are succinct and easy to grasp.  Confusion doesn’t help anyone.

The main ideas in Noetic Business are these:

• We all have limiting beliefs (and examples are provided: money, taxation, government, scarcity, etc.);
• Many of these beliefs are imposed by consumerism, advertising and products which extract value instead of adding value;
• Our current way of life is unsustainable (yes, okay, that’s pretty obvious…);
• We are currently transitioning from The Industrial Age to The Age of Consciousness (and what this means to daily life);
• What to expect if all known systems disappear;
• What business will be like in The Age of Consciousness.

The book is not so much about causing change, as it it is about what to do to handle an inevitable change happening right now.  It’s a book about hope, about transcending old paradigms, about building ‘the new heaven and the new earth’.

Believe me, I know about all the negativity out there, and the conspiracy theories.  I spent years studying this stuff and I can say with certainty the same that a wise old friend told me a few years ago: “None of it matters.”  At the time what he had to say infuriated me, because the desire to find out who was behind this charade called life was all-consuming.  But with the benefit of a little maturity, I can say something similar: “None of it is the cause.  All of it is a symptom.  Find the cause.  Address the cause.  And let’s move on.”…

I hope this has inspired you to find and address the cause.  If so, please do add your weight behind this cause:

http://www.nexttopauthor.com/profile.cfm?aid=1499

Thank you.

Agree? Disagree?  Please add your comments below.

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The Next Top Author voting process is rather confusing. If you’ve had difficulties trying to log in to their system after registering your email, this post will explain how to go about solving the problem.

Be aware that there are two different log-in links. If you have registered to vote, you can only use the Voter Login link on the right as shown below (click on any image to enlarge).

Step by Step Walkthrough

If the explanation above has solved your problem, fantastic! No need to read further.  if you’d like a walk-through, here’s what happens.

Step 1

After clicking on the Noetic Business link, you’ll see the screen below.  Click the link that says “Click to Register”.

Step 2

You’ll be asked to enter your name and email address and create a password.  Click the “Submit Registration” button at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3

The system will ask you to check and confirm your details.  Click the “Confirm and Continue” button.

Step 4

As soon as you’ve confirmed your details, an email will be sent to you.  You cannot continue the voting process until this email is received.  Look in your Junk Mail folder if it hasn’t arrived after 10 minutes.  You can also request for this email to be resent here.

Step 5

Check your email for an email called “Next Top Author Registration”.  If the link in the email is active, simply click the link and you will be confirmed.  If not, copy and paste the entire link into your web browser.

Step 6

After clicking the confirmation link, you will see that your account is activated.  But you’re not done yet!  Click on the link which says “Return to Author Profile”.

Step 7

The next screen you see will include a button saying “Vote for this Author/Book”.  You must click this button to cast your vote!

Step 8

You’ll know that your vote has been received if you see a message from me saying “Please click the link below for a special gift.”

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Thank you!

I’ve received your entry. You’ll receive an email towards the end of July with further details.  In the meantime, if you’d like to follow the progress of the book, please connect with Noetic Business using your favourite social media platform. You’ll find the links in the top right hand corner of this page.

Invite Your Friends to Join You!

Why not invite your friends and network to join you on the ‘Be the Change Program’ too.   Simply send your friends to this link and ask them to vote:  http://bit.ly/free-chapter.

I’ve made it really easy to share online too.  Simply click the links below for a pre-formatted message.  Thanks for sharing the love!

• Tell your friends on Facebook — Remember to add your own personal message.  Suggestion: I’ve just voted for this ground-breaking book in the Next Top Spiritual Author competition and the author is offering a 5-month ‘Be the Change’ Program at no cost.  Watch his 3 minute video and if it inspires you, why not vote to be included in the program: http://bit.ly/free-chapter.
• Tweet your followers on Twitter

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A Huge Thank You from Michael Haupt

I really appreciate your vote, and to thank you I’d like to include you in my upcoming teleclass: the ‘Be the Change Program‘.  Others will be paying $397 or more for this course, but you’ll be included absolutely free, as my thank you for voting for Noetic Business.

What is the ‘Be the Change Program’?

Full details will be sent closer to the time, but here are the basics:

• A 5-month program starting in August 2010;
• Consists of monthly webinars on how to be the change you want to see in the world;
• All sessions will be recorded and made available for participants who cannot attend the live classes;
• Includes a private online club where participants can interact and exchange ideas and team up to make their passions a reality;
• An introduction to deal-makers and creators for the right projects.

How to Register

This is a very important step, since I don’t know who has voted for Noetic Business – all voting details are kept private.  Simply enter your name and email address below.  You will receive a confirmation email immediately and further details towards the end of July.  I won’t use your email address for any other purpose except to notify you of course dates.

Once again, thank you for your support.  I look forward to meeting you in August.

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In 2004 while travelling in Thailand, I had an experience so profound that in that moment my life changed forever. It was a flash of inspiration, a true epiphany. And I’ve been able to repeat these moments almost at will. Six years later I’m ready to share the science of these experiences with the world.

If you want to be unstoppable in business then follow the steps to a business miracle outlined below. This is a process built on the pioneering work done by the Institute of Noetic Sciences to advance the science of consciousness and human experience to serve individual and collective transformation.

This is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. This process will lead you to breakthroughs so huge it will take your breath away. Extraordinary results will become the norm.

Are you ready to destroy all barriers and breakthrough to phenomenal success?

The Seven Steps to a Business Miracle are:

1. Develop an Interdependent Mindset
2. Question Assumptions
3. Develop Inner Authority
4. Cultivate Curiosity
5. Define Your Unique Personal Inventory
6. Examine Multiple Perspectives
7. Be Still

If you’d like a free report expanding each step in detail, giving examples and case studies, please leave your name and email address below.  Rest assured, I’ll treat your email address with care and respect.  I understand how discerning one needs to be with handing out your email address.  I promise not to abuse the trust you’re showing by sharing it with me.

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