The biggest mistake you can make is listening to people who've given up on their dreams telling you to give up on yours.
Umair HaqueThe social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection, and community. That's what there's too little of in today's mediascape, despite all the hoopla surrounding social tools. The promise of the Internet wasn't merely to inflate relationships, without adding depth, resonance, and meaning. It was to fundamentally rewire people, communities, civil society, business, and the state — through thicker, stronger, more meaningful relationships. That's where the future of media lies.
Umair HaqueIt's probably your fiercest critics - not your compatriots - who have the sharpest, most resonant insights.
Umair HaqueIn the age of strategy, advantage flowed from owning resources. In the age of wisdom, it flows from seeding and connecting them.
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