David Amerland

These mental and physical components of self­ belief are closely interlinked. They are used to slowly interweave the per­sonal narratives that very effectively create a powerful sense of identity.

Mindless action without a real understanding of the ramifications is only likely to result in serious miscalculations or a colossal waste of time. Avoid both by using your judgment, filtered through both knowledge and experience. Use common sense and logic as a counterbalance to emotion.

Trust cannot, in the real world, be just a matter of personal choice.

Reality is not a thought experiment.

We cannot learn something new and stick to it without a modular approach to application, positive reinforcement and a real change of environment.

The moment you establish a line of communication between two points, you subtly change both. That is also true for the way the brain is affected by the mind.

Leaders lead by example. No leader asks more than he is prepared to give himself.

Every physical response, every psychological change and every mental transformation starts with the mind.

Fathom your motivation so that you understand what you are prepared to do and why.

Before you can act you must choose. Before you can choose you must know. Before you can know you must feel. And before you can feel you must be trained.

Everything that happens now in the online world is part of a conversation. The problem with this (if we can call it a problem) is that this conversation takes place frequently asynchronously and often across platforms.

It is no accident that in the field of philosophy ontology is the study of reality, existence and coming into being. In the fields of information retrieval (semantic search) and computing, ontology is the naming of the types, interrelationships and properties of the entities that exist (in reality or conceptually) and which define a particular domain of knowledge or expertise.

There is a fine line deep within the mind that makes self-belief and confidence, the defining elements of success and failure in any circumstance. How we learn to activate them without running the risk of lying to ourselves is the key that unlocks the superhuman lying dormant within us.

Evolution has geared the human stress response to last about thirty seconds. It's enough time to facilitate fight or flight. Evolution has not adapted our brains or bodies to handle weeks or months of prolonged stress.

When it comes to semantic search and the success of your social media policy, truly, there is only one thing that absolutely counts: engagement.

Companies that cannot successfully answer what they do fail to then understand how they can continue to do it in the face of change.

To win at semantic search you need more people than are on your payroll.

When it comes to measuring the effectiveness of your engagement in the social media environment what counts are: Comments and Sentiment.