Walt Gordon Jones

One of the cool memes going around Twitter is Follow Friday. Each Friday, people broadcast lists of names that are worth following, with the hashtag #followfriday. So this is my “blog” Follow Friday, or as I call it, Follow Friday: Long Form.

In high school geometry, we were taught that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Meanwhile, in fractal geometry a type of equation exists called a Strange Attractor, that produces beautifully complex plots like this.

The symmetric property of equality:
If A = B, then B = A.

What value does this have for you in your current career or personal life?
Many people do not realize there is a direct relationship between:

a) the skills, experience, and knowledge they possess internally, and
b) the quality of their network of associations externally.

And, they do not realize this relationship is symmetric. It goes both ways.

Good People Day is a meme well worth spreading. I encourage you to also share a story about someone you know.

I’ve been a fan of Gary Vaynerchuk’s “unpretentious, gonzo approach” for some time now, and I’m excited to answer his call to action here.

I’m also going to follow Gary’s lead and think really close to home on this one. There are a lot of reasons to call someone a “good person.” Here is someone who has had a huge positive impact on me.

Why am I now using my middle name? The answer has a lot to do with personal branding, search engine optimization (SEO), my Google CV, and the fact that there are a lot of notable Walt Jones’s out there. In fact, one of them is also a photographer and even owns the domain name, waltjones.com.