Like any good hacker, Richardson decided to come up with a fix: He developed a do-it-yourself TV remote control that will automatically mute the television when certain celebrity names are mentioned.
"Focus on publishing content about yourself that you can control, and that portrays you in a positive light, " says Andy Beal, the chief executive of Trackur, a social media monitoring tool.
The do-it-yourself method allows for total control, visibility, transparency and knowledge.
The more weapons (patents) you can stockpile, the better you can insulate yourself or possibly keep harm under control.
Whenever you feel a conflict coming on, ask yourself, are you choosing intimacy or control?
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You have to be honest with yourself because the only person you need to control in your life is you.
"If it's about someone else, then you have no control, but if you shift your feelings of fear to yourself, then you can do something about it, " Wilson said.
There are some things that are out of your control, but what is really important is what you can do for yourself.
And I'd emphasize that forgiveness for someone else's misperception doesn't have to come from an apology, but can be a way of allowing yourself to deal with a situation that is out of your control.
You can only control the decisions you make today and the direction you are headed to put yourself in the best position possible to have more choices when you do retire.
Because effective leadership requires succeeding through others, it brings with it the problem of divesting control, building capabilities, providing direction, guidance and inspiration to people other than yourself.
Then there's the popular socio-economic theory that states that gorging yourself on soccer after you've feasted on turkey is part of a master plan for social control.
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