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Julien Smith: “Your Environment is Everything”

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julien smith When I was in college, I was very interested in learning about nature versus nurture (i.e. the debate about what is more important: your innate abilities/genetics or your environment/experiences). It was the first time I had stepped outside of my secure, rural community to meet people from all over the world. It was uncomfortable and exciting at the same time.

Nature versus nurture was a topic brought up in my Psychology 101 class, and I began looking at my own life through more refined glasses. What I realized is that certain beliefs and personality traits that I thought were just “who I am” (nature), were more likely a result of the environment in which I was raised (nurture).

Writes Julien Smith, in a blog post on In Over Your Head,

Where you live is not trivial– at all. Your environment is everything for you. It shapes you. It’s made you who you are, from the people you spend time with to the very streets you are driving in and walking on every day.

This can be both good and bad. For example, I consider myself to have an extremely strong work ethic, and I attribute that to the fact that I grew up in a rural farming community where everyone had to work hard just to make ends meet. There, you won’t find a tolerance for laziness. But I also am extremely hard on myself when I  face any kind of failure, large or small, because where I grew up, failure in your career meant no food on the table.

So what does this have to do with content creation or your online business?

I believe, that the same way your physical environment can effect how you interact with the world and what level of success you achieve, so do our virtual environments. As Julien writes, where you live is not trivial, and because we “live” online these days, we need to broaden our horizons a bit to include your online presence in this idea.

Think about the people in your closest circle. Think about the websites you visit the most. Think about the online communities where you choose to interact, and the online communities where you consider yourself a member. Think about how your own content reflects the online environment where you live. Think about how you can step out of this cycle and build new relationships or simply just find refreshing places to hang out online, at least occasionally.

It’s about growth, and about ensuring that you surround yourself with an environment, both online and off, that is aligned with your personal and professional goals.

See Julien Live on the NMX Stage (And Download a Free Session Featuring Him!)

We’re happy to be welcoming Julien to the keynote stage at NMX 2014. If you missed our recent keynoter announcement, you can check it out in full here.

To go along with this announcement, we’re giving away past sessions featuring our keynoters, including Julien. Download these sessions now while they’re still available!

Celebrate Our Latest Keynote Announcement with Five Free Sessions

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Today, we via announced our first five keynotes for NMX 2014 this January in Las Vegas. We’re honored to welcome to the stage Scott Stratten, Lynette Young, Lee Odden, Julien Smith, and Amy Porterfield, who will all be giving mini-keynote talks at NMX 2014. Trust me when I say that you don’t want to miss these speakers on stage. Register now!

Also, we’re giving away some free session recordings to celebrate (find out more here).

Here’s a little more about each of our five keynoters:

scott stratten Scott Stratten always brings lots of energy to our stage. People are still talking about his keynote in 2010, and we know he’s going to deliver something even better in 2014. If you don’t follow Scott on Twitter already, you can do so at @unmarketing (and we highly recommend it).Read Scott’s full bio >
lynetteyoungpic002 Lynette Young is known for being a strong female presence even on male-dominated social networks like Google+. What she has to say is relevant for both men and women. You definitely don’t want to miss her on the keynote stage in 2014.Read Lynette’s full bio >
lee odden If you haven’t seen Lee speak before, you’re in for a treat. He’s the founder of TopRank Online Marketing, and frequently writes on the TopRank Blog, and his sessions at NMX are always among our most well-reviewed. We’re honored to have him coming to our keynote stage in 2014.Read Lee’s full bio >
julien smith When talking about Julien Smith, it might be easier to tell you what this guy hasn’t done! He’s the CEO of Breather, the author of several books (including Trust Agents, which he wrote with Chris Brogan, a blogger, and more. We can’t wait to bring him to our 2014 keynote stage.Read Julien’s full bio >
amy porterfield Last but certainly not least, we’re proud to announce that Amy Porterfield will be coming to the NMX 2014 keynote stage. There’s nothing this girl can’t do! She’s the co-author of Facebook Marketing All-In-One for Dummies, host of the top-rated Online Marketing Made Easy Podcast, a consultant for companies like Harley-Davidson, and more.Read Amy’s full bio >

Welcome to our first group of NMX 2014 keynote speakers!

Giveaway Alert!

As I mentioned above, we’re also giving away some free sessions to celebrate our first NMX 2014 keynote announcement. If you act now, you’ll get session recordings from Scott, Lynette, Lee, Julien, and Amy–completely free, no purchase necessary!

Get your free sessions here >

NMX 2014 Ticket Prices are Soon Going Up

Lastly, I did want to mention that this month, our ticket prices jump, so if you’re planning to come to NMX 2014, now is a great time to register. Take a moment to secure your seat at the show now so you don’t miss Scott, Lynette, Lee, Julien, and Amy and all of our awesome speakers live on the NMX stage.

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