Spend about 5 minutes on social media sites, blogs etc., and you'll see hundreds of articles shared and discussed. In our world of the power of infinite knowledge at a click of a button, are we really benefiting from Internet? Its not about Quantity, its about Quality. As you read any book or an article/post, did you benefit from it? Did you implement it in your life about the motivating post you read or the health tip you took? Or was that 5 to 10 minute spent on social media a waste of time you added to your life?
We're all Hypocrites. Too often we read so many important things, share it, gossip about it, talk about it but we fail to retain its meaning. For example a Leader/Team Lead tweeted a nice quote about treating employees well, caring for his team etc., but failed to do so when a employee actually needed it when he saw him upset. Someone read about safety using helmet, seat-belt, how important it is to use low beam at night in the city etc., failed to follow these rules himself. A health tip, a management lesson, a inspirational story etc., are some which teach us so much but we fail to implement. This happens with many of us. Then spending time on Social Media is such a waste of time, right?
If you're sharing that post "vote for the cutest baby", or "click on like or else 10 years of badluck will come for you" or "Sachin is great or Lara is great click on like / leave comment" stuff or some funny stupidass photos and videos which you find funny makes up most of your day then its time to change and adopt a different hobbie in life, because you're leading to a disaster unless you're a housewife.
I struggle every day to follow through on the things I passionately read and write about. As a habit, I re-read my own posts to remind myself what I care about so much. It’s easy to forget things like actually giving praise despite knowing how important praise is in motivating and appreciating your employees, colleagues, co workers, friends etc., , remembering to always use the best structure for my day or time spent, or to keep applying the best takeaways from a great book I read.
What do we do about it?
I ask myself to answer the following questions in everything I read:
1. Did I learn something valuable new? (If not, move on reading something else quickly)
2. How can I apply the new learning from this article from today? (if i wait, I'll forget quickly)
3. How is this not a big waste of time? - if it is a funny video, am I stressed do I need it? Else dump the garbage read/learn something thats meaningful
We're all Hypocrites. Too often we read so many important things, share it, gossip about it, talk about it but we fail to retain its meaning. For example a Leader/Team Lead tweeted a nice quote about treating employees well, caring for his team etc., but failed to do so when a employee actually needed it when he saw him upset. Someone read about safety using helmet, seat-belt, how important it is to use low beam at night in the city etc., failed to follow these rules himself. A health tip, a management lesson, a inspirational story etc., are some which teach us so much but we fail to implement. This happens with many of us. Then spending time on Social Media is such a waste of time, right?
If you're sharing that post "vote for the cutest baby", or "click on like or else 10 years of badluck will come for you" or "Sachin is great or Lara is great click on like / leave comment" stuff or some funny stupidass photos and videos which you find funny makes up most of your day then its time to change and adopt a different hobbie in life, because you're leading to a disaster unless you're a housewife.
I struggle every day to follow through on the things I passionately read and write about. As a habit, I re-read my own posts to remind myself what I care about so much. It’s easy to forget things like actually giving praise despite knowing how important praise is in motivating and appreciating your employees, colleagues, co workers, friends etc., , remembering to always use the best structure for my day or time spent, or to keep applying the best takeaways from a great book I read.
What do we do about it?
I ask myself to answer the following questions in everything I read:
1. Did I learn something valuable new? (If not, move on reading something else quickly)
2. How can I apply the new learning from this article from today? (if i wait, I'll forget quickly)
3. How is this not a big waste of time? - if it is a funny video, am I stressed do I need it? Else dump the garbage read/learn something thats meaningful
One of the hardest things to do in life is to get outside your ego. This awesome post by the CEO & founder of Redfin captures it well:
“Most people spend nearly all their energy trying not to change. This is what the philosopher William James meant when he wrote the mind’s main function was to be a fortress for protecting your ego from reality. When the mind has to accommodate a new fact, James argued, it doesn’t settle on the change to its model of reality that is most likely to reflect reality. It protects the fortress, calculating the smallest possible modification to its bulwarks that can account for the new fact.
As I read, as I observe my life, I try to look for opportunities to apply all the great things that people are sharing. Going by scientifically, our brains have "Mirror Neurons" what they do at a very subconscious level is to quickly learn and adopt a particular aspect/character of a person or something you really like. We are all influenced by the people we have admired and adored for their charisma, quality and finally we are a mix blend of who we really are. So it is important that we learn, and we advise. Most importantly, we only get better at our own life, dont we?
Hopefully, I can go to bed everyday with that satisfaction to have learnt something new, and to have added value to my time!
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