Acknowledging All You Know About Social Media
You probably don’t give yourself credit for all you DO know about social media:
- You know about YouTube, that it’s more than dogs on skateboards.
- You know about Facebook, that it’s not just for kids any more.
- You know about blogs, and at least two places you can blog for free.
- You know the difference in mainstream news and social news.
- You know where to find tech advice, marketing advice, sales advice, what matters to you advice.
- You know what a wiki is, what a Flickr is, what a twitter is.
You know lots, and have helped others around you understand even more.
Who are you teaching? Where are you laying down your knowledge?
Creatives and Your Secret Mission
For every day we don’t unlock our own value, we remain plugged into our other identity. I twittered this sentiment, but I believe it applies to a lot of YOU. You have ideas and thoughts and realizations that rise above what you’re called upon to accomplish in a given day.
You can choose a few paths: one is to just do what you’re given to do, go home, and wonder why life hasn’t dropped off a big fat bag of cash and destiny on your door. Another is to fight the system at every turn and rail against everyone that they don’t “get it” and that you’re smarter than all them, no matter how it all looks right now.
Or, you can work on your secret mission. Realize that you’re different. Cloak some of that during your “day job” hours by doing more than what’s necessary without drawing much attention to the fact that you’re doing it. If your workplace is ripe for change from within, be that agent quietly. If not, then work on what you will do outside of what you’re paid to do to build on that secret mission.
The point is, there’s what you take to be reality. There’s what you MAKE to be reality. The more you work on B, even if it’s your secret mission, the more you can grow your abilities, find ways to satisfy what you know is true, and move into bigger things.
Or you can bitch about how they don’t get it.
Recommended reading to prove you’re not crazy:
The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It’s Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
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