Social media is changing the way we communicate and the way we are perceived, both positively and negatively. Every time you post a photo, or update your status, you are contributing to your own digital footprint and personal brand." - Amy Jo Martin
There is no debate that social media has change the way we as a society communicate. Facebook, LinkedIn, Tweeter to name a few, have been a great blessing and a powerful curse all at the same time. Whether they bless us or curse us in not in their power. They are only tools and there for have no power of their own. The use of those tools is up to us. We make them what they are in our lives. We are responsible for their use.
For most of us, social media has given us the ability to connect with family and friends that otherwise, and has been in time past, would have been lost to us. As a mobile society, we have family all over the country or even the world. Social media allows us to be in touch instantly, on a daily bases if we wish. We can even talk face to face. That has been a God send for many.
My wife travels all over the world with her work. Because of the tools we have from technology we get to talk every day and see each other whether she is in Europe or China or wherever. This has been a great comfort and joy to us.
As a coach, I talk with people all over the world. I am no longer limited to those in my geographic area alone. I can reach out to people all over the world with ease and comfort. I have even spoke to groups of people via the internet and was able to see them and they see me. It is really wonderful when you think about it.
In business, many connections are made on social media and great opportunities developed. I began a relationship with my publisher after someone who worked for them had read my posts and asked if I would do a book for them. Businesses find customer from social media, offer sales and special deals and are found by people seeking their service. For business, social media has opened many doors.
I have also seen the tool of social media misused and foolishly used by many. Lives have been shattered by careless and cruel things said and done on social media. Hate and all kinds of unspeakable evil has come into our homes through social media. It takes no detail description for you to understand what I am talking about here.
So is the answer to condemn or remove social media for the harm it can cause? Not at all. Like all freedoms, the freedom of speech can be used for good or for evil. Outlaw one area and you outlaw the whole. We see that happening in this country all the time. Under the disguise of curing a problem we see all freedoms fading away far too quickly.
We all have to accept that in this world there are good people and evil people. If you are under the illusion that all people are basically good, open your eyes and look around. There always has been and always will be great evil in this fallen world. However, there has always been and always will be great good. In the end, the good will always triumph. It may not seem like that at times, but I promise you, it does.
Not to get off track of our discussion of social media, how do we deal with this problem of misuses and abuse? First, you have got to understand that it is not social media that is the problem. Social media is just a tool and has no moral compass, makes no decisions and chooses no sides. It is the people that use social media that you must deal with. It is our choice on how social media is used, not the decision of the media itself. As American businessman, Simon Mainwaring said, " Like all technology, social media is neutral but is best put to work in the service of building a better world."
Another fact you need to understand is this: You cannot control, change or dictate to other people; you can only control yourself. Our Creator, in His great love and wisdom, has given control over only one thing in the entire universe. You cannot control the weather, time, other people or even world hunger, you can only control your own attitude. When we make the decision on how we will think, believe, act and treat others, we have the greatest of all powers there is. The power of choice. The great Austrian psychologist and holocaust survivor, Viktor Frankl said, " Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
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There is no debate that social media has change the way we as a society communicate. Facebook, LinkedIn, Tweeter to name a few, have been a great blessing and a powerful curse all at the same time. Whether they bless us or curse us in not in their power. They are only tools and there for have no power of their own. The use of those tools is up to us. We make them what they are in our lives. We are responsible for their use.
For most of us, social media has given us the ability to connect with family and friends that otherwise, and has been in time past, would have been lost to us. As a mobile society, we have family all over the country or even the world. Social media allows us to be in touch instantly, on a daily bases if we wish. We can even talk face to face. That has been a God send for many.
My wife travels all over the world with her work. Because of the tools we have from technology we get to talk every day and see each other whether she is in Europe or China or wherever. This has been a great comfort and joy to us.
As a coach, I talk with people all over the world. I am no longer limited to those in my geographic area alone. I can reach out to people all over the world with ease and comfort. I have even spoke to groups of people via the internet and was able to see them and they see me. It is really wonderful when you think about it.
In business, many connections are made on social media and great opportunities developed. I began a relationship with my publisher after someone who worked for them had read my posts and asked if I would do a book for them. Businesses find customer from social media, offer sales and special deals and are found by people seeking their service. For business, social media has opened many doors.
I have also seen the tool of social media misused and foolishly used by many. Lives have been shattered by careless and cruel things said and done on social media. Hate and all kinds of unspeakable evil has come into our homes through social media. It takes no detail description for you to understand what I am talking about here.
So is the answer to condemn or remove social media for the harm it can cause? Not at all. Like all freedoms, the freedom of speech can be used for good or for evil. Outlaw one area and you outlaw the whole. We see that happening in this country all the time. Under the disguise of curing a problem we see all freedoms fading away far too quickly.
We all have to accept that in this world there are good people and evil people. If you are under the illusion that all people are basically good, open your eyes and look around. There always has been and always will be great evil in this fallen world. However, there has always been and always will be great good. In the end, the good will always triumph. It may not seem like that at times, but I promise you, it does.
Not to get off track of our discussion of social media, how do we deal with this problem of misuses and abuse? First, you have got to understand that it is not social media that is the problem. Social media is just a tool and has no moral compass, makes no decisions and chooses no sides. It is the people that use social media that you must deal with. It is our choice on how social media is used, not the decision of the media itself. As American businessman, Simon Mainwaring said, " Like all technology, social media is neutral but is best put to work in the service of building a better world."
Another fact you need to understand is this: You cannot control, change or dictate to other people; you can only control yourself. Our Creator, in His great love and wisdom, has given control over only one thing in the entire universe. You cannot control the weather, time, other people or even world hunger, you can only control your own attitude. When we make the decision on how we will think, believe, act and treat others, we have the greatest of all powers there is. The power of choice. The great Austrian psychologist and holocaust survivor, Viktor Frankl said, " Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
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