By Penny Power – Business Author & Human-Centred Speaker
This week’s Ponderings is about a time in all our Internet histories when Social Networking was shifting into social media, we were moving from conversation with one another to broadcasting posts.
This shift from social networking to social media around 2008 is a really huge topic for me, and one that we can all relate to.
We can all reflect on a time when the internet gave rise to so many opportunities, and for me, it was the dream of people connecting globally as friends in business.
I believe this was the most beautiful period in the history of the Internet so far, a true balance of friendship and business, and I believe we are returning.
I remember the moment that I saw social media rise and social networking fall, it was a sad moment for us personally, and also for all of us in terms of knowing and liking people
I was on a train, it was 2008 and I was working hard to keep people close, personally and in business. I wrote out these words. I reflected on what Social Networking had helped me achieve.
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I hope you enjoy and can see yourself in these words:
By Penny Power 2008
I looked outwards
I understood others and who they are
I became open with my thoughts, my actions and my heart
I became random with my ideas and connections
I became supportive in my intentions to others
I shared my thoughts, dreams and plans openly
I shared my knowledge widely
I supported other people’s dreams
I liked meeting new people
I loved meeting people that weren’t ‘like me’
I stopped judging and started listening
I allowed my world to be bigger
I felt I was no longer alone
I cared for others and others cared for me
I found new opportunities because
I learned to read better and listen with intent
I woke up with purpose and intention
I felt people at the end of my keyboard as I typed
I realised I could write
I realised I could inspire others
I found my voice and I learned to teach
I liked what I heard
I really, deeply understood what it meant to be connected
I understood that I could feed others as well as myself
I found that when I fed others I could feed myself
I experienced serendipity
the more people I knew
and the more knew me
I learned to trust again
I learned my strengths
I stopped worrying about my weaknesses
I learned how to adapt, survive and grow as a person
I learned to slow down and notice my life
and other people around me
I learned how to love my business life
I learned to master technology so it served me and others
I could serve and support others in real time
on demand
globally
I changed my attitude to people and became their friend
I changed my thoughts,
I felt positive
I became stronger through my network
Self esteem became social esteem
Self worth became social worth
Everyone gained not just me
I became stronger because I could see and feel my value to others
I became intuitive
I learned to listen with my heart
I realised being me is enough
I like myself – in fact I am learning to love myself, because others ‘like me’
I built my brand and I learned how to take care of it
I discovered my legacy
I realised that friendship is the most powerful force on earth
I cherished my network
I became happier
I felt a sense of freedom and relief
I became Known, Liked and Followed
I became human
I was richer in more ways than one
In this social world
be a friend
and watch business grow
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