How to NOT get sucked into a quagmire and get completely sidetracked when you venture into social media
Hi Blogger, After last week's conversation in the Mastery in the Making about networking via social media, the topic developed into a discussion on how to NOT get sucked into a quagmire and get completely sidetracked when you venture into the murky waters of Facebook, IG, TikTok, and MySpace (kidding on that last one!) One minute you are on a mission, the next you are watching cat videos and you have no idea where the last hour went or why you logged on to begin with?!? Instead, I recommend you take steps to clearly DECIDE when, what, and for how long you are going to watch. I call it: Contain your Intention When I use the word contain, I'm talking about a start time, a finish time, and a clear decision on what happens in between. Here's how: - Literally write down what you desire to accomplish when you log in.
- Ex. Connect with one person who has a problem I can solve
- Set a timer or stopwatch (on your phone or other device) and keep in front of you for the duration of the task.
- This reminder that you have a singular focus for a short period of time helps keep you grounded in the task and less likely to fly off into distractions.
- If another desire surfaces while you are executing your intention, don't act on it at that moment! Add it to the to do list for social media.
- Ex. Update my profile cover photo with a graphic that promotes the problems I solve and transformations I provide with a link in the caption/ description to my freebie/ subscriber sign up.
- Complete the task and schedule time for tasks you added to your list.
- I recommend blocking your calendar and overestimating the time each task will take.
- You could take action on the newly added tasks immediately but this is also one of those opportunities to practice being in integrity with your schedule.
I hope that helps you to be more effective and efficient when you hop in to social media :)
Catherine |
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