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Daily Challenge: Live Better, Pay it Forward

by SocialPMChick on June 29, 2009 · 3 comments

Good Morning! I want to share one of my favorite Social Media Sites: The Daily Challenge.

I believe I first learned about it on Twitter. Daily Challenge is a site where you can post an idea or thought for others to think about and ideally “take action” on. They can include random acts of kindness, environmentally friendly ideas, thoughts on how to treat others better and whatever else you can think up that lends to better living.

I receive reminders via email with “Today’s Challenge”. A great reminder for me. I have 3 children, and my day can tend to start off pretty crazy, so I don’t always think in pay-it-forward mode, though I try. As I’m getting settled into work each day and checking email, it’s one of the first messages I see, and it’s a great reminder for the day to carry out random acts of kindness.

Here are some of my favorites challenges:

Hold the door for someone behind you… even if you running late and they are a few steps behind… slow down & hold that door with a smile! Take Action! (I’m proud of this one… it’s mine)
Make someone laugh today. Tell them your favorite joke or make a ridiculous face. Take Action! (laughter is so healthy)
Say good morning to someone on your morning commute: the bus driver, another commuter or roll down your window to target another driver. Take Action! (open your mouth! It’s easy)
Pick up at least one piece of garbage/litter from the ground and put it in the trash/recycling. Take Action! (How simple a concept… and how much garbage we see everywhere.)
Forgive someone today Take Action! (even if it’s just the person who cut you off in traffic on your commute today…)
Give a stranger a compliment today. Take Action! (tell the woman in front of you in line that you love her shoes, or tell him “nice ride!”)
Spend at least 1% of my day (14 minutes) on Personal Development; either watching video, listening to audio or reading a book. YEAH! Take Action! (who doesn’t have 14 minutes to spend bettering themselves?)
Share one of your talents freely with someone today. Take Action! (imagine what we could teach each other)
Think about what you are grateful for today, and if a person comes to mind…tell them. Take Action! (GLEIAGFU… my personal note of thanks.)
Don’t be afraid to be yourself…even if other’s don’t except you. Take Action! (besides… being yourself can be really fun!)

And the one I’m taking action on now… Tell someone else about The Daily Challenge. (Take Action!) What better way to pay-it-forward? Get others thinking in the same mode. If you agree please send a link to this post along to a friend, or point them directly to The Daily Challenge.

Imagine what the world would be like if everyone lived in “Pay it Forward” mode! It’s beyond my comprehension, but I believe it to be possible. This, I am passionate about!

In a short period of time I have inspired 80 people to take action, just little old me. Imagine if each of us inspired 80, and those people inspired 80 more and so on… WOW!

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Please leave me a comment and tell me how YOU pay it forward! Let’s keep this going!

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What is your Social Media personality?

by SocialPMChick on May 28, 2009 · 4 comments

A while back I wrote an article called “What’s In A Name?” which further explains the meaning behind my social media handle “SocialPMChick”. The article was written in fun, but there is some truth and reason to how you define yourself online. We are so much more than just a name without a face, and our online identity needs to have meaning.

I don’t consider myself to be among the top experts in the Social Media arena, though I learn quickly what works and what doesn’t. I quickly gather information, and try to share with the world so others don’t make the same mistakes I have.

Remember that first impressions are huge in an arena where nobody forgets anything, and even when you think they’ve forgotten, some old thing you may have said, written, posted etc. may rear it’s ugly head and get blogged about, tweeted about, etc…. You get the picture.

My advice, take it or leave it, is to consider what your goals are for using Social Media and set out to define your personal brand, personality or identity – before you run off creating Twitter IDs, blogs and all the other things we Social Media fanatics do. Once you establish your personality that is how people will remember you (and whether or not they like you or find you of any value!).

When defining your identity, ask yourself the a few basic questions?

What am I passionate about?
What am I good at?
In what areas do I hope to grow?
What am I a subject matter expert on?
What types of people do I want to interact with?
What do I hope to accomplish through Social Media?

The answers to these questions can help you define your online personality or personal brand. Maybe your social media handle is simply your name, or maybe it’s a combination of things that you get excited about or what to network around. For me, I strive to gain knowledge in the areas of Social Media, Project Management, Internet Marketing and Passionate People. Those were some of my criteria, and after much thought and tossing around ideas I came up with SocialPMChick, which has served me well.

Especially on Twitter, I find myself intrigued by really interesting Twitter IDs, and that leads me to explore further what that person is about and what they have to offer. I have a whole theory on who I follow and why, which I also wrote about, but first impressions can go a long way if your online identity is well thought out and executed.

What defines you online? I’d love to know.

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Do YOU have passion?

March 25, 2009

This post was originally written December 4, 2009 – but it was my introductory post to my first blog. To blog or not to blog has been my question for a while now… Until I could figure out what I had to share with the world it made no sense, but I now realize it [...]

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