The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Social Media – Be Proactive

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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Social Media – Habit 1: Be Proactive What does it mean to Be Proactive?  I view being proactive as taking responsibility for how you interact with the world. Stephen Covey discusses the idea that there is a space between stimulus and response, and that we as human beings, possess the capability to control what we do in that space.  Thus we are different from all other members of Kingdom Animalia.  …read more

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Social Media – Introduction

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I am always looking for ways to better understand social media.  One source of explanatory information I find to be surprisingly useful is a book that was written long before the days of Facebook, Google, and Twitter – Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.  You may be wondering what Covey’s book could possibly have to do with social media, but upon deeper review it is becomes obvious.  Covey’s book contains proposes a principle based …read more