Unlearning and Rebuilding: A Call to Question Our Beliefs
I am quite aware that my outline above is quite a problematic exercise since it asks you to question and potentially reject certain conceptual attitudes that inform and shape your worldview. But, in our collective effort to build a better world, country and continent, for ourselves and generations to come, this path of self-education is a first step.
Why are you doing this?
Even I myself do not have a complete grasp of how much the internet can affect our lives. Its reach is immense and it continues to disrupt every aspect of the human endeavor.
Window to the soul
The call to tell your story is not a request to tell another generic narrative out there on the internet but a plea for vulnerability - to tell a story that is authentically and deeply yours.
To Network Effectively is to Work Publicly
But if you can show up every day telling your authentic stories here on the internet, anyone will see it and if it resonates they will connect with you.
Social Contracts are Powerful: Use them!
If you want to really do something, announce it on Facebook. Tell your followers what you want to do and how you will do it.
How to sell your by-products
Someone out there needs to hear you and learn from your lived-experiences. Someone needs to be inspired by your stories of adversity and success.