Tag: communication

My favorite emojis.

Today’s prompt is what are my favorite emojis?

I do use emojis quite often with people I know, especially in DMs. I feel like they add a personal touch to messages. I also like to post animated memes sometimes, because they can quickly express feelings that might be difficult with words alone. Below are a few of my favorite and most used emojis. I might also use others to express something very specific, or maybe to return an emoji I received.

  • 💙💜💗💖 – The hearts express love and friendship. I love them most.
  • 🙂 – The smiley face. It just makes the message a little happier.
  • 😁 – The super happy face. If a smile just isn’t enough.
  • 😂🤣 – The laughing faces. A good way to express LOL, but better.
  • 🙁 – The frowning face. If it makes me unhappy, this is the one.
  • 🙏 – The prayer hands. It signifies my prayers and best wishes are with you.
  • 🤷‍♂️ – The shrugging person. Sometimes, I just don’t know the answer.
  • 😎 – The cool smiley. If I give you this one, you know you’re cool.
  • 😇 – The halo smiley. I give this to those with a beautiful soul.
  • 🤔 – The thinking face. It shows I’m pondering something deeply.
  • 😉 – The winking smiley. Winks are pretty common here.
  • 🥰😍😘 – These heart ones usually go to a sweetheart.
  • 😭😢😥 – These crying faces I use for expressing deep sadness.
  • ☕🍵 – The cup of coffee or tea. Relax and enjoy a sip of tea or coffee.
  • 🌺🌸🌹🌻 – Flowers. Here’s a little flower to make you happy.
  • 💔 – The broken heart. I’ve felt it quite a few times, unfortunately.

What are your favorite emojis? Do you use emojis frequently? Let me know in the comments, and don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe! 😁

Humility is a powerful skill to master.

Communication is always named as a great skill to have, but I think there is another awesome skill that sometimes gets overlooked. It’s the humility to enter a situation where you are totally ignorant in order to solve a major problem.

What it’s really all about is bringing everyone together, filling in all the knowledge gaps, and then coming up with the best solution. You might even have to play completely dumb to get all the information that’s needed. This is hard for some people because their ego makes them afraid of looking stupid.

Getting it done is what’s really important. Your ego will heal very quickly once the goal is accomplished, and people look up to someone who takes the initiative. In all honesty, humility is probably of the greatest leadership skill you will ever master.

Have you ever had to drop your ego to get to a solution? Do you think the ego can be a hinderance to communication? What are some other skills you think a leader should master? Let me know in the comments, and please remember to like, share, and subscribe!

You can’t like what you like.

My mouse hovers over the like button on the post and I press it, but then, I remember that time I was scrolling through my feed and I came across a post that said one of my friends liked this or that site. So, I hesitate. If I push like on this will my friends know I like it? Could that be embarrassing? Will they change their opinion about me? Do I really like it that much? Is this what I want to be know for? The guy who likes these kind of posts? I change my mind and quickly push unlike, hoping it didn’t register in their system long enough to associate me with it.

It then occurs to me, honesty really requires anonymity, unless you just don’t care what anyone thinks. This is really what made the internet so special. It was really a place where you didn’t have to worry too much about it. You figured no one was watching. Now you know the whole world is tracking that little mouse button of yours.

Ever find yourself doing this? What are your thoughts? Don’t forget to hit subscribe, more to come.

It wasn’t for me.

I remember there used to be a time when there wasn’t an internet, but I honestly don’t like to think about it. It was a time when everyone was expected to do everything in person or through paper. It was a time when people couldn’t work from home very easily. It was an era that predates blogging and many forms of self-publication. It was really not for me. I was born for the internet, and I spend a ridiculous amount of time there.

Some people like to blame the internet for everything, and there are some negative aspects, but if you really think about it, it has made the world a better place. Here are some things it has added.

  • Better connection to other people. Before the internet, it really wasn’t that easy to keep up with people you went to school with, or family that moved out of state. I remember my grandmother actually had to write to her cousins on paper and use snail mail. That definitely wasn’t optimal, though it did build anticipation and teach patience.
  • The internet allows for anonymity. Some people see this as an evil aspect of the internet, but I think it is absolutely critical. Societies and governments tend to silence and chastise people who criticize them out of fear that if enough people gather together, they will overthrow them. Without anonymity, those people would not be able to state the truth about their society or government.
  • It is more inclusive. The internet is pretty much everywhere now. Before it, you had to really work hard to connect with people outside your local community or state. The world has become much smaller and striking up a conversation with someone across the globe is trivial now.
  • The information age opened up tons of jobs that allow you to work from home, or anywhere there is an internet connection. You can literally work from the beach if you like. You can travel the world if you like, taking your work with you. You also don’t have to worry about that dreaded commute anymore. The only highway you have to be on is the information superhighway.
  • It provided an outlet for tons of creative minds. There are so many creators out there now. It’s almost becoming an expectation in our society. Without the ability to self-publish, you would have to get everything approved by a bureaucratic publishing system and advertising was pretty slow and expensive. Now, you just create an account on social media and start sharing.
  • Of course, the best part of having the internet is that you get to read this amazing blog. 🙂

So, what’s your favorite thing about the internet? Could you live without it? Tell me about it in the comments, and don’t forget to like and subscribe.