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WORLD & PEOPLE
Building
Relationships
in a digital era
BY: DANIELA FERREIRA
elcome to 2019 ! the year of your dreams becoming a reality ... Don’t we listen, read, live, and see this everywhere every time a
year starts? Don’t you feel sometimes that everybody wishes the same over and over? Are we really caring for what we say to people, to our loved ones or to our public? Are we just following, copying and imitating what others are doing because we think is the trend? -Yes! I know the answer because I feel it every day. When people tell me that the first thing they do in the morning is to
open their social media, stalk some friends, read some news, watch videos, shop something and then after a few minutes say Good morning to the person beside, if there is one, and if there is not acknowledging your puppy or remembering to turn on the coffee machine.
I’m sure you are smiling because it’s true. One of the things we have been losing in our daily routines is to live present in the moment, to take the time and give everything in your life importance.
For example: as soon as you wake up and you turn off the alarm you are getting ready to login into your social media while you are getting off the bed, take a shower, then brush your teeth while making your bed. Quickly turn on the coffee machine while pouring some cereal in a bowl. Crazy right? We have forgotten to take the time to give respect to every single activity we do on a daily basis.
Imagine now how are we building, developing or even creating daily relationships, we think we are connected to each other when the reality is that we have also forgotten how to do that.
We now rely on a text message or even better a voice message because we think we are so busy we now want to drive while checking emails, singing your favourite song and
playing the video on your smartphone screen.
I want to share a few tips that you can use to build relationships every day despite how busy you think you are or how digital our era is dictating us to do.
1.- Pick up the phone and call one family/friend
2.-Send a positive voice message
3.- Write a personal note card to someone
4.- Lave a "post it" note with a note to someone and surprise them
5.-Go for coffee with that friend from childhood
6.- Don't leave home without saying "I love you" (I mean it)
7.- Make people around you smile
8.- Send random cards to people (I guarantee you they will smile)
9.- Use social media to reconnect with people and then set up a time to call
10.- Go back to number 1
You will be surprised at the reactions from people but doing this consistently will change your energy and the energy of people around you. Use social media to connect with people not to destroy your own relations, and if no one "likes" or
"comments" or "share" your post doesn't mean they don't like you. You just simply have not connected with them. Is not personalisdigital:)
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