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An Unbeatable Social Media Strategy to Save You From Yourself

“Like” everything

You’re an out of control drunk on social media.

Me too.

The precious avatar you hide behind is something you will unconsciously guard with your life. When an angry person finds your post, it will probably affect you, even if you deny that it does.

Social media is full of broken dreams. People chase followers as if they are playing a computer game that has an onscreen victory trophy. You don’t realize it either. Social media and its importance in your life take over; it creeps into your dreams and messes with your thoughts.

You think if people would just notice you then you could get ahead in life. You fall for the fairy tale dream speeches given at conferences that tell you all you need is an audience and you’ll be successful. Nonsense.

Most of us have no idea how to manage where we direct our attention — let alone how we will act when we get attention through social media.

How do I know any of this? I have 230,000 LinkedIn followers and millions of monthly readers. I don’t tell you that to flash a social media badge. I tell you that because when I got banned from LinkedIn by mistake, I felt terrible. Having your online resume ripped to pieces and pulled from existence (Google) can mess you up.

I am my own worst enemy on social media. I expected for six years to look perfect and be #inspirational. It didn’t work.

My life on social media got out of control.

There is an entirely different way to view social media that will save you from yourself and your ego that puts you in a tailspin.

Here are a few mind-bending, unconventional social media techniques.

“Like” Your Own Posts

I like my own social media posts. No, I’m not in love with myself.

Liking your own social media posts is self-love. Liking your posts is a way to secretly whisper in your own ear “you’re enough.”

If you can’t like your own social media posts, then how the heck are you going to survive social media?

“Like” the Comments From the Trolls

Trolls are people who had a bad day or a bad year. A troll is not evil for life. I was a troll in 2011 that would leave hateful comments on YouTube videos. Trust me.

A friend of mine, Oleg Vishnepolsky, who has 1.8M LinkedIn followers, taught me this unbeatable social media technique that is highly controversial. It solves the problem of negative comments and people who dislike you or make up lies about you. When the leader of a troll group found me and took aim, I had no idea what to do. I asked Oleg and he said this:

“Like all their comments.”

Even more drastic was this advice: “Thank them for their comment, publicly.”

What a weapon of mass destruction. I used this technique and it seriously changed my approach to social media. How you act towards trolls says a lot about you. You’re not always right. People are having a bad day due to the economic climate.

The least you can do is show people a different way to behave, which simultaneously cures you of all your hatred and desire to retaliate.

Hate spreads hate. Love kills hate.

Make Grammar/Spelling Mistakes

I do this on purpose. I twist words to make them fit my unconventional view of the world. The grammar police get furious at me for doing this.

Intentionally making errors in your social media posts adds a layer of imperfection. People are tired of perfect Instagram influencers that have infected other social media platforms with their glossy image filters.

Show yourself you’re human by being intentionally imperfect. The posts I’ve created, that cut deep, all have errors in them.

I don’t dare edit errors because that would be mistakenly editing my life.

Say Something Wild

Cookie-cutter social media posts are everywhere.

You become one of the herd when you say, do, and talk like everybody else.

Show yourself what’s possible by saying something wild. You can always delete a social media post, so what have you got to lose? Test the realms of your thoughts. Take a crazy thought and use it against yourself.

I did this when I decided to share my bizarre thoughts about life and death. I talked about parallel universes, shifting the perception of time, what it feels like to die, and remembering your life before you were born. These are crazy topics to write about. But by letting these thoughts out into the world I got feedback and new ideas to explore. As crazy as I thought these ideas were, people seemed to appreciate them.

Social media is a tool designed to help people think, not be right.

Most social media strategies suck. They are wrapped in ego, and the need to impress rather than express one’s thoughts.

The biggest problem with social media is you — as I learned the hard way over the last six years on LinkedIn.

When you get out of your own way, your social media shines; you bring people closer, you witness what it’s like to teach, and you take yourself *not* so seriously. We don’t need more best-selling authors with columns in INC Magazine to make themselves feel good. We definitely don’t need another empty personal brand. We need you without you standing in your own way.

“Like” everything on social media — the comments that say you’re awesome, and the comments that question who you are. This strategy of “like everything” can be applied to life too. It’s life-changing.