Jimmy Gilmore – Writer – Director

My 3 year old had a bal­let recital this week­end. It was awe­some. 20 lit­tle girls just throw­ing it all out there for the sheer joy of doing some­thing they enjoy. Big smiles on their faces and hav­ing the time of their short lives.

Bal­let is new to them and they’re find­ing great joy in it. How­ever, the longer us adults do some­thing the more inhib­ited we become. We’re afraid to show that we’re ama­teurs and end up paralyzed.

But the fact is, most of us are ama­teurs at social media. Even the media pro­fes­sion­als are. They may spend the day work­ing on old media but they too are fish out of water when it comes to blog­ging. And even though social media is part of my job, it’s con­stantly chang­ing, putting me and any par­tic­i­pant on a per­pet­u­ally steep learn­ing curve. A curve that I embrace – it keeps things interesting.

So why not loose your inhi­bi­tions a bit in this space? Reach out, engage and be cre­ative. Be that three year old just doing it for the joy of it. How can you make a fool of your­self if we’re all still learning?

Be Socia­ble, Share!

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