Season 1 · Episode 19

Day 9 Social Media Sabbatical Digital Awareness

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0:01Day nine of my social media sabbatical.
0:08Let's talk about awareness,
0:13and to be exact, digital awareness.
0:17But let's start with awareness.
0:21Awareness is the state of being conscious
0:24and cognizant towards something.
0:28Paying attention to what is happening in the present moment,
0:33whether it's your thoughts, feelings, behaviors,
0:39surroundings, and all impact your actions.
0:45Now think about awareness
0:47as having a spotlight on your experiences,
0:51rather operating on autopilot.
0:58Awareness is what you think about.
1:05And when I say it's what you think about,
1:10it's your informed intelligence.
1:15It could be what your environment is telling you.
1:25But I wanna shift gears a little bit
1:26and speak about digital awareness,
1:31which is your effectiveness and safety
1:38of digital technology.
1:41And now we get into artificial intelligence, AI,
1:47the impact of online interactions,
1:51individuals, society,
1:53and the risk of opportunities in the digital world.
1:59Technical knowledge, critical thinking,
2:03data privacy and security, as I mentioned,
2:09adaptability and how to be proactive
2:13and how we learn these new technologies
2:18and adapt it to our life and the landscape
2:23of our business and life in general.
2:30Now awareness has to do with observing,
2:35noticing patterns, noticing patterns,
2:37noticing patterns and understanding cause and effect,
2:45being present in this moment versus, again,
2:50on autopilot or operating automatically.
2:56So you have to be conscious with this digital awareness.
3:07So what are the patterns
3:09you are taking in?
3:13What are the patterns you are realizing?
3:22What are the patterns that keep coming up in your life?
3:29And think about your digital footprint.
3:34What type of digital footprint are you creating?
3:39The data you are creating and leaving behind,
3:44what information are you sharing?
3:46And how might that be used for other people,
3:52for other businesses?
3:55How are they using your information?
4:02Have you ever thought about that?
4:07And now I wanna get a little personal.
4:13That was just the logistics and kind of definitions
4:16of awareness and digital awareness.
4:20And awareness is big, especially like me, traveling,
4:28being in new cities and states, places I've never been.
4:34I have to have a sense of awareness,
4:38the sense of my surrounding, the environment
4:41where I'm at, what I have with me,
4:44what I have on and my target.
4:48I have to be aware of many, many things.
4:54What is going on in this place that I'm going?
4:57Do I know?
4:59What's on the news?
5:02So we take it digital when we take it online
5:05and on social media, which is this is day nine for me
5:10being on social media.
5:11I'm not aware of what's going on in social media land
5:15and in the news and all this good stuff.
5:18I'm sure I will be aware once I get on,
5:22but right now I'm loving this break,
5:26I'm loving this time, loving my productivity,
5:32but digital awareness is key.
5:38It's things for real, it's things fake.
5:42You wanna constantly ask that question,
5:45especially in this digital age with AI,
5:49artificial intelligence, we're gonna ask that question.
5:54Is this real or is it fake?
5:58Is this real news or is it fake?
6:02Is this a real character or avatar person
6:06or is this a fake person or avatar character?
6:11Is these cartoons really real made up by a human
6:20or by artificial intelligence?
6:24That was taught by other humans,
6:27but it's not 100% correct.
6:32So where do we cross the line?
6:37Where do we say stop?
6:42Where do we continue to build that awareness
6:46where awareness may not be absolute?
6:54Makes you question a lot of things, right?
7:00Because if I'm aware of what I'm doing,
7:05I'm conscious, I'm knowledgeable,
7:09I know what's going on,
7:14or at least I have a sense of what's going on,
7:18but we type in our emails just willingly
7:22to many different sites,
7:25to these different lead magnets
7:26and lead magnets are free information,
7:30our tools, our gadgets, whatever that may be,
7:36our inexpensive gadgets, tools
7:39to collect your information,
7:43to sell you at a later time
7:47or put you in a pipe system, it's a lead for them.
7:52So that's what lead magnet is for.
7:54Like I don't have lead magnets right now,
7:57but I am going to get one soon
8:00because it's important for business
8:03to build your email list and your ecosystem.
8:07And I only want your email.
8:08A lot of people ask for email,
8:10your address, your phone number.
8:13Me, I just want your email.
8:15Let's constantly be in communications
8:18and be on my newsletter.
8:20Let me help you.
8:22If you are a creative entrepreneur,
8:25I want to learn more.
8:26And if you are creative,
8:28wanting to be an entrepreneur,
8:31join the email list.
8:33Check the show notes.
8:35This is of course to be on the email list
8:38and to subscribe.
8:42By the way, I'm tired, so bear with me.
8:45It is 2 p.m. my time.
8:51I just got to Vegas for a BPCon
8:57and I will be doing some recaps
9:00from day one, day two, and day three.
9:03Day one is a half day.
9:06Day one, and day two, and day three.
9:10I may put them all together.
9:11I might break it up.
9:13I don't know, but I know I got to be consistent
9:17and bring this content.
9:19And this is day nine.
9:22Tomorrow, I get on social media at,
9:29well, it'll be midnight, nine p.m. in Vegas.
9:34So technically, nine p.m. will be midnight
9:37back where I stay in Ohio.
9:41So will I wait the full 10 days
9:44and just be like, well, it's midnight here or there.
9:50Here is nine p.m.
9:53I don't know.
9:55But I definitely documented the process
9:59and I appreciate everyone that followed along.
10:03And it actually did the sabbatical with me.
10:06I had a lot of feedback and people that said
10:10they was thinking about doing something similar.
10:15And I appreciate that.
10:17And I hope they meant what they said
10:19and actually took time away.
10:24And digital awareness, you have to have breaks
10:27no matter if that's a few hours throughout the day,
10:32if you're heavily on social media
10:34or a couple days away or like me,
10:38a little over a week, 10 days.
10:41This is my 10-day sabbatical and I'm on day nine
10:46and I've done well.
10:48I haven't touched social media at all.
10:53I deleted the apps.
10:55I stay away.
10:58I was aware if I had it on my phone,
11:01I would've slipped up and probably clicked it.
11:03So I was aware enough to get rid of it
11:06and delete the apps all together.
11:13And I challenge you to do the same.
11:16Start with three days, start with five days.
11:20Some people be at work or on their studies,
11:27just watch some TV, just on social media,
11:30it's all in the background.
11:33It's like a habit that you can't break or shake.
11:39Just on in the background as you're doing other things.
11:43Why?
11:45Are you even aware of this?
11:47How much time you are spending on social media?
11:51How much time are you spending on your phone?
11:54Now there's a study that I think is over 80%
11:59of people wake up within the first 15 minutes,
12:03they're on their phone,
12:04and I'm pretty sure within those 15 minutes is social media.
12:09So are you really aware of your actions
12:12on what you're doing, your visual awareness?
12:20Now, I recently got a massage.
12:26Me and my lady got a massage
12:30and often we give each other massage
12:32and we'll be like, wow, this feels good.
12:37I never know I was sore in this area.
12:43As we give each other full body massages,
12:46like wow, I was sore near my ankles
12:51and my ligaments over here, over there,
12:56I had neck pain, didn't know about,
13:00until we just gave each other that massage.
13:06And I even think about with our business,
13:09how we're massaging our business,
13:12like where are our pain points?
13:14Where are we sore at in our business?
13:19Where are things that we are not aware of?
13:22Just like I wasn't aware of my pain
13:24in certain areas of my body
13:26until I got the massage on my lady,
13:32rubbed me and all over until I started moaning
13:36and groaning like, wow, this hurts.
13:39Do that again, put some more oil on that, rub that spot.
13:45You know, I don't have the courage,
13:47but I'm a massageist because they're more professional
13:50and I'm like, yeah, just cover everything.
13:54I'm hurt right here, target that spot.
13:57But you know, I'm with a loved one.
13:59But it could be a little more personable.
14:03And we do a little more support,
14:06just like, you know, she had the shoulder blades
14:11and rub them, she didn't know she had that pain there.
14:17Like near underarms, stuff we never even think about,
14:23like wow, didn't know I was sore, it hurts, it aches.
14:28Yeah, continue right there, rub that a little harder,
14:32a little more pressure right there.
14:35So what are things in our business
14:38on our entrepreneur journey that we are not aware of
14:43that can easily be massaged and taken care of?
14:48What are our pain points that we are not aware of?
14:53Now think about when we're online on social media,
14:58what are some of these pain points online?
15:04What are these pain points in social media
15:08that we are not aware of?
15:11And that's why this is our digital footprint,
15:15this is our digital awareness.
15:18Are you aware why you are online?
15:24And that's just something to think about
15:26and something I want you to think about
15:29while we continue being on this journey
15:32as we continue to grow.
15:35Are we digitally aware of what we are doing
15:40with our digital footprint?
15:42What are we leaving behind?
15:46Because these digital footprints last forever, all right?
15:57All right, y'all, I'm about to take a long sleep
16:03as the conference starts tomorrow.
16:09I am tired, I am jet-lagged, I am hungry,
16:14but I am gonna shower, brush my teeth, and go to bed.
16:22PPCon, I am on the way, I made it to Vegas.
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17:57you know, the one that was giving me those great massages.
18:01Well, we are creatives at heart.
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18:05and I used to do more poetry as well,
18:07and now we transfer into video producers and photographers
18:12and she more of an editor than I am,
18:14but we're also editors to a lot of content,
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19:39Again, this is Pataka Jackson, Steve Jackson.
19:42This is day nine of my social media sabbatical.
19:46Ooh, are y'all ready for that book?
19:51It's coming soon.
19:52I'm gonna link it in the show notes.
19:54I'm gonna update it soon, but it's coming.
19:59All right y'all, this is Alien Hospital's industry talk
20:03and I am out, I'm going to bed y'all.
20:06Peace.