Matt Abrahams

And I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

We need diversity not only of ideas and opinions, but diversity in the way we communicate.

We hold in our culture this notion that the extroverted, confident person is the right way to communicate, and that's not always true.

You can get into a lot of trouble, especially extroverts who speak first and think second.

Yeah.

I wasn't into anything nefarious or bad.

I was a good kid growing up.

But I can't imagine growing up with everything being recorded.

What I do admire about all of this social media is how

People who are younger than I am at least are able to manage their presence in so many different domains.

I can barely show up, you know, dressed appropriately for a conversation.

They're able to manage their presence on different platforms, some virtually, some in person.

And that's an art.

That's a skill to be able to project yourself in different ways in different venues.

Again, I'm not saying be disingenuous or inauthentic, but there's a skill there.

I coach a lot of senior leaders who I would – I'm trying to coach to really be mindful of your presence, how you show up, what it means.

And I see in my students who are generally in their mid to late 20s who this comes easy to them.

This is just something they know how to do.

Yeah.

I'm not bashing social media ever, but I do think that there's some skills that come with it that others could benefit from.