The dark side of Social Media

Comparison is not bad until it courses you stress instead of clarity

Comparing yourself with others is not always bad but for most people it ends up a cause of stress

The mental health of young adults has drastically reduced because of comparison

The reason is simple, comparison without an actionable plan.

The Internet as we know it is good trust me l love it, but it has also destroyed the lives of very many people.

How: instant gratification sells more.

Young people know exactly what they want, they see it the Internet, but what goes viral is how they can achieve it

• Shortest time possible

• Cheaply

• Without any work

If it in the wealth niche

The headlines that go viral will be like
“How to become a millionaire in 24Hours”

In the fitness field: “You will see a over
How to get 6 packs in 7days”

To the ladies they will write to them this
“How to have a flat stomach and a big nyash in 24 hours”

The above sounds silly if its your first time meeting it but , if you ever take your time to learn psychology and marketing , you will know that if something is repeated to you now and again , your mind will start believing it

That why in meditation and affirmation we are taught not to tell our children that they are stupid because if you repeatedly say that they will end up believing they are stupid

Now the whole generation that has power that not any other generation has ever had is getting destroyed with instant gratification , How ?

Lets make an authentic people their mentors
We promise them instant results , They should not be dedicated to a goal for 6 months
Let's destruct them with , entertainment , trends , and addiction of short form

When tiktok came they promised the world that they will put what you like on your for page .

But l started noticing , you can meet someone from a very different interest of live and you are discussing the same trending things .

If we can make them see the same thing we can make them think the same way.

That part of the internet is the dark side no one wants to talk about .

Today You are among the very few people who still have their conscious and attention in their control if you can.

Sit and read such a long writing
Search and watch a 30 minutes long tutorial
Read a book
You can spend a week without scrolling on short form content

These short form contents have stolen our attention and given us thirst for instant gratification, we are a generation that wants everything easily,

Trust me l also use the internet to build business easier than any other traditional method but , if l tell you it is easy and takes no work l will be lying to you.

So to achieve anything worthwhile you should be ready to endure the pain.

You choose a battle knowing that there is blood to be shaded , if you know that , the blood you will see in the battlefield will not surprise you.

But what does short form content do?

You watch for 5 seconds if you don't like it , scroll to the next , then the next ,then the next . Then you get what you like and for one minute , even if it's educational you don’t take action , you scroll to the next , then next.

Have you ever asked yourself , all those first 20 videos on your for you page if that’s what you really want to watch.

By the way when did you last search for something on the in internat, like to is a sunday l have time let me use this 1 hour to learn about marketing them you such the internet , How to become a good marketer , when …

If we cant stop them from thinking lets give them what to think about

I have steps you can take

1.Follow the way not results
There are many people on the internet who have achieved what you want , follow those who show you the way not the results

Not anyone can show you the way in a 30 seconds video

Those who do take time to create long form content

• Long for youtube videos

• Podcasters

• Write newsletters

• Write books

Personally , l follow Authors , People who have taken their time to write down their way.

Most people will follow the Results , He has the most expensive car and house , He lives an expensive lifestyle . That's nonsense . they are selling to you the results not the process

2.Block the noise

My first mentor , on the internet was Steve courage a Nigerian Author of “13 secrets school never thought you about how to Become rich”

With about 1.5 million followers across his youtube channels without showing his six packs , House , wife or anything.

He wrote his story , he shared really valuable content and his motto was simple ,
“ l am not entertaining my fellow african l am telling the harsh truth , if you are the only african who understands me l beg you spread the gospel of mindset change in africa”

Don't look for him , he is no longer active on the internet but his words are , you can look for his book and read.

Noise is any content that does not improve your thinking and action ,

You cant change you life , if you don’t change your action and you cant change your action if you don’t change your thinking

3.Uninstall tiktok

If you are not using tiktok to make money , to run your business , or anything similar , uninstall it , yes it will be hard if you are used to it but . this is going to improve your thinking

If you want to achieve anything more than most people around you , you must think and act differently than most people around you.

Tiktok serves you the same content and eventually you will think and act like everyone around you.

4.Start a project

A project are series of activities that aim towards a specific goal

A goal is got by identifying where you are and where you want to be

Where you want to be is reached by taking specific actions

Actions are are influenced by what you know so learn

Learning can be done with so many free resources or at a small fee over the internet

Talking of the internet , You can start , run and manage a business project on it alone , that will give you capital for your dream business

We call it The one person business model

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