Growin' Up Gregory

For most of us, the simple measure of social media's impact is in the number of likes, comments, and shares. But some of those views come with a different quality...as I learned firsthand this week. A recent post of mine was performing rather poorly on social media (even for my standards): 1 like on Facebook, 15 views on LinkedIn, and 17 views on my blog. It seemed like a dud. It's certainly not my first and unfortunately probably won't be my last. But eventually, one person, with a prestigious national role and title, saw the post and several things happened: 1. He sent me a very encouraging email. For someone to take the time to send a personal note (yes emails count in today's world) means a lot. 2. It was passed along by some other people with much fancier positions and titles than mine to my boss (unbeknownst to me at the time). 3. He shared it with our company and I heard from several co-workers about how they enjoyed that post and have been encourage...