“The Social Dilemma”

by KERRIE FRIEND

past performance?

At JMT Mind adapted SWOT analysis that can be utilised for any past event you have completed, with suggested extra notes to tease out detail:

Gym every athlete and business owner we work with, from professional golfers, rugby teams, resort management, and cleaning companies, to dancers, runners, fighters, and CrossFit athletes, we immediately assess performance post-event to ensure more probability of success in subsequent future appearances.

Now, conventionally a SWOT analysis is a strategic planning tool used before an event to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

S (Strengths) - What were your strengths, positives, things you were happy with? Note success leaves clues, look carefully here.

W (Weaknesses) - What were setbacks/ drawbacks, things you didn’t do well? Note powerful learnings here, look critically. There is no such thing as failure, only feedback.

O (Opportunities/Observations)Imagine you were in a drone flying 30-50ft above yourself 24 hours before the event, during the event, and a little after. What did you see that stood out?

T (Threats) - Between now and your next event what can you foresee on the horizon that could get in the way, challenge, derail, go wrong and effect a potentially successful outcome?

I hope this formula helps you. jamiemilnemindgym.com.au

With it feeling like social media is overtaking our life these days it’s all too easy to go down the rabbit hole and begin looking at everyone’s lives and compare our life with theirs. If you begin to feel frustrated, envious, or disappointed about your life, it’s important to put the brakes on or you can go head first over a cliff.

Don’t look at other people’s feeds and think theirs is all rainbows and unicorns. We need to be aware that the highlight reels of others' lives are mostly just that, not their real life that happens from day to day. Life is just not as pretty as it always seems on social media, instead use it as the wonderful platform it is where you can connect with loved ones, friends, blasts from the past and new people if you choose to.

I enjoy social media as much as you might, but I’m also very aware of its negatives. I do my best to stay vigilant against what I call, “comparisonitis”, because studies show too much social media is not good for our mental health and influences the way we perceive this wonderful gift called life.

It’s not about comparing our lives to others, but instead being inspired by others, even gaining some fun ideas about how to express our life more fully.

Find balance with your social media use and utilise all the good things about it such as staying in touch with family, friends, promoting business, community happenings and so on.

The average person spends approximately two hours a day on social media. Over a year that’s 728 hours (30.3 days/1 month). I keep my use to about 30 minutes a day, then my alarm goes off so I don’t waste more time. This formula works wonders for me and maybe it would for you too? Evaluate your usage and set some boundaries for yourself and then enjoy it for the wonderful addition it can be.

Blessings www.KerrieFriend.com