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16 Lessons I Have Learned This Year
There have been many lessons I have learned this year; some the easy way and some the hard way.
The past six months have been exhausting. It has tested me in ways that I never imagined possible and at the same time, made me realize a few things about myself that will help shape the person I am moving forward.
I have learned:
What employees can learn from a Navy Seal
There is one thing that employees can learn from a Navy Seal that will be life changing - and that is to make your bed every morning to perfection. By completing this task, according to Navy Admiral William H. McRaven, who gave a talk to 8000 graduating students from the University of Texas last month, you would have completed the first task of the day.
I watched the video of his speech that clocked up 1.7 million views in 2 weeks on YouTube a few weeks ago and was inspired.
Of his 10 Life Lessons From A Navy Seal, here are 4 that resonated most with me:
Recently US Airlines were left embarrassed when an employee responded to a customer with a cryptic tweet – an image of a woman and a very strategically placed toy airplane. Understandably, this social media marketing error horrified the world and the image went viral. In addition, the airline’s bizarre apology was retweeted over 12,000 times.
The PR failure from this ill-advised US Airlines post served as a reminder of the power of social media and how it can cause irreparable damage to a company’s brand.
Here are the six lessons to learn from this PR plane crash, as well as other social media disasters:
