Zen and the Social Media

Manager

How to Workin Social Media Without Losing

Your Mind

How To Not Bring About the

Enslavement of

Humankind by Machines

Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.

-- Viktor Frankl

Mindfulness practice trains your nervous system to know itself better and interfere with itself less. -- Shinzen Young

Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

Why bother?Educators• Lower blood pressure• More consistent cortisol levels• More in tune with emotions• More positive emotions• More success in classroom

management• Better equipped to handle

distress, time pressure• Fewer head aches, colds

Students• More positive thoughts• Fewer detentions• Fewer unexcused absences• More engaged

… hate, trolls, snark, anger, pettiness …

… paranoia, pretention, schadenfreude …

“Be water, my friend.”-- Bruce Lee

FLEXIBILITY

Everyone has a plan until they get

punched in the mouth.

-- Mike Tyson

FLEXIBILITY

FLEXIBILITY

“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.”

AWARENESS

#MCM

AWARENESS

HUMANS VS. VILLAINS

• Seven psychological needs of social media use: – Acknowledgment– Attention– Approval– Appreciation– Acclaim– Assurance– Inclusion

• Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?

• Experience now, share later

• Respond with your full attention

• Practice letting go.

Source: Lori Deschene

(@TinyBuddha) BALANCE

Apps

• Stop, Breathe & Think• Insight Timer• Head space

Twitter

@Mindfuleveryday@TrainingMindful@MindfulOnline@dailyzen@tinybuddha

Trust your inner knowledge. If you have a clear mind and an open heart, you won’t have to search for direction. Direction will come to you.

-- Phil Jackson

Questions?