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Embracing curiosity as a daily habit has been my biggest career accelerator. In social media, where change is constant, asking "why" and diving deep into platform changes has transformed how I approach strategy and engagement.

Developing a “Lifetime Learner” attitude and being open to learning something new every day.

One of my favorite quotes is: “If you don’t learn something new every day, it’s a waste of a day!”

Being adaptable and open to taking on new responsibilities or roles that are needed by your team.

Surprisingly it is constantly developing my oral communication and people skills. Being able to communicate the value of the work I do to colleagues and executives in terms they understand and value has been game changing.

The habit of doing what I say I’m going to do in a timely fashion. And if I can’t for some reason, getting back to the person or group I committed to and letting them know I haven’t followed through and what I will do instead.

This is more of a habit, but keeping a digital library of social media posts that I find really engaging has been so helpful in spurring ideation and creativity. I keep mine in a Google Doc and separate the posts by topic or content type. Whenever I need inspiration for an upcoming post, I go through the document and think about how I could take a brand’s post and make it better or put my own spin on it. This is especially helpful when jumping on popular trends for Instagram Reels. 

A career in social provides you with many skills, both hard and soft. One of the skills that social media has taught me is conflict resolution internally and externally. Everyone from your ideal audiences to your colleagues have an opinion on the social team’s work, which can result in conflict at times. Externally, the social team is first defense for any brand. With that, you learn to conflict manage and resolve customer service or content decision complaints by your community and more. Internally, you learn to adapt to priorities which can result in your “internal clients” feeling they’re not being represented on your channels nearly enough. You learn to balance your clients and resolve any conflict that results as social is the “first choice” distribution channel for many brands today. 

Multitasking has been the most impactful skill for me. While it’s not really been perfected, it’s been the most beneficial when it clicks and when managing numerous tasks and projects at once has worked well. 

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