What does the below video have to do with social media? We often talk here at Socialnomics about failing fast, failing forward, failing better when it comes to Social Media. So many individuals and companies are only concerned about the downside of a fully open world that they fail to embrace the opportunity. We should learn from this young girl’s courage (4th grader) and realize if we just do it – what an exhilarating ride it is! Are you smarter than a 4th grader?
In a modern world where we all create digital footprints and digital shadows each day, don’t we want our digital shadow to be arms raised in triumph (like the girl in the photo below) because we tried our best?
"Little Girl Ski Jump Video" went viral because of her fear of falling and when she didn't fall she raised her arms in triumph. Isn't this a great digital shadow!? Shouldn't we all face our fears - digital or otherwise?