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Re: LinkedIn Users Bring Crying and More Personal Content, Should You?

justinlevy — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:34:48 -0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Frank. I completely agree with both of your thoughts.

Unfortunately, the debate rages on whether LinkedIn is becoming Facebook as people share their personal lives. Obviously, there are several areas that are off-limits such as politics (at least IMO) but sharing other aspects of your personal life should be a no-brainer.

Re: LinkedIn Users Bring Crying and More Personal Content, Should You?

justinlevy — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:31:28 -0000

The CEO admitted that he shouldn't have outed the employees in the way that he did. In regards to Wipro, that's unfortunate and I've heard from people close to me that they've been threatened with similar issues.

Re: Writing Your Final Letter — Built Unstoppable

justinlevy — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 11:38:50 -0000

I'm so sorry to hear about your close friend. That's terrible. While losing someone hurts, I'm glad that your friend has you to lean on.

Re: Day 452: It’s About the Little Things

justinlevy — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 11:55:07 -0000

Glad to hear that you survived your brain tumor as well!

Re: Day 343: Completing My First Spartan Race

justinlevy — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 11:33:42 -0000

Thank you, buddy!

Re: Day 280: Sleeping In After a Long Week

justinlevy — Sun, 17 May 2015 23:34:16 -0000

I'm sorry to hear that you've been dealing with a health issue but are finding a way to stay determined through it.

Keep up the focus and attitude...that'll help your recovery go fast.

Re: My Three Words for 2015 — Built Unstoppable

justinlevy — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 22:00:37 -0000

That's the plan! We'll take it one step at a time and I'll ensure my body is ready to face everything ahead.

Re: Day 147: $800,000 in Medical Bills and Becoming an Uncle

justinlevy — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 21:59:52 -0000

Thanks for the continued support! Hope you are doing well.

Re: Day 132: Our Decision to Start Chemotherapy

justinlevy — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:37:05 -0000

Thank you for the continued support, Mark. It means a lot to us.

Re: Day 128: Meeting with a UCSF Epilepsy Doctor

justinlevy — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:29:58 -0000

You are far too sweet. I've only had three seizures so far. You had two of them yesterday alone. We're always thinking of you and joking about how our dog, Sasha, could never be a seizure dog like Gen. :)

Re: Day 102: Another Seizure and Another Trip to the ER

justinlevy — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 17:20:23 -0000

Thanks, Becky. It was concerning having another seizure after going so long without one. We continue moving forward and working through everything as we can.

Re: Day 69: Closing Out My First Week Back to Work

justinlevy — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:31:41 -0000

Thank you so much for providing feedback, Laura!

Re: Day 54: Regaining Additional Freedoms

justinlevy — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 17:11:38 -0000

Thanks so much, Jason! It has been a long road over the last 8 weeks but we continue to push through on a daily basis.

Re: How to Make Facebook Usable Again

justinlevy — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 17:08:40 -0000

That's exactly how I felt and why I finally took action. I have been enjoying the new voices and old friends that I'm now seeing in my feed.

Re: How to Make Facebook Usable Again

justinlevy — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:08:23 -0000

That process is exactly what I am trying to avoid though will go that route if I don't feel that this current process is working out.

Re: How to Make Facebook Usable Again

justinlevy — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:06:27 -0000

I have been good about Twitter using TweetDeck but always just let Facebook continue to backlog and build up. I have been using Facebook so much more this week after cleaning it up.

Re: How to Make Facebook Usable Again

justinlevy — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:05:26 -0000

We recently moved all of our work pages over to a Business Manager account to manage them because we were having similar issues with managing our long list of pages.

Re: How to Make Facebook Usable Again

justinlevy — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:04:40 -0000

I have thought about using lists to restrict content but haven't gotten to that point yet. Thanks for the info!

Re: Adventures in Sleep Hacking - Part I

justinlevy — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 10:30:05 -0000

Ah, I totally forgot about adding white noise to the article. I use the white noise of a fan to help block outside noise from our sliding door being open.

Re: Adventures in Sleep Hacking - Part I

justinlevy — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:47:01 -0000

Ack! That doesn't sound like any fun whatsoever. I have been fortunate to avoid insomnia except maybe a bit of it as I have gone through this ordeal. The Withings Aura looks awesome! I hadn't seen that before. Sucks that it is only available for iOS right now but am sure they'll release an Android app soon.

Re: Adventures in Sleep Hacking - Part I

justinlevy — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:44:42 -0000

That's AWESOME to hear! I am so happy that you found the article helpful.

Re: Social media, authenticity and the human brand

justinlevy — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:22:21 -0000

Just after posting my comment I read this one. Yes - you do need to be honest all the time.

One of the more interesting aspects to all of this has been when I have caught up with friends on video and they remark something such as "you seem to be doing great. I wanted to get on video with you to see how you were doing vs what you were publishing"

Re: Social media, authenticity and the human brand

justinlevy — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:20:16 -0000

Thank you VERY much for this episode. It made me tear up knowing that you both were checking throughout the night to see if we had published an update. Unfortunately it took several additional hours once the surgery was done for me to be woken up, moved to the neuro ICU and able to even take that photo.

I throughly agree with the difference between transparency vs authenticity and also with the view of "being authentic".

The first update that I published was a quick status update sharing how my weekend had come to an end - something that many others do on a daily basis. As I published that update and a few others I became inundated with notes from people showing concern.

That's where the journaling began and then jumped from FB to Built Unstoppable. It has now expanded to be this longer journal update instead of the shorter quick status updates that they were. And I am also working on turning the website into a passion project, helping others that are going through their own struggles.

I always thought it was important to share the unfiltered details because it is in the details that there is the struggle. The fact that until a few nights ago I couldn't go to the bathroom by myself is the hard part...not "unable to help my self with basic daily needs" that would leave people wondering or inferring what I meant.

And I NEVER considered once whether I was being authentic or not. I have always been authentic, much like both of you are. What you see online is what you get in person.

I did make certain decisions such as not mixing medical updates with marketing, fitness or productivity articles and other minor choices like that...those can all wait until a later time.

Re: Being a Better Digital Friend — Built Unstoppable

justinlevy — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:20:32 -0000

I hadn't thought about that angle while writing - the feeling of being forced to reply. I know people that publish content who thrive on people replying to them but not in a healthy, encouraging way. It should never be like that.

Re: Being a Better Digital Friend — Built Unstoppable

justinlevy — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 23:25:01 -0000

Great comments. I agree with you. I am more likely to engage on Twitter than on Facebook, though I am trying to be more active on Facebook...probably because that is where I started with the daily journal updates.

I am really glad to hear that you're finding these updates inspiring!