I was recently alerted to a blog article articled by a spirituality-based entrepreneur about how social media is terrible for small business owners, which ironies would have it, an article I wouldn’t even have known existed without social media…

The title of the article is this sweeping misleading statement implying that businesses are quitting social media in droves and why small business owners and spiritual entrepreneurs should follow suit. The article has kinda sorta gone viral in our little niche community, so by now I’m sure you already know which article I’m talking about.

I think it’s great that Leonie Dawson does what she needs to do for her own mental and spiritual health, but I’m a little wary of the blanket prescription.

Here’s the original article:

https://leoniedawson.com/businesses-quit-social-media/

Without hesitation, I co-sign on the toxicity of social media and how yes, we all need breaks from it for our mental and spiritual health, but I felt the way that she presented her arguments were imbalanced– to put it the kindest– and self-centered self-congratulatory naval-gazing– to put it the bluntest.

The thesis she presents commingles personal health and business health. Just like your personal and business bank accounts, gotta keep the two separate. Social media got on her personal nerves and then she made the business decision to leave social media because she can.

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