Social Media and Knowledge - Can Live and Prosper Side by Side .

I open Social Media and am always happy to discover the latest theories , observations , logical and empirical discussions on Economics , Business , Psychology , Philosophy and everything I need to know and want to know .

Forbes , Economist , Thrive Global , New York Times , Shared Articles and Comments by Hadi Partovi and Ali Partovi - two Americans of Iranian descent who seem to have shares in every social media constructs and so on - make me feel relevant to the greater global stage . I feel vibrant and ready to employ or deploy my own thinking to try and make the most of my day .

I log-in to Facebook and Harvard , Wharton , INSEAD , and every other knowledge site starts to introduce me to the wonders of the newest thinking in - Communication, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Thinking and everything else . It is difficult to stop reading and move to the more urgent work related to business and making money in real life .

Updates on the activities of your corporate and private individual customers are quite useful for your work too . My customers are employing digital marketing to the fullest advantage .

My work and for that matter work for everyone would include LinkedIn and Facebook too . I love seeing my corporate clients and the high networth and high achiever candidates - improving their lives and business - by adopting newest techniques and technology - and it is there in social media .

Latest photos of my nephews , children of my youngest sister Moona Khandker in Canada enjoying Halloween with their mother is such a delight , so Facebook and updates are a must. The children do not have their father around - they have the attention and the support of 100 relatives daily ! Canada was forthcoming in helping them settle-in and start a new life for themselves. There is mild Autism and the treatment in Canada has been magical . You want to stop and think a little - I would , and then Google " The Latest Articles on Autism " - just to make myself aware of the trends , thinking and solutions both in official and the unofficial forums through related expert Articles and Blogs were intelligent parents and practitioners share opinion and solutions .

Design Thinking and Systems Thinking is employed to reduce social media reading - by a System and Design that limits you to one topic maximum of 5-10 minutes . Two hours of Social Media should be compulsory for the young and the old because the content is definitely that rich !

I have to do even more time in front of the screen because , I do free and very cheap courses in COURSERA and through MOOC - Massive Open Online Course !

The physical and mental demand is not too much because you are having fun ! And the satisfaction of being one highly communicative , well conversant , updated thinker - who understands and appreciates the relevance of activities that interconnect one corner of the world with the other , is immense .

All of the above ? Starts only after I have done half an hour of exercise . There is evening exercise too when my wife , who is a top notch corporate honcho in this country , comes home and we - daughter , myself and the wife are in the park for half an hour of brisk walk !

Nothing in Social Media and real life is perfect . But , what is near perfect is the ability to want to improve one's skill , personality , address and redress weaknesses and become a more well rounded human being that everyone understands and appreciates .

Philosophy and Psychology comes in handy . Did I say that I have one email address for newsletters in Neurobiology and many other sciences that are real science , not opinions of experts who are just talking about personal opinion .

I am trying hard to become a better listener . Difficult to do when there is so much to share !

But - Social Media has multitude of articles on how to become a better listener .

Thank you for listening to me .

Now listen to your own mind and get going .

Social Media cannot replace books and the pleasure of reading from a book were one particular topic can go on in greater detail - enabling you to have a higher degree of realizations and understanding . Books can never be replaced by Social Media .

Sometimes , everything in Social Media can be compressed to one hour and then the book can take you to another world .

Work , Exercise , Social Media and Socialisation can co-exist side by side . You just need to become an excellent manager of time .

Why don't you dig-in to some of the latest tips in managing time in Wharton or Harvard sites in Social Media ?

Grateful Sayonara to all .