experience - cammipham

A lot of people asked me which book they should read to understand Twitter. My honest answer is NOTHING, just tweet. I have never read a single book on Twitter nor social media [Interesting fact, 1/5 of my friends wrote a book, is writing one, or plan to write one on social media]. I have never watched a social media webminar. Not even one. I have gone to social media conferences, but you all know I never go to conference for content. Conference means networking in my world.

Most of us worry to much about learning something, and forget to do it. Doing is the best way to learn something. You can know everything but if you cannot apply it, it does not mean anything.

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During my 14 months on Twitter, I have learned much more about life than I have in 4 years of university. Every day people asked me about how I got so many followers, to be honest I am not the best person to answer that question because I do not really care much about that number anymore. I have been a very competitive person all my life. If I am not the best, I feel like I have not tried my best. My parents taught me to look up to the people who are better than me. Never be to happy if you achieve something because it is the start of a new journey to conquer a bigger goal. If you had worked with me at my nonprofit a few years ago, you would have to hear this every single day “There is nothing impossible, we have to be the best or you should not be here.” A year ago my formal assistant and I had a talk, he told me “CamMi when I was working for you, I hated you. You have always pushed me so hard. But I have to admit I learned so much from it. If you did not push me like that I would never reach my full potential. Thank you.” In real life, I am more like the ruthless and cynical Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada than an angel. If I push my staffs very hard, I would push myself even harder. When I started Twitter I set a goal, in a year I have to be one of the Twitter elites. I have never been the smartest one, but I work very hard to get what I want. And of course I became an elite in less than a year.