Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It

the market rewards things that are rare and valuable. Social media use is decidedly not ... Any 16-year-old with a smartphone can invent a hashtag ... The idea that if you engage in enough of this low-value activity, it will somehow add up to something of high value in your career is dubious ... snake oil and flimflam...
why not also expose yourself to the opportunities and connections that social media can generate?... As you become more valuable to the marketplace, good things will find you... you don’t need social media’s help to attract them...
the ability to concentrate without distraction ... is becoming increasingly valuable ... Social media weakens this skill because it’s engineered to be addictive. ...
cultivating your social media brand is fundamentally passive ... diverts your time and attention away from producing work that matters ...
If you’re serious about making an impact in the world, power down your smartphone, close your browser tabs, roll up your sleeves and get to work.