Technology has bridged the gap between friends, families, workers, partners, helping them communicate with each other effortlessly in real time. A total shame to the days when communicaton between people in different location using letters took weeks of travelling from one location to the other. One of such technology is Chat Apps like WhatsApp, Facebook messenger and the rest.
This topic brought a lot of memories to me. I remember some years ago, around 2013/2014 when I started chatting in high school. I was an introvert and chatting helped me say the words I was too shy to say when in the midst of other people.
I loved the sound of the buttons as I moved my fingers lightning fast across my phone keyboard. It helped me understand myself better, much like blogging did. I found out I was more knowledgeable than I thought I was as I chatted with friends and gave them advice on some challenges they were going through and how mature I was when I turned down a whole lot of advances that came to me from the opposite sex.馃槆馃グ
I soon didn't have time to chat anymore as I gained admission into the University because I had a lot of responsibilities and only chatted to get relevant information but when I started my Network Marketting business this year, it was and still is of great help me.
While running my business online, I've met new and interesting people, connected with and formed good relationships with them who in turn became my customers through chatting..
I was able to understand my prospects better as I chatted with them, saw their needs, desires and met them.
In a matter of seconds, I receive orders and give relevant information to my customers which I can retrieve later.
As much help as it to me, it is also the reason I do not easily trust people especially those who may want to pose as friends.
The thing is, you can never know someone fully simply by chatting with them until you have face to face encounters with them. That's how you may be ascertain the kind of person they really are because they will tell you or show you what they want to show you.
I became so close to a lady I met in school. After we met, we began chatting a lot and shared with each other, things about our lives including challenges, past and forgotten mistakes because we trusted ourselves (or I trusted her more to the point of becoming gullible). When our relationship broke up, she went about to some persons who held me in high esteem spilling her guts about confidential things I shared with her.
Well, it was heartbreaking at first but I moved past it.
It's important we know why we do what we do and that way, we'll be able to draw the line when things start getting funny.
Always know who you're chatting with, be careful about how and with whom your personal information.
Meanwhile, enjoy all the fun and benefits of PINGING馃コ馃コ馃槑馃槑馃拑馃拑
Till next time lovelies...Keep believing
This is my response to the Hive Learners Weekly Engagement Prompt here
