LinkedIn keeps pummeling us with material, some informative, some interesting, some useless.

I got the half-question, half complaint, from a friend aimed at me: how do you keep pace with the barrage of information to best curate what you absorb, process, and share?.

The answer is, I just jump in and out, concentrate on the authors and sharers who mean the most to me from experience and shape my appreciation of this platform, respond to those who deserve it from cogent comments, thank those who drop by the first time, and let a lot of it fly past me.

I “ring the bells” of those I want to be notified as their release their brilliance.

I look for topics in the search bar to brush up on industries of new clients to better serve their interest and needs.

I congratulate, in real words, those who deserve it for a moment of their shining bright.

I do this in real time, not on a Saturday to catch up with the previous news, which is stale by then.

And yes, as a LinkedIn laureate (self-named) that’s my job.

It may not be yours. But you need to make it a greater part of your work to make your position loftier, your knowledge more current, and your interest finer honed.

Try to convert your down-time to LinkedIn-up-time. 

You may enjoy it, appreciate others more, and learn new ways to see the world.

Written on every wall, it’s a personal bonus for you to draw on. Right?