“One guy saw another sitting there, bored and alone trying to sell his stuff, and he just came over to say hello out of an act of kindness…And that one act by one person triggered a tsunami of generosity after.” — Author Shawn Warner, per NBC News
Intoday’s digital world, social media has a tremendous impact on people’s lives.
It can change fortunes and launch careers, as we witnessed with Shawn Warner, a new author whose first book quickly became a bestseller on Amazon.
Per an excerpt from People:
“Warner, 58, a former army veteran and engineer, said he decided to pursue his “childhood dream” of becoming a writer despite naysayers telling him throughout his life, “you can’t make a living out of doing that,” according to his website.”
An Act of Kindness and the Power of Social Media
Shawn Warner was promoting his debut novel, “Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor,” at a Kroger store near Fort Worth, Texas.
On that day, Jerrad “Red” Swearengin came by, noticed Warner looking downcast, and stopped for a chat. Warner shared a bit about his murder mystery story, where a teenage girl teams up with a ghost who has different personalities to solve her parents’ murders.