Changing the world is near impossible, but changing worlds is in your hands.
I don’t want to scare you, but I do want to alert you to the fact that as a leader, others’ lives are in your hands. You have the power to affect how others live by the decisions you make daily.
Now, back to my opening statement. The world is huge. And you’re not big enough to change it. Oh, you may change a tiny sliver of it, but that’s being optimistic. What you CAN change, or at least affect, is your followers’ worlds.
We all live in our very own world. Really. Think deeply for a moment. Each of us has our very own perspective of what the world looks like. And that world is different for each of us. We live within that perspective 24/7. Good or not so good. Maybe the reason that we love watching television and movies, maybe even reading, is because we can envision ourselves in another world for a moment. But at the end of the book, at the end of the movie, we have to return to reality. OUR world. Now, that can be good if we make good decisions. And it can be great if we make great decisions.
Your decisions as a leader will affect the lives, the worlds, of your followers. You may have a follower who lives in a negative world. A victim-centered world. Through inspiring, helping them empower themselves, you have the power to help that follower change his world, his life. That can be scary. Keep in mind that you can’t change them or their world. The best you can do is affect that follower’s environment so that he or she can change it themselves.
Let me correct myself. Maybe you CAN change the world by helping others change theirs. Maybe, by helping others realize their own potential, you WILL change the world. Maybe it IS possible. One of my favorite thoughts is “Think big. Start small.” If you aspire to change the world, begin by changing worlds. One at a time.
Until next time, be GREAT! You ARE! HEIRPOWER!
Chief bob vásquez!
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