“๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐
๐.” – John McAfee
We’d guess that you wish you could change the world, wherever you live.ย But you might be thinking: ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐?
When a task seems too big, itโs human nature to believe it canโt be done. HOW COULD ONE PERSON CHANGE THE WORLD???
Isn’t it true that the task wouldnโt be easy, but it can be done?ย Look at these people, who have changed the world:
๐๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป changed the way that physicists think and made them rethink everything they thought they knew.
For nearly 100 years he has been the gold standard for brains. His theory of relativity still guides physicists today and has led to all sorts of discoveries in the modern world. It’s remarkable. It is easy to think that normal people like you and I could never accomplish such things but Einstein famously said,
โ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ.โ
It was being persistent with small daily actions that lead him to success. A consistent persistence to work out problems and not give up.
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ changed how we access all sorts of information in the modern world. Weโve seen the birth of the personal computer and the phenomenon that is the world wide web. Steve took it to the next level by putting 1,000 songs in your pocket, shrinking the size of a computer to a Star Trek tablet, and allows us to see people in real-time who are a continent away.
Itโs hard to find an equal to his product innovation. Many people forget that Steveโs life was full of setbacks. He almost ran Apple into the ground and was famously fired by the board of directors. Eventually, he came back and led the company to amazing new heights. He never stopped taking action each day to innovate and continued to believe in his abilities.
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ was born poor and dedicated her life to helping those in need. She moved to India and after seeing how poverty affected that area of the world and decided to do something about it. She didnโt have a lot of money but she started small and worked to help as many people as she could every day.
By 1996, Teresa operated 517 missions in over 100 countries and was eventually honored as a Saint in the Catholic Church.
All of these people who changed the world are really no different than you or me. They had all the same body parts and came from modest beginnings. The ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐, and why everyone knows their names, is that they ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป. At the end of their lives, they looked up and realized, โ๐๐๐ฎ, ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐.โ
THE REAL IMPACT THESE CHANGE-MAKERS HAD ON THE WORLD IS THAT THEY TOUCHED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE BY CREATING A RIPPLE EFFECT.
You can do the same thing.
One day Mother Teresa helped one person. She had a passion for it so it kept going. Other people saw what she was doing and wanted to help her cause. Those people helped more people and the ripple began. She wasnโt a superhero; she was just kind to others every day of her life.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ #๐ญ: What is something kind you can do today that can have that same ripple effect?
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ #๐ฎ: What can you do that may inspire someone to pay it forward and help someone out?
- Can you open a door for someone with their arms full? Of course you can. That’s easy.
- Can you let someone into traffic with a smile and a wave? Sure.
- Can you volunteer to help feed people at a soup kitchen? Yep.
All of these things cost you nothing but can start a ripple effect of ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐. If you did it for a week would it change the world? Probably not. But what if you were persistent for a lifetime? Could that change the world?
There is only one way to find out.