Impact to Imagine

 

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What is the impact I want to make?

Not on the whole world. That’s too big for me right now.

On a few. The few people who may encounter my tiny little corner of the internet.

What do I want to do for them?

I’ve recently come to terms with the fact that I do indeed desire to make an impact on people. I never really thought I did. I thought I was quite selfish, to be honest. Not proudly, but I acknowledged it.

That was the reason I couldn’t accept the idea of ever getting large amounts of attention. Because I didn’t want it for me.

But what about for someone else?

That’s different. I would do it for someone else.

Which I’ve now decided is a go. (Read about it here)

Sooo…

What do I want to do for that someone else?

I’ve thought about it, and at the current stage of my life where I am now, I’ve come up with this:

I want to move people’s hearts so that they are driven to change. And they don’t just want to change, they know how to.

I want to know how to help people know how.

How to think better, believe better, walk better, talk better, pursue goals better, learn better, dream better, desire better, act better, achieve better.

A part of me knows this smacks of “motivational speaker” and I’m not psyched about that option.

But that’s why I want to emphasize the “know how to” side of things.

The actionable steps to being better.

I’ve heard it said that people already know what they need to do to get the results they want. They just aren’t doing it.

So perhaps that’s my objective.

Discover the disconnect, build the bridge, and help people start across it.

The cool thing about all this is that I’m still solving my own problem (which is the best way to create something worth sharing).

I’ve been trying to get myself off my own butt and into action for months, all the while knowing the “best things to do” while never doing any of it.

I’ve not by any means discovered the cure yet, but I know I’m getting close.

And when I asked myself that question—the impact question—I just felt like I was onto something.

It’s not what legacy I want to leave.

It’s not how I want to change the world.

It’s not even how I want to be remembered.

Somehow, bringing it down to the level of an individual soul made it not just attainable but imaginable.

I can connect with that feeling.

It becomes a realistic goal, something I can get behind.

For me personally, I’ve discovered the key to my own self-discipline has been one of two things: unbridled passion or uncompromised clarity.

The former is usually something that I encounter randomly. And it’s most often immediately obvious.

As for the latter, it’s been elusive these days, but I think this is a step in the right direction.

Whichever one this goal turns out to be, I’m excited to witness its evolution.

I have the start of a vision. 

It’s time to make it plain.

“And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.” Hab 2:2

~Niquey

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