Do you know what you contribute to the world? What ideas and knowledge have you acquired over the years that can help enrich someone's life? What is your impact?
Today, I want to start my first blog post of the year waking up the sleeping giant that is living within you. You may have been conditioned to believe that you are only placed on this Earth to play it small, and to "stay in your lane", but I am here to tell you that you are living in a F.E.A.R world instead of your pure potentiality if you are not sharing your positive gifts of knowledge with as many people as you possibly can. I am sure that you have heard or read that F.E.A.R stands for False Evidence Appearing Real by now. How does that acronym apply to your life though? According to Psychology Today, Fear is a vital response to physical and emotional danger. What physical or emotional danger do your perceive to happen if you step outside of your comfort zone and scale your impact? I know that some of you may wonder what I mean by the phrase "scale your impact," so let me break this down for you. Many of us associate the term "scale" with weight. We use the scale to measure progress. If you are a person trying to reduce fat, you want the scale to show a favorable loss by showing a reduction in weight. On the other hand, if you are one of the few people trying to gain weight or muscle you will want the scale to show a favorable increase in weight. Scale is also used to show relationships when it comes to art and architecture. In order for an architect or artist to make a blueprint or representation of a new creation, they must first understand how to draw a scale model that is scaled down in proportion to the end product. How do they do this? They must have either an innate gift of understanding shapes, symbols, and proportions, or they must have a solid background knowledge in mathematical measurement and graphing. Thus, in both examples scale means measurement. Now let's talk about the word "your." It is considered a determiner in the English Language. According to the Oxford Dictionary, words like my, our, your, his, her, its, and their are known as possessive determiners. They come before nouns and indicate ownership of the noun in question, as their name suggests. Basically, "your" is a word that shows possession, and it refers to the reader in this context so that is "you. " Now that we know that I am talking about "you," let's go back to "your" impact. The word "impact" can usually carry either a positive or a negative connotation. When some people think about the word "impact," they think of a car crash, and when others think about the word "impact' they may think of someone who has made an positive influence in their life like a celebrity, teacher, parent, or preacher. In this context, I want you to understand that impact relates to positive effects or influences that you bring to life. Therefore, the phrase "scale your impact" means measure your positive effect and influence that you have in the world. It means to figuratively get fat with scaling your impact in the world. It means to scale up to infinity. You see most people play their life too small because they are afraid of judgement, so they hold back their God given gifts like a mother elephant protects her calves. This is the wrong thing to do, and I believe it is the reason why many people fail to get above the "status quo" in life. There is a phrase that I use often that says "Prior planning prevents poor performance." It is alliteration and a mneumonic device to help me remember that I must always plan to win in life. For me, planning to win does not mean playing it small or "staying in my lane." I see too many people who played it small in life, and they struggle in retirement or can't retire. The evidence of this is in the statistics: According to a recent article on the financial website "fool.com" titled "20 Retirements Stats That Will Blow You Away" many people have not scaled their impact in life financially. Look at the following statistics:
If you ever travel to less developed countries you will realize that we are sitting on a gold mine in the United States of America when it comes to access to information and knowledge, but many people fail to tap into their resources. Instead, they focus on getting through the day at work and being entertained during their leisure time. Their habits force them to "play it small" in the land of opportunity. Thus, they get really skinny with knowledge and fail to help as many people as they can through positive actions and the exchange of their acquired knowledge. You see, most people do not realize that knowledge is what makes post modern societies thrive. Billion dollar industries are built around leveraging other people's knowledge in this country. As long as you understand how to use that and leverage that, you don't have to do a great deal of physical labor in this country. If you understand what I just wrote, you just need to think about how you can leverage your knowledge and create at least seven or eight profit streams doing it, and if you don't know how to start, then start reading "self help" books like Robert Allen's Multiple Streams of Income book, or Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad. If you don't have time to read, then listen to audiobooks or watch DVD's or Youtube. You can check out audiobooks at the local library. You can spend your leisure time at the library, or watch "how to" videos on Youtube. You can also join meetup groups, attend community based classes at your local library or recreation center, join groups on social media, or join professional organizations that cater to building skill sets that you need in order to feel confident enough to eventually "scale your impact" in the world. The truth is that there are hundreds of things that you can do to get started. The books above will help you get ideas for how to proceed in filling your financial buckets with multiple streams of income so that you can have more leisure time and less stress while scaling your impact in the world. All you need to do is stop making excuses, and just decide to win. The main point is that most people really don't know who they were born to be, so they can't effectively contribute to the world. I strongly believe that quiet time, prayer, and meditation will help solve those problems because it has helped me. Having a calm spirit by unplugging from all of the distractions of the modern world and clearing your mind can lead to a more meaningful life. Reading books and listening to positive things will help you connect the dots and see how you can "scale your impact." When you put your plan in place, you will find out how to make a difference, and you will see how to make a positive impact in this world while making money at the same time.
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