Every day, you have a choice to make life all about you or to connect your life to an eternal story and make a positive and transformational impact in the lives of other people. We are in the middle of a series entitled “It’s Not About You.” In this episode, I share a third “I” word of Impact and offer 3 principles you can use to make a positive impact in sports, business, and life.
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Show Notes:
“Sociologists have found that even the most introverted person will impact and influence 10,000 people in their lifetime.” John Maxwell
While influence may be tied more to to character development and foundational beliefs and principles, impact has more to do with the choices and decisions that you make.
Being a leader is where we make a positive impact within our sphere of influence and fulfill our calling.
To make an impact, I must personally act.
3 Principles for Making a Positive Impact:
Be Aware
Look for people who need what you have.
“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” – Frederick Buechner
Key Insight: Being aware is where we begin to discover our calling.
Be Present and Engaged
“The legacy you live is the legacy you leave.” – Ken Blanchard
Bring yourself – the person God created you to be – to the story!
Don’t try to be someone else, and don’t sit on the sidelines hoping someone else will step up.
Be Active
Leadership is ultimately about influence and using the platform and opportunities that you have for God’s glory!
Know and play your role.
Consider the following passage from my friend Louie Giglio’s book I Am Not But I Know I AM: “It’s a place that requires a constant choice. We can choose to cling to starring roles in the little-bitty stories of us, or we can exchange our fleeting moment in the spotlight for a supporting role in the eternally beautiful epic that is the Story of God. Think of it as trading up. Abandoning the former and embracing the latter will allow our little lives to be filled with the wonder of God as we live for His fame and the unending applause of His name. And joining our small stories to His will give us what we all want most in life anyway: the assurance that our brief moments on earth count for something in a story that never ends.”
Isaiah 26:8 – “YES, LORD, WALKING IN THE WAY OF YOUR TRUTH, WE WAIT EAGERLY FOR YOU, FOR YOUR NAME AND YOUR RENOWN ARE THE DESIRE OF OUR SOULS.”