CHANGING THE WORLD

A recent edition of Time Magazine recently gave us 10 Ideas that are changing the world. An absolutely fascinating read.

1. Common Wealth
2. End of Customer Service
3. The post-movie-star era
4. Reverse Radicalism
5. Kitchen Chemistry
6. Geoengineering
7. Synthetic Authenticity
8. The New Austerity
9. Mandatory Health
10. Re-Judaizing Jesus

In some strange and odd manner they all made a lot of sense. Some were there for "pure entertainment" but others really made you think about your role in this world with 6+ billion people. The idea of Common Wealth really got me thinking. Brilliant philanthropist Jeffrey Sachs wrote the article for this idea and there was one particular quote that stuck out:

"Each of us has a role to play and a chance for leadership ... If the public leads, politicians will surely follow."

While I sometimes think the characteristic of leadership is sometimes overblown and paid way to much attention to, there is certainly a lot of truth to the quote. We all have influence, right? Sure we do.

The question really is - where are you influencing and are you doing it well? Are you influencing only within your "comfort zone" or are you stepping up and really doing some solid influencing? You know, are you really ruffling some feathers and making people really making people re-think things?