Seth Godin is an amazing brain. I talked about some of these points in my post video “Be great now.” Heres his latest post that surmises it well:
You matter
When you love the work you do and the people you do it with, you matter.
When you are so gracious and generous and aware that you think of other people before yourself, you matter.
When you leave the world a better place than you found it, you matter.
When you continue to raise the bar on what you do and how you do it, you matter.
When you teach and forgive and teach more before you rush to judge and demean, you matter.
When you touch the people in your life through your actions (and your words), you matter.
When kids grow up wanting to be you, you matter.
When you see the world as it is, but insist on making it more like it could be, you matter.
When you inspire a Nobel prize winner or a slum dweller, you matter.
When the room brightens when you walk in, you matter.
And when the legacy you leave behind lasts for hours, days or a lifetime, you matter.
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/06/you-matter.html
Found out recently that I have adults that want to be me…. And that I inspire people to do their best work. Good to hear, actually. Harder to replicate….
Most definitely! We all matter. I love this. I'm presenting on leadership to the Girl Scouts, and I'll be showing them this.
Thanks for posting it, Chris!
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Absolutely beautiful!
Excellent list. Thanks for sharing Chris. It is such a huge mindset shift to consider in this world of all things are possible that one individual does matter. We hear it a lot as kids and then something happens as adults that the notion 'you matter' gets lost. I believe that this list shows when we truly embrace that truth, legacy is born, worlds will change, families will be healthy and life will be inspired once again.
Perhaps my favorite – When you see the world as it is, but insist on making it more like it could be, you matter.
Well and the Teach and Forgive is excellent as well. It is a great list. Thank you again for sharing.
Excellent list. Thanks for sharing Chris. It is such a huge mindset shift to consider in this world of all things are possible that one individual does matter. We hear it a lot as kids and then something happens as adults that the notion 'you matter' gets lost. I believe that this list shows when we truly embrace that truth, legacy is born, worlds will change, families will be healthy and life will be inspired once again.
Perhaps my favorite – When you see the world as it is, but insist on making it more like it could be, you matter.
Well and the Teach and Forgive is excellent as well. It is a great list. Thank you again for sharing.