Everything You Do has an Impact, Decide What Kind of Impact You Want to Have.🎬

Published: Wed, 02/12/20

If You Think You're Too Small to Make an Impact, Try Sleeping with a Mosquito in Your Room
—Unknown

One of my biggest fears has always been living and dying without making a positive impact in the world. I used to think that you needed to be a business titan to influence the world in a good way. But the truth is, each and every person wields significant influence in their lives.

Don't Make a Scene, Make an Impact

There are a lot of small things you can do to have an impact on the world.
You can be a kind person. You can advocate for positive social change. You can be a good parent. You can donate to good causes. You can listen when someone is in need.

You can and should do all these things, but for me, that is the least I can do as a human being. I want to be a trailblazer in my passion as a writer and, more specifically, a speculative fiction author. I had this thing about having a specific order to live: Do big things, then make an impact.
So most of us are holding back on having an impact because we are waiting to tick the boxes. We are judging our contributions from the lofty platform of giants like Ava DuVernay, Jordan Peele, Stephen King, and Erika Alexander, for example. And if we don’t measure up to what they have done, we don’t think we have made a contribution.

But this type of thinking will only lead to disappointment. The moment you reach those goals, you’ll be thinking about your next milestone, not realising your making a difference.

To live a meaningful life, you must know that one thing is true: You are already making an impact with your work, and you are making a difference, this very moment.
Unhappiness comes from believing that no one cares about what you do. Feeling insignificant in a crowded world is easy. Your job is to keep producing the work and striving to consistently improve. Share your creation with your tribe and get seen. You may not know who your tribe is right now, but you will find your audience, and social media is perfect for this. Just have patience, and don’t forget that happiness is a byproduct of knowing you are useful. And you can be useful in big and small ways every single day.

In our case, we talk every week through our emails, and I’d like to think I’m making an impact in your life from my thoughts on being the best we can be. Small things like that.
What if I want to do bigger things? Then there are my books and stories that, through your support, will one day get me to a broader audience through comics, TV, and film. But right this moment, my books will hopefully entertain you and make you think. I’m happy with the impact they offer, but the skies the limit for what is possible. People who merely affect us can be forgotten, as their influence is passing and impermanent. People who impact us, however, are memorable and significant to our personal growth.

I want to be the latter to as many people as I can.

Sometimes it takes a while to get where we want to be. But know that the work you’re doing right now matters. Having this understanding will push you to keep going.
It’s pushing me.

Peace, love and power

Anton Mark

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