Thanks to your votes, “The Impact Manifesto: You Make A Difference Whether You Want To Or Not” was selected for publication by Seth Godin?’s brainchild “Change This.”
http://changethis.com/manifesto/show/108.03.ImpactFactor
Seth Godin, Hugh MacLeod, Brian Solis, Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson from 37signals, Guy Kawasaki, Chris Anderson, Jay Conrad Levinson, Tom Peters, Malcolm Gladwell and Robert Scoble all had manifestos featured on ChangeThis.
Your vote made it possible for me to be added to that list and I really want to spread this work to 1 million people.
With your help, I know we can do this together.
You can print it. You can read it. You can email it to anyone you have a relationship with. You can post it on your website. You can post it on your blog. You cannot spam people with it. You cannot change it in any way. You cannot sell it for money.
But … DO SPREAD it because, it will impact people and make the world a better place.
http://changethis.com/manifesto/show/108.03.ImpactFactor
Let’s go out there and make a difference.
- You make a difference, whether you want to or not.
- If you do nothing things get worse, so take positive actions to make things better.
- Build up instead of tearing down, because your smallest actions have the greatest impact,
- Your mindsets, knowledge and skills combine with the actions you complete to make a difference.
- Leverage the art, science, technology, strategies and tactics of creating massive impact for remarkable results.
- Your mind, body and spirit must be at their best to create maximimum impact.
- You can do so much more working with others than you can alone.
- Build long-term relationships to create long-term impact.
- Be active in giving communities to sustain you when life is hard and increase your impact to infinity.
- Your impact WILL grow beyond one life.
If you really want to get someone to do something, don’t get them to say they will try. Don’t get them to set it as a goal.
Get them to promise.
A promise is much more powerful than a goal.
We expect to fail at our goals based on our past experience. The lizard brain wants to protect us from failure so it automatically sets our expectations to the lowest possible level so we have the highest probability of success.
You know this is true. Just remember all of those New Year’s goals you set.
We TRY to lose weight, but based on past experience we know that we will probably gain it back, so we set our expectations for success low. And your lizard brain says it’s okay if you fail. We say we are going to try to lose 40 lbs, but if you don’t make it or you gain it back, you aren’t really surprised.
On the other hand, experience tells us that we usually deliver on what we promise. Sure, sometimes we fail, but on average if we promise to do something, we usually deliver on the promise.
If you promise someone you love to lose 10 pounds or you tell everyone in your social networks you promise to do it, your lizard brain sets the expectation high that you will deliver and tells you that failure is not really an option.
In fact, it will do anything to protect you from the embarrassment of not delivering on that promise — even if you really don’t want to do it.
Promise me.
Promise me something, because if you promise this we will fulfill our promise together and impact countless people.
It’s a simple promise.
Promise to download and read the Impact Manifesto and get two other people to do the same.
http://changethis.com/manifesto/show/108.03.ImpactFactor
Not to print it. Not to email it to everyone you have a relationship with. Not to post it on your website. Not to post it on your blog. (Although of course, I’d love to have you do all of those things.)
This is a much easier promise.
Just download and read the Impact Manifesto and get two other people to do the same.
http://changethis.com/manifesto/show/108.03.ImpactFactor
When everyone who reads this simple message fulfills that promise, we break the viral coefficient barrier and the Impact Manifesto reaches millions.
Because of that simple promise and what you do to fulfill that promise, the world is a much better place.
One final thing. Put your promise in writing in the comments below and share it with the world. It will help you fulfill your promise and spread the good word that we all make a difference whether we want to or not in the small things that we do today.
And please, share your success with us when you succeed in fulfilling the promise in the comments below. Just get two people to make it so.
Thanks so much for impacting so many people in such a powerful way.
http://changethis.com/manifesto/show/108.03.ImpactFactor
Please leave your comments on this post!
All the best,
Ken McArthur
Tobri.com
KenMcArthur.com
jvAlertLive.com
And more, more, more.
Well said. I think when people get scared of change they withdraw… It’s important to remember that life begins at the end of your comfort zone!
Couldn’t agree more Jessica!
Ken,
Great list.
I’m going to reword your manifesto into affirmations that I repeat morning, noon and before retiring each night.
At CEO Space we do not speak of critiquing. Some see that as a negative so in order to keep our communications in a positive tone we “plus” one another.
The only plus I have in your 10 point Impact Manifesto is in #4. I would say mindsets because I know I have more than one just as in my skills. It’s all plural.Our actions are like the “butterfly effect”. The flapping of a small butterfly is believed to have an eternal effect on the weather. Just imagine how our actions effect others (both positively and negatively). If we accept the true ramifications of this we will never be in our “comfort zone”. With this, we will begin to see ourselves responsible world change agents.
Thanks Rob,
Great call! I’ve updated my list to reflect the fact that we all have more than one mindset.
Looking forward to working with you in MANY ways!
All the best,
Ken
Ken – your timing is impeccable. I have been noticing a ton of “negativity” lately and folks complaining about others, etc. As you point out….your energies are completely drained and wasted when you spend time worrying or carrying on about someone else.
ALL actions affect someone or something (i.e. have impact) in some manner. We often will never know the impact that our actions create (good or bad). However, it is clear that spreading negativity, complaining, whining and pointing fingers at others have one definitive impact =>> it makes yourself look bad.
You nailed it Dr. Brad!
Often wondered what the next step would be Ken. Your book is fabulous and particularly as a starting point for something much bigger!
No.7 resonates with me right now. The project I am working on has been long drawn out but without the help of others, would it have even got as far as it has?
There are so many wonderful people in Tobri, what an amazing place to start from.
I look forward to this, selfless and very positive project.
AnneMarie
Ken,
What a great list to remember and forward.
The longer I am in this community, the more I understand it’s many facets.
If any one of the mind, body, spiritual is off centered and needs some work, then that is what must be done to become
a complete being and then can focus on the financial aspects with a premium focus.
I am fond of the two following quotes to guide me:
If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives. ~Robert South
And finally, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is of good report, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise,
think about these things. Phillipians 4:8
Thank you for the platforms on which we can stand.
Shirley
Thanks so much for your support! It means the world to me.
I’m IN and Really Excited about it
Well said. i think when people are petrified of change they withdraw… it is very important to remember that life begins at the end of your comfort zone!
If you really want to get someone to do something, don’t get them to say they will try. Don’t get them to set it as a goal.
Get them to promise.
A promise is much more powerful than a goal.
We expect to fail at our goals based on our past experience. The lizard brain wants to protect us from failure so it automatically sets our expectations to the lowest possible level so we have the highest probability of success.
You know this is true. Just remember all of those New Year’s goals you set.
We TRY to lose weight, but based on past experience we know that we will probably gain it back, so we set our expectations for success low. And your lizard brain says it’s okay if you fail. We say we are going to try to lose 40 lbs, but if you don’t make it or you gain it back, you aren’t really surprised.
On the other hand, experience tells us that we usually deliver on what we promise. Sure, sometimes we fail, but on average if we promise to do something, we usually deliver on the promise.
If you promise someone you love to lose 10 pounds or you tell everyone in your social networks you promise to do it, your lizard brain sets the expectation high that you will deliver and tells you that failure is not really an option.
In fact, it will do anything to protect you from the embarrassment of not delivering on that promise — even if you really don’t want to do it.
Promise me.
Promise me something, because if you promise this we will fulfill our promise together and impact countless people.
It’s a simple promise.
Promise to download and read the Impact Manifesto and get two other people to do the same.
http://impactmanifesto.com/manifesto/
Not to print it. Not to email it to everyone you have a relationship with. Not to post it on your website. Not to post it on your blog. (Although of course, I’d love to have you do all of those things.)
This is a much easier promise.
Just download and read the Impact Manifesto and get two other people to do the same.
When everyone who reads this simple message fulfills that promise, we break the viral coefficient barrier and the Impact Manifesto reaches millions.
Because of that simple promise and what you do to fulfill that promise, the world is a much better place.
One final thing. Put your promise in writing in the comments below and share it with the world. It will help you fulfill your promise and spread the good word that we all make a difference whether we want to or not in the small things that we do today.
And please, share your success with us when you succeed in fulfilling the promise in the comments below. Just get two people to make it so.
Thanks so much for impacting so many people in such a powerful way.
http://impactmanifesto.com/manifesto/
Promise me something, because if you promise this we will fulfill our promise together and impact countless people.
It’s a simple promise.
Promise to download and read the Impact Manifesto and get two other people to do the same.
http://impactmanifesto.com/manifesto/
Not to print it. Not to email it to everyone you have a relationship with. Not to post it on your website. Not to post it on your blog. (Although of course, I’d love to have you do all of those things.)
This is a much easier promise.
Just download and read the Impact Manifesto and get two other people to do the same.
When everyone who reads this simple message fulfills that promise, we break the viral coefficient barrier and the Impact Manifesto reaches millions.
Because of that simple promise and what you do to fulfill that promise, the world is a much better place.
One final thing. Put your promise in writing in the comments below and share it with the world. It will help you fulfill your promise and spread the good word that we all make a difference whether we want to or not in the small things that we do today.
And please, share your success with us when you succeed in fulfilling the promise in the comments below. Just get two people to make it so.
Thanks so much for impacting so many people in such a powerful way.
http://impactmanifesto.com/manifesto/